Taps - Squilli di rivolta

Titolo originale: Taps
Regia: Harold Becker |
Anno: 1981
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: cadet | gun | school shooting | military academy | hostile takeover | die hard scenario | military school | older man younger man relationship | military funeral |
Cast: George C. Scott | Timothy Hutton | Ronny Cox | Sean Penn | Tom Cruise | John P. Navin, Jr. | Billy Van Zandt | Evan Handler | Giancarlo Esposito | Brendan Ward | Donald Kimmel | Timothy Wahrer | Tim Riley | Jeff Rochlin | Rusty Jacobs | Jess Osuna | David Reed | Earl Hindman | Ed Spinelli |

Sotto la guida del giovane Moreland, i cadetti di una scuola militare che sta per essere rasa al suolo per favorire una speculazione immobiliare, occupano l'edificio, pronti a resistere anche con le armi.

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One of many projects that were delayed by the 1980 strike by the Screen Actor's Guild, which was fin [...] D
The Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana rejected filming at their campus when they learned of [...] D
The film was made and released two years after its source novel "Father Sky" by Devery Freeman was f [...] D
The uniforms in the movie were the normal uniforms worn by cadets. The embroidered shoulder badges o [...] D
The film's main promotional tagline, "This school is our home, we think it's worth defending" is bas [...] D
The film was originally going to be filmed at Riverside Military Academy, in Georgia, but the produc [...] D
Part of a mini-cycle of Hollywood movies made during the early 1980s centering around military cadet [...] D
Gary McCleery, who plays the goading local boy that George C. Scott accidentally kills (in the begin [...] D
George C. Scott headlined this 20th Century Fox military movie. He had previously starred in, and wo [...] D
The first of four productions where Timothy Hutton plays a person fighting the system. The next ones [...] D
Timothy Hutton was originally slated to play a supporting role, a friend of the lead character Cadet [...] D
The military trucks in the town scene are 1952 GMC M135 6x6 cargo trucks. D
One of the cadets is nicknamed "Pigpen," a reference (most likely) to the characters of the same nam [...] D
The rainy weather caused numerous problems during filming. Harold Becker had to create four sets of [...] D
This is the first time Timothy Hutton has worn an army uniform. The second was La figlia del general [...] D
The film was originally developed at Columbia Pictures by Stanley R. Jaffe, but ran into a series of [...] D
The Roosevelt quote, "All men who feel any power of joy in battle know what it is like when the wolf [...] D
The gate seen at the end of the quad area was built specifically for the film and was dismantled aft [...] D
More than 2000 actors auditioned for Sean Penn's role as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer, which Penn won af [...] D
Several military campuses across the U.S. were scouted as locations for shooting the film before the [...] D
Sharing the same agent, both Tom Cruise and John P. Navin, Jr. were both quickly cast to appear toge [...] D
The type of tank seen in the film was an M48 Patton tank. The medium tank was the third of four tank [...] D
Production chief, Sherry Lansing's second feature with 20th Century Fox studios. Lansing reportedly [...] D
Whilst doing press in 1982 in London when promoting Taps - Squilli di rivolta (1981), actor Timothy [...] D
The film was originally going to be filmed at Carson Long Military Academy in New Bloomfield, Pennsy [...] D
The movie was originally supposed to be filmed at Fishburne Military School in Virginia, but the tan [...] D
This was only Tom Cruise's second film, appearing in it at the age of 19, playing Cadet Captain Davi [...] D
Timothy Hutton accepted his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Gente comune (1980) immediately afte [...] D
The film's TAPS title refers to, according to Wikipedia, "a musical piece sounded at dusk, and at fu [...] D
Sean Penn and a handful of other actors received military horsemanship training for the scenes as th [...] D
Prior to the production of the film, the key actors -Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise and other [...] D
The cast of Taps, The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club and St Elmo's Fire would form the Brat Pack. The [...] D
The exterior shots of the film were shot at Valley Forge, but the interiors (including General Basch [...] D
Tom Cruise was originally going to play a background character in the film, but director Harold Beck [...] D
The third of four times George C. Scott portrays a general grade officer--"Dr. Strangelove or How I [...] D
Tim Riley, who played Hulk, went on to serve in the U.S. Army Reserves, and was the commander of the [...] D
The length of time that the Bunker Hill Military Academy had been in operation was 141 years. D
Foley recording of cadets was done during filming during normal daily activities. Cadet marching was [...] D
According to Stanley R. Joffe: In a strange sense, "Taps" is like "Jaws," only rather than having a [...] D
Over 2000 young actors were interviewed to play military cadets in the movie. The film featured 650 [...] D
The scene where Timothy Hutton and Ronny Cox's characters are discussing terms was shot with three t [...] D
During the battle at the film's conclusion you see several National Guard and SWAT team members repe [...] D
Due to the 1980 Screen Actors Guild writer's strike, filming on the campus of Valley Forge Military [...] D
This is the first time Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton starred together. The second time, the two Oscar [...] D
Ronny Cox was Harold Becker's original choice to play Colonel Kerby, but another unnamed actor was c [...] D
The two young lead actors were born one day apart--Timothy Hutton on August 16, 1960, and Sean Penn [...] D
Both Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn had fathers who were actors: Jim Hutton and Leo Penn (who later be [...] D
Because of copyright issues, on Amazon Prime, The Doors Light My Fire is replaced by a slow instrume [...] D
In an early scene when the officer cadets have a meeting, a copy of the book "Patton" can be seen on [...] D
The film's title on the film print is TAPS, but many promotional materials, such as movie posters an [...] D
The Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) in Chatham, Virginia was turned down as a filming location by th [...] D
Receiving top billing in the casting credits, actor George C. Scott only appears in the film's first [...] D
Most of the battle names mentioned during the film are well-known. Two lesser-known ones are from th [...] D
Rob Lowe wrote in his autobiography that he sought to audition for the film but was unable to get a [...] D
Timothy Hutton and Ronny Cox also appeared together in the Leverage Episode: The D.B. Cooper Job, wh [...] D
Sean Penn's character, Captain Dwyer, refers to Timothy Hutton's character, Major Moreland, as "Old [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton; one future Oscar winne [...] D
The film debut of Evan Handler. D
Publicity for this picture stated that the character of Cadet Major Brian Moreland (played by Timoth [...] D
Prior to principal photography, actors playing the military cadet leads underwent four weeks of mili [...] D
First feature film for Sean Penn. D
First film from Stanley R. Jaffe after his Best Picture Academy Award winning Kramer contro Kramer ( [...] D
Actor Brendan Ward became a New York City Police Officer in 1989, retiring in the rank of Sergeant i [...] D
Timothy Hutton [Brian Moreland] and Giancarlo Esposito [J.C. Pierce] would appear together on TV in [...] D
Timothy Hutton's father Jim Hutton, who died in 1979, had previously starred in the 1968 Vietnam war [...] D

