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Platoon (Special Edition)

starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SHEEN,CHARLIE
EAN: 0027616862815
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 5433
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1986



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Winner* of 4 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of OscarÂ(r)-winning** director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. 'Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing' (Leonard Maltin), it is 'a dark, unforgettable memorial' (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (OscarÂ(r)-nominated*** Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value life.

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Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam. Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side. The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice--pot for Elias and booze for Barnes. Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Vietnam. FUBAR!!
I've read a couple of reviews that downgraded this film as being unrealistic. Of, course only the ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - lame
Rather than being about the Vietnam war as it really was, this film is basically an exercise in what ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Truly Essential for War flick buffs.
Actually, a must have for anyone who enjoys a good picture. All star cast, great story, truly moving ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Must See...
Its an Oliver Stone Semi-Autobiographical of his time in Vietnam. Throw in Dale Dye as a Technical ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The stars... there's no right or wrong in them. They're just there
Oliver Stone directed this powerful film about the Viet Nam War. It is dedicated to the soldiers who fought ... Read More

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