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The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson, released in 1966 in Europe, 1967 in the US) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War, named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendeorffer was embedded. Two decades later, a sequel was released as Reminiscence.
The Anderson Platoon: Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. With Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman. The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966.
For six weeks the French film maker Pierre Schoendoerffer followed a platoon of GIs led by black West Point Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson. Unlike the heavil...
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The Anderson Platoon - Full Cast & Crew. Director Pierre Schoendorffer's harrowing, Oscar-winning documentary follows Lt. Joseph Anderson, a black West Point graduate, and his unit, on combat duty ...
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- Stuart Whitman
Jun 12, 2024 · The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson , released in 1966 in Europe, 1967 in the US) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War, named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendeorffer was embedded. Two decades later,
Perhaps for its era <i>The Anderson Platoon</i> had something new to offer, but it hasn't withstood the test of time. The most prominent weakness I find is the film's failure to take a stand.
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65 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1968. Roger Ebert. May 7, 1968. 2 min read. By coincidence, I saw Eugene Jones’ “A Face of War” at a screening the day before I went to review “The Anderson Platoon.”. Both films use cinema verite to examine the rifleman in Vietnam, but the Jones film is incomparably more true and compelling than “The ...
