Platoon (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
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| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
| Produced by | Arnold Kopelson |
| Written by | Oliver Stone |
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| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | Claire Simpson |
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| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Release date
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December 19, 1986 |
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Running time
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120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $138.5 million (North America) |
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993).
Stone wrote the screenplay based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. Platoon was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Platoon won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1986; it also won Best Director for Oliver Stone, as well as Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies" poll.
In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon near the Cambodian border. The platoon is officially led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, but in reality the soldiers defer to two of his older and more experienced subordinates: the hardened and cynical Staff Sergeant Barnes, and the more idealistic Sergeant Elias.
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