Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth. Stone wrote the story 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. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1986. In 2007, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies" poll. British television channel... Channel 4 voted Platoon as the 6th greatest war film ever made, behind Full Metal Jacket and ahead of A Bridge Too Far. In late 1967, young Chris Taylor has abandoned college for combat duty in Vietnam. Taylor and several other replacements have been assigned to Bravo Company, near the Cambodian border. Worn down by the exhausting heat and poor living conditions, his enthusiasm for the war wanes and he develops an admiration for the more experienced soldiers. He writes to his grandmother saying, "I think I made a big mistake coming here".
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| Release date: | December 19, 1986 |
| Directed by: | Oliver Stone |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arnold Kopelson |
| Editor: | Claire Simpson |
| Music by: | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography: | Robert Richardson |
| Screenplay by: | Oliver Stone |
| Estimated budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action |