Taps

Name: Taps
Director: Harold Becker
Released: 1981-01-01

1981 film directed by Harold Becker

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Released: 1981
, April 1, 1982
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Director: Harold Becker
Screenwriter: Robert Mark Kamen
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe
Cast: George C. Scott
, Timothy Hutton
, Ronny Cox
, Sean Penn
+7 more
Runtime: 121 min
, 125 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Taps is a 1981 American thriller drama film directed by Harold Becker, written by Robert Mark Kamen, James Lineberger, and Darryl Ponicsan, and based on Devery Freeman's 1979 novel Father Sky. The film stars George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton, with Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito, and Evan Handler in supporting roles. Hutton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama in 1982. The film's original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. It was filmed at Valley Forge Military Academy and College.

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Director of photography: Owen Roizman
Film editor: Maury Winetrobe
Title: Taps
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 68%(July 14, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 25 critic review
49/100(October 29, 2023) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 5 critic review
6.2/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Taps”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Australian Classification: PG(since 1982) rating certificate id: 003038117979 · distribution format: 35 mm film
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/55522Retrieved 2024-05-22
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Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/taps/Retrieved 2025-07-09
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