Taps (1981)

Taglines:

This school is our home, we think it's worth defending.

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 December 1981 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S See more »

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA See more »

Opening Weekend:

$93,005 (USA) (13 December 1981) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$35,856,053 (USA) (14 March 1982)

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »

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Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

First feature film for Sean Penn. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: When taking inventory of the armory, the man counting the weapons states they are ".45 millimeter caliber 1911's". M1911 pistols are .45 caliber, meaning the bore is .45 inches in diameter, and not the metric measurement of 45 millimeters (a significantly larger measurement, to the point where they would be classed as artillery, rather than small arms). In countries which issued the M1911 (or copies), and to whom the Metric system was common, the cartridge was referred to as 11.43x23mm. See more »

Quotes

Brian Moreland: They want us to be good little boys now so we can fight some war for them in the future. Some war they'll decide on. We'd rather fight our own war right now.
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Connections

Referenced in "Home Improvement: Taps (#6.24)" (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Glory Be"
(uncredited)
Heard during the initial church scene See more »