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Platoon

  • USA Platoon
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Drama / War
UK / USA, 1986, 120 min (Alternative: 115 min)

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Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men, and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side. The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice - pot for Elias and booze for Barnes. Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. (20th Century Fox AU)

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Academy Awards

  • 1987 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 1987 - Oliver Stone (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 1987 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • 1987 - Best Sound Mixing
  • 1987 - Tom Berenger (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 1987 - Willem Dafoe (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 1987 - Oliver Stone (Best Original Screenplay)
  • 1987 - Robert Richardson (Best Achievement in Cinematography)