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Winner of 4 Academy Awardsr, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscarr-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 ang
Winner of 4 Academy Awardsr, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscarr-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 (Oscarr-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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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 4 October 2011
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0027616077042 UPC: 027616077042
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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