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Oliver Stone’s breakthrough as a director, and based on his first-hand experience, “Platoon” is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier’s tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army. After a few weeks at war however, he begins to see the naivete of his views of the war. He quickly discovers that he must do battle with not only the Viet Cong, but also the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the intense anger growing within him. Cast includes: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker and John McGinley.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311893
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Motion pictures and the war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Corruption
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Corruption
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)