Platoon
MGM / UA (1986)
Action, Drama, War
In Collection
#10173
0*
Seen ItYes
027616851567
IMDB   8.2
2 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Tom Berenger Staff Sgt. Bob Barnes
Willem Dafoe Sgt. Elias Grodin
Charlie Sheen Pvt. Chris Taylor
Forest Whitaker Big Harold
Francesco Quinn Rhah
John C. McGinley Sgt. Red O'Neill (as John C. McGinley)
Richard Edson Sal
Kevin Dillon Bunny
Reggie Johnson Junior
Keith David King
Johnny Depp Lerner
David Neidorf Tex
Mark Moses Lt. Wolfe
Chris Pedersen Crawford
Tony Todd Sgt. Warren
Director
Oliver Stone
Producer Arnold Kopelson
A. Kitman Ho
Writer Oliver Stone
Cinematography Robert Richardson
Musician Georges Delerue


The first casualty of war is innocence.

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar-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 naïve 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 (Oscar-nominated Tom Berenger and William 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.
Edition Details
Edition Movie-Only Edition
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 32
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Collectible Booklet
Original Theatrical Trailer