Filmed in the early 1990s, the movie is about an exclusive boarding school for boys that is taken over by terrorists. Here's a little more about the cast and the plot in a review by Paul Brenner of "All-Movie Guide":

"Dead Poets Society and Die Hard bash heads in this action drama set in a Northeastern prep school. The film opens as a crazed Central American terrorist, Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff), goes on a shooting spree, attempting to gain his drug baron father's release from extradition to the United States. The following sequence introduces some malcontented rich kids from the prep school --Joey Trotta (Wil Wheaton), the son of a New Jersey mob leader; Billy Tepper (Sean Astin), a reprobate who has been to four boarding schools in as many years; Snuffy Bradbury (Keith Coogan), whose rich banker father is the chairman of the Republican Party; Ricardo Montoya (George Perez), the son of a big-shot lawyer; and Hank Giles (T.E. Russell), whose father is the head of the House Armed Services Committee. The boys disregard their studies and spend their waking hours giving Dean Parker (Louis Gossett Jr.) a hard time. The two storylines collide when Luis, with a group of terrorist goons, make their way across the U.S. border and invade the boarding school, planning to take hostage the son of his father's judge. But the authorities have already removed the boy from danger, so Luis and the terrorists decide to hold the entire student body hostage until their demands are met. Working with the FBI and the special government forces, the rebellious groups of boys have to devise a plan to short-circuit the hostage situation."

Scene from "Toy Soldiers" with the north entrance of "Old Main" in the background.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES FROM THE MOVIE SET

Fortunately, things rarely get that exciting on our beautiful campus, but remember the scenes from the belltower? That's our fine arts building. I'm on the main floor, the woodworking shop is above me, and the music department is above that.

  

The top floor of "Old Main," our primary academic and administrative building, was partially renovated during the 2000-2001 school year to create a student lounge. The unfinished sections of the floor still hold some surprises from our school's long history, such as this:

Be sure to check out THE MAKING OF "TOY SOLDIERS" by clicking on the link. And by the way, Major Payne and Morgan Stewart's Coming Home were also filmed on our campus!

      

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