The Park Is Mine is a Canadian-American drama television film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Peters.
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Plot
Mitch (played by Tommy Lee Jones), a Vietnam vet, takes temporary forceful control of Central Park from The Big Apple, to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War and to draw attention to veterans' issues.
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones as Mitch Garnett
Helen Shaver as Valery
Yaphet Kotto as Eubanks
Lawrence Dane as Commissioner Keller
Peter Dvorsky as Dix
Eric Peterson as Mike Johnson
Gale Garnett 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 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 and their forty-second released album overall. It was recorded in 1985, but not released until 1991. All tracks were composed by: Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling.