Platoon [videorecording] / Hemdale Film Corporation presents ; an Arnold Kopelson production of ; an Oliver Stone film ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone.
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FilmPublisher number: M124618 | Twentieth Century FoxLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Beverly Hills, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]Description: 1 videodiscc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles: - Platoon (Motion picture).
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- Music, Georges Delerue ; director of photography, Robert Richardson ; art direction, Rodell Cruz, Sherman Williams ; military technical advisor, Captain Dale Dye.
- Academy Awards, 1986: Best picture, Director, Film editing, Sound.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | DVDs | DVD PLA | Available | 36748002493635 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986.
Includes theatrical trailer.
Music, Georges Delerue ; director of photography, Robert Richardson ; art direction, Rodell Cruz, Sherman Williams ; military technical advisor, Captain Dale Dye.
Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Francesco Quinn, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp.
A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital English 5.1.
In English or Spanish with optional French and Spanish subtitles, closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Academy Awards, 1986: Best picture, Director, Film editing, Sound.