''The Park Is Mine'' is a Canadian-American drama

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based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Peters.

Plot

Mitch (played by Tommy Lee Jones), a Vietnam vet, takes temporary forceful control of

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

from The Big Apple, to remember those who served and died in the

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and to draw attention to veterans' issues.

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Tommy Lee Jones, various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Scre ...

as Mitch Garnett *

Helen Shaver Helen Shaver (born February 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama '' In P ...

as Valery * Yaphet Kotto as Eubanks *

Lawrence Dane Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in ''Bride of Chucky''. Life and career Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane ...

as Commissioner Keller * Peter Dvorsky as Dix *

Eric Peterson Eric Neal Peterson (born October 2, 1946) is a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian television series – '' Street Legal'' (1987–1994), '' Corner Gas'' (live-action 2004–2009 and fi ...

as Mike Johnson *

Gale Garnett Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a New Zealand-born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit " We'll Sing in the Sunshine". Garnett has since carved out a career as an author and act ...

as Rachel * Denis Simpson as Richie * Reg Dreger as Commander Curran * Louis Di Bianco as Captain Juliano * Carl Marotte as Santini * Dennis O'Connor as Sergeant Duffy * Tom Harvey as General Bryant * R.D. Reid as Policeman On Ledge * George Bloomfield as Dr. Mueller * Marvin Karon as Warburton * Jong Soo Park as Tran Chan Dinh * Peter Langley as Verdanken * Robert Windsor as Minister * Stewart Arnott as Newsman, V.A. Hospital * Jennifer Dean as Detective Balkan * Andrew Thomson as Transmission Officer * Allan Aarons as Policeman, V.A. Hospital * James Kidnie as Policeman In Park * Michael Copeman as Man At Desk *

Philip Akin Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor. Akin has been acting and directing for over 40 years. He has had roles in major American films such as ''The Sum of All Fears'', '' S.W.A.T.'', and '' Get Rich or Die Tryin. He has also d ...

as Hardy * Ardon Bess as Daniels * Jay Thomas as TV Reporter * Gregory Francis Kruger as T-Shirt Haggler

Home media

The film was released in 1985 on VHS, by Key Video. It was later released on DVD outside of North America and was unavailable in North America, except for bootlegs. On December 13, 2016, Kino Lorber Studio Classics released the first official Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America.

Soundtrack

''The Park Is Mine'' is the sixteenth soundtrack album released by

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the grou ...

and their forty-second released album overall. It was recorded in 1985, but not released until 1991. All tracks were composed by:

Edgar Froese Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the gro ...

, Christoph Franke and Johannes Schmoelling.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Park Is Mine 1986 television films 1986 action films English-language Canadian films Canadian drama television films Films directed by Steven Hilliard Stern Films set in parks Park Is Mine 1986 20th Century Fox Television films Films produced by John Kemeny Films scored by Tangerine Dream Films set in Manhattan HBO Films films 1980s Canadian films