Platoon ( Blu-ray )
Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of young grunt Charlie Sheen (and drawn from the real-life experiences of creator Oliver Stone). Fine support from Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe as the unit's bitterly competitive topkicks; with Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker.
Year: 1986
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, War and Anti-War Films, Academy Award - Best Picture, Best of the 1980s, Empire Mag's Greatest 201, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Golden Globe - Drama, Blu-ray Discs
Country: USA, UK
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, John C McGinley, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
Duration: 120 Minutes
Rating: M - Violence and offensive langauge
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