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{{Infobox television
| image                = The Park Is Mine VideoCover.jpeg
| image_size           =
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| caption              =
| genre                = Action<br />Drama<br />Thriller
| creator              =
| based_on             = {{Based on|''The Park Is Mine''|Stephen Peters}}
| screenplay           = Lyle Gorch
| director             = [[Steven Hilliard Stern]]
| starring             = [[Tommy Lee Jones]]<br />[[Helen Shaver]]<br />[[Eric Peterson]]<br />[[Yaphet Kotto]]
| narrated             =
| theme_music_composer = [[Christopher Franke]]<br />[[Edgar Froese]]<br />[[Johannes Schmoelling]]<br />([[Tangerine Dream]])
| country              = Canada
| language             = English
| num_episodes         =
| producer             = [[Denis Héroux]]<br />[[John Kemeny (producer)|John Kemeny]]
| editor               = [[Ronald Sanders (film editor)|Ronald Sanders]]
| cinematography       = Laszlo George
| runtime              = 102 minutes
| company              = [[HBO Pictures|HBO Premiere Films]]<br />[[International Cinema]]<br />Ramble Film Productions
| budget               =
| network              = [[HBO]]
| released             = {{Start date|1985|10|06|df=y}}
}}
'''''The Park Is Mine''''' is a Canadian-American drama [[television film]]  based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Peters. The film focuses on a [[Vietnam War]] veteran, Mitch ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]), who takes forceful control of [[Central Park]] to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War and draw attention to veterans' issues.<ref name= "IMDB">{{IMDb title|id=0091724|title=The Park Is Mine}}</ref>
==Plot==
A Vietnam [[Veteran|vet]] ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]) takes forceful control of [[Central Park]] from [[New York City|The Big Apple]], to remember those who served and died in the [[Vietnam War]].
==Cast==
* [[Tommy Lee Jones]] as Mitch Garnett
* [[Helen Shaver]] as Valery
* [[Yaphet Kotto]] as Eubanks
* [[Lawrence Dane]] as Commissioner Keller
* [[Peter Dvorsky (actor)|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.<ref name= "The Park is Mine">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Park-Mine-Blu-ray-Tommy-Jones/dp/B01LWPK5HT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485625247&sr=8-1&keywords=the+park+is+mine/|title=The Park is Mine on sale at Amazon|website=Amazon }}</ref>
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = The Park Is Mine
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Tangerine Dream]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   = October 1991
| recorded   = 1985
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Electronic music]]
| length     =
| label      = Silva Screen
| producer   = Tangerine Dream
| prev_title = [[Dead Solid Perfect#Soundtrack|Dead Solid Perfect]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[The Man Inside (1990 film)#Soundtrack|L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside)]]
| next_year  = 1991
}}
'''''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, Christoph Franke, and Johannes Schmoelling.<ref>{{discogs release|179919|The Park Is Mine}}</ref><ref>{{cite vitn |title=Dead Solid Perfect |utl=the_park_is_mine}}</ref>
{{track listing
|title1=The Park Is Mine (Main Title) |length1=1:16
|title2=Fatal Fall/Funeral |length2=2:16
|title3=The Letter (Parts 1 & 2) |length3=5:18
|title4=Taking the Park (Parts 1 & 2) |length4=8:28
|title5=Swatting S.W.A.T. |length5=7:23
|title6=Love Theme |length6=3:32
|title7=The Helicopter Attack |length7=4:40
|title8=Morning |length8=1:20
|title9=We're Running Out of Time |length9=1:01
|title10=The Claymore Mine/Stalking |length10=5:22
|title11=The Final Confrontation/The Park is Yours! |length11=3:34
|title12=Finale/End Credits |length12=6:19
}}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0091724|title=The Park Is Mine}}
{{Steven Hilliard Stern}}
{{Tangerine Dream}}
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[[Category:1986 television films]]
[[Category:1986 action films]]
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[[Category:Canadian drama television films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Steven Hilliard Stern]]
[[Category:Films set in parks]]
[[Category:Central Park in fiction|Park Is Mine 1986]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox Television films]]
[[Category:Films produced by John Kemeny]]
[[Category:Films scored by Tangerine Dream]]
[[Category:Films set in Manhattan]]
[[Category:HBO Films films]]
[[Category:1980s Canadian films]]