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David Shawn: Take off that berret. D
J.C. Pierce: Dwyer, this is starting to be a real [...] D
Master Sergeant Kevin Moreland: General Bache is p [...] D
David Shawn: Hey, Brian, Dungeons and Dragons game [...] D
David Shawn: Brian, Dungeons and Dragons game toni [...] D
Parent: Sergeant, we aren't in the Army. Master S [...] D
Colonel Kerby: You're not a soldier! I'm a soldier [...] D
Brian Moreland: They want us to be good little boy [...] D
Brian Moreland: Honor doesn't count for shit when [...] D
General Harlan Bache: I know men younger than myse [...] D
[the cadets have taken over the academy] Master S [...] D
David Shawn: [about firing his assault rifle at th [...] D
General Harlan Bache: Was I scared! I must have lo [...] D
J.C. Pierce: [the truck won't start] Aw, shit! Al [...] D
Charlie Auden: [Shawn shoves him aside] Thank you, [...] D
General Harlan Bache: [Bache is talking with Morel [...] D
David Shawn: When this is over, you and me are goi [...] D
General Harlan Bache: I'm afraid it's not quite th [...] D
Alex Dwyer: What the hell were you doing back ther [...] D
Brian Moreland: When my mother died, I was sitting [...] D
[Firing machine gun] David Shawn: It's beautiful, [...] D
Brian Moreland: Sir, how could they do this? Gene [...] D
Brian Moreland: We have a home here. We think it's [...] D
Brian Moreland: I don't ever want to see what I ju [...] D
General Harlan Bache: [to Brian Moreland] Never be [...] D
Brian Moreland: Don't let friendship keep you here [...] D
Alex Dwyer: I'm half civilian, on my mother's side [...] D
Colonel Kerby: Eleven boys jumped the wall last ni [...] D

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