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Platoon (Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SHEEN,CHARLIE
EAN: 0027616862815
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoFrench (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 027616862815
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1986
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Editorial Review:
Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam. 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 (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), 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. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson
Emotional look at the war in Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a young man who discovers that the Viet Cong are not the only enemies he has to fight.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Make sure you have a box of Kleenex by you.
I remember I was still rather young when this came out.
I remember seeing Vietnam vets on tv coming out of the theater crying.
I was too young to understand.
Fast forward a few years, I watched it, and didn't stop crying for I don't remember how long.
A powerful and disturbing view of the Vietnam War.
The script, acting, directing, everything is masterful.
One of the few movies I'm glad won the academy for best picture.
It's not the usual anti war stuff either, ... Read More
Rating: - The Best Portrayal Of Vietnam Yet
This movie is a standout from all other war movies because it puts together the most intellectual and heartfelt aspects of that war or any war into one movie.
Rating: - Wonderful
For those of us who only knew of the Vietnam War from A little High School History , Television , and A few Books ,this Movie showed A new , eye opening story about this Cvil War , that we got invovled in , and lost A lot of great people in .
Rating: - Platoon review
Platoon 20th anniversary edition is a great addition to my DVD library. The comentary by Oliver Stone and his advisor give great perspective into the movie and the Vietnam war.
Rating:  - Conservatives, You Can Come Out of Your Foxholes
First, let me lay my cards on the table: I'm a conservative republican, am generally pro-military (i.e. U.S.), and distrust Oliver Stone nearly as much as I do Michael Moore. Further, I don't know if I've ever agreed with a thing that the Sheen family has said. Yet even though some of my political pals disdain this movie, I feel differently. I half-expected a heavy dose of lefty-propaganda and intentional distortion, but for the most part was pleasantly surprised. I try to evaluate every item I encounter ... Read More
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