PLATOON

ORION PICTURES

CAST

 
Sgt. Barnes....................................TOM BERENGER
Sgt. Elias.....................................WILLEM DEFOE
Chris.........................................CHARLIE SHEEN
Big Harold..................................FOREST WHITAKER
Rhah........................................FRANCESCO QUINN
Sgt. O'Neil................................JOHN C. McGINLEY
Sal...........................................RICHARD EDSON
Bunny..........................................KEVIN DILLON
Junior.......................................REGGIE JOHNSON
King............................................KEITH DAVID
Lerner..........................................JOHNNY DEPP
Tex...........................................DAVID NEIDORF
Lt. Wolf.........................................MARK MOSES
Crawford.....................................CHRIS PEDERSEN
Varren............................................TONY TODD
Manny...........................................CORKIE FORD
Tony..............................................IVAN KANE
Doc............................................PAUL SANCHEZ
Francis........................................COREY GLOVER
Gardner...........................................BOB ORWIG

AN OLIVER STONE FILM

Written and Directed by.........................OLIVER STONE Produced by.................................ARNOLD KOPELSON Co-Producer.....................................A KITMAN HO Executive Producers...............................JOHN DALY & DEREK GIBSON Executive in Charge of Production..........GRAHAM HENDERSON Music by.....................................GEORGE DELERUE Special Makeup Effects......................GORDON J. SMITH Special Effects Supervisor.....................YVES de BONO Sound Mixer......................................SIMON KAYE 1st Assistant Director.......................J. GORDON BOOS Film Editor...................................CLAIR SIMPSON Production Designer.............................BRUNO RUBEO Director of Photography...................ROBERT RICHARDSON Production Executive...........................PIERRE DAVID
"Platoon" is a story seen through the eyes of a soldier on his first tour of duty in Vietnam. The movie demonstrates the nightmare of war and living hell experienced by the soldiers. There is a growing split between two team leaders which leads to a private war within the war between countries. The movie won the Best Picture Oscar for 1986 and is available on home video as well as in a collectors edition laser disk set.


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