movie poster for T.A.P.S.

Flicks ID

7994

Cert

PG

Running time

mins

Country

Language

Format

T.A.P.S. (1981)

HAROLD BECKER

Plot

An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander. Under the command of a student cadet major, they seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military. Engaging and at times enlivening drama with echoes of Lindsay Anderson's British opus 'If...'