| Uniform Title |
Platoon (Motion picture : 1986) |
| Title |
Platoon. |
| Published |
Australia : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2021. |
| ©1986, ©2009. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (115 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-129107-9. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. |
| Based on Oliver Stone's experience from the war and is the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War. |
| "The first casualty of war is innocence." -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed and written by Oliver Stone ; produced by Arnold Kopelson. |
| Performers |
Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp. |
| Summary |
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 & Surround ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Letterbox version 16:9, Aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Awards note |
Winner of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, 1986 Academy Awards. |
| Subjects |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Battlefields -- Drama |
| War casualties -- Drama |
| Interpersonal conflict -- Drama |
| Military casualties -- Drama |
| Court marshals -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| War films |
| Historical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Stone, Oliver director, screenwriter. |
| Kopelson, Arnold producer. |
| Berenger, Tom, 1949- actor. |
| Dafoe, Willem actor. |
| Sheen, Charlie actor. |
| Whitaker, Forest actor. |
| Depp, Johnny actor. |
| Series |
Wars & westerns |
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