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1 day ago · Platoon is perhaps the grandest achievement of Oliver Stone’s career, as it won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and was hailed as one of the most defining films ever made about the Vietnam ...
4 days ago · Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. Director: Oliver Stone. Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe.
- 120 min
- 28
- The Cinema Channel
2 days ago · Platoon was the first of three films Stone has made about the Vietnam War: the others were Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth, each dealing with different aspects of the war.
4 days ago · Depicts the Vietnam War. A multiple-choice quiz by Texas_Rattlesnake. Estimated time: 5 mins. Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (19/25), Koz13 (23/25), Guest 162 (23/25).
5 days ago · While "Platoon" told a fictional story inspired by Stone's experiences, "Born on the Fourth of July" depicts the life of famed antiwar advocate Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise).
- Liam Gaughan
5 days ago · A former Welsh Guard has described having a "catastrophic breakdown" after witnessing untold horrors in Afghanistan. Steven Peters was deployed to Helmand Province in 2009, during a period which...
3 days ago · The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane.
