Platoon [Blu-ray]

Platoon [Blu-ray]

Director: Oliver Stone Cast: Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
, Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
, Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
, Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Oliver Stone
Platoon [Blu-ray]

Platoon [Blu-ray]

Director: Oliver Stone Cast: Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
, Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
, Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
, Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Oliver Stone

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Oliver Stone's breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late '60s. He's shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers under two men who lead the platoon: Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger), whose facial scars are a mirror of the violence and corruption of his soul, and Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe), who maintains a Zen-like calm in the jungle and fights with both personal and moral courage even though he no longer believes in the war. After a few weeks "in country," Taylor begins to see the naïveté of his views of the war, especially after a quick search for enemy troops devolves into a round of murder and rape. Unlike Hollywood's first wave of Vietnam movies (including The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Coming Home), Platoon is a grunt's-eye view of the war, touching on moral issues but focusing on the men who fought the battles and suffered the wounds. In this sense, it resembles older war movies more than its Vietnam peers, as it mixes familiar elements of onscreen battle with small realistic details: bugs, jungle rot, exhaustion, C-rations, marijuana, and counting the days before you go home. This mix of traditional war movie elements with a contemporary sensibility won Platoon four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, and a reputation as one of the definitive modern war films.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/04/2011
UPC: 0027616077042
Original Release: 1986
Rating: R
Source: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:00:00
Sales rank: 18,518

Special Features

Audio commentary by director Oliver Stone; Audio commentary by military advisor Dale Dye; Deleted and exnteded scenes with optional commentary by Oliver Stone; Flashback to Platoon: Snapshot in time: 1967 - 1968; creating the 'Nam; raw wounds: the legacy of Platoon; Documentaries

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Charlie Sheen Chris Taylor
Willem Dafoe sier¿ant Elias
Tom Berenger sier¿ant Barnes
Forest Whitaker Wielki Harold
Francesco Quinn Rhah
John C. McGinley sier¿ant O'Neill,Actor
Robert Edson Sal,Sal
Kevin Dillon Bunny
Reggie Johnson Junior
Keith David King
Johnny Depp Lerner
David Neidorf Tex
Mark Moses Lt. Wolfe
Chris Pedersen Crawford
Corkey Ford Manny
Corey Glover Francis,Sanderson
Bob Orwig Gardner
Tony Todd Warren
Kevin Eshelman Morehouse
Terry McIlvain Ace,Ace
Ivan Kane Tony
Paul Sanchez Doc
Dale Dye Capt. Harris
Peter Hicks Parker
Andrew Clark Tubbs
Bernardo Manalili Village Chief
Than Rogers Village Chief's Wife
Li Thi Van Village Chief's Daughter
Clarisa Ortacio Old Woman
Romy Sevilla One-Legged Man
Mathew Westfall Terrified Soldier
Nick Nicholson Mechanized Soldier
Warren McLean Mechanized Soldier
Oliver Stone Officer in Bunker
Basile Achara Flash
Steve Barredo Fu Sheng
Chris Castillejo Rodriguez
Li Mai Thao Rape Victim
Ron Barracks Medic
H. Gordon Boos Soldier with Mohawk Haircut
Mark Ebenhoch Ebenhoch
Adam J. Glover Sanderson
Robert 'Rock' Galotti Huffmeister
Eric Hahn Soldier
Chris Pederson Crawford
Henry Strzalkowski Soldier
Andrew B. Clark Tubbs
Georges Delerue Composer

Technical Credits
Oliver Stone Director,Screenwriter
Gil Arceo Stunts
John Daly Executive Producer,Producer
Yves De Bono Special Effects
Derek Gibson Executive Producer,Producer
Arnold Kopelson Producer
Simon Kaye Sound Mixer
David Campling Sound Effects
Rudy Candaza Special Effects
A. Kitman Ho Producer
Andrew Wilson Special Effects
Gordon Daniel Sound Effects
Richard Boyle Screenwriter
Greg Dillon Sound Effects
Warren McLean Casting
Pat Golden Casting
Venancio Goltiano Sound Effects
Bob Morones Casting
Charles Grenzbach Sound Effects
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