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Winner* of 4 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-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 inten
Winner* of 4 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-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 (Oscar®-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. *1986: Director, Editing, Sound **1989: Director, Born on the Fourth of July; 1986: Director, Platoon; 1978: Adapted Screenplay, Midnight Express ***1986: Supporting Actor (both), Platoon
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Manufacturer: FOX
EAN: 0027616913777 UPC: 027616913777
Tags: Richard Edson (1), Color (1), Rated R (1), Machine Gun (1), Kevin Dillon (1), Sergeant (1), Charlie Sheen (1), Mgm (1), Staff Sergeant (1), Tony Todd (1), Francesco Quinn (1), Vietnam War (1), Military & War (1), Reggie Johnson (1), Mark Moses (1), Corey Glover (1), Chris Pedersen (1), Bob Orwig (1), Corkey Ford (1), David Neidorf (1)
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