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Platoon (1986) -- A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Oliver Stone (written by)
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24 December 1986 (USA) more
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The first casualty of war is innocence.
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A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 9 nominations more
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Still my favorite film more (425 total)

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120 min
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Oliver Stone originally was looking for an Indian actor to play Sergeant Elias. When he failed to do so, he cast Willem Dafoe, a Dutch-American actor, instead. more
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Continuity: At the bunker complex, Sergeant Elias goes into the tunnels. In one shot he goes through some water, but in the following shots he is dry. more
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Pvt. Gardner: [seeing body bags] Aw, man, is that what I think it is?
Sergeant: All right, you cheese-dicks, welcome to the 'nam! Follow me.
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Referenced in The Girl Next Door (2004) more
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WHITE RABBIT more

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49 out of 66 people found the following review useful.
Still my favorite film, 13 March 2003
10/10
Author: bzb2001 from Nixa, Missouri

Every once in a while I will watch this film again and see if maybe I have grown tired of it. Surely after "Saving Private Ryan," "Titanic," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," or "Schindler's List" I have seen a better film. Well, after every viewing there is something about Oliver Stone's masterpiece that keeps me saying that I have never seen anything better.

I am a sucker for Vietnam pictures. "Apocalypse Now" and "The Deer Hunter" also rank in my top ten of all time. Stories about Vietnam can run the entire gambit of human emotions. "Platoon" is not only a documentation of America's sordid involvement in a foreign civil war, it is also a dramatic story of human response. A life developing in the most horrible of places.

There have been films put together better. There have been films with more detailed and interesting plots. But none have ever told a more touching story of human development set in the backdrop of bloody violence and inhuman suffering.

Rating: 10 out of 10.

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