Platoon
Extras
Trivia
- Oliver Stone played a cameo in the movie in the final battle scene
- Near the end of the movie, Francis stabs himself in the
right thigh and is seen leaving on a chopper minutes later with his left thigh
bandaged
Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Director (Oliver Stone)
- Best Film Editing
- Best Sound
Quotes (Any
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- Junior: Hey white boy. What you waiting for? That hole ain't gonna dig itself. Common boy get your dick skin on that thing. Dig! We ain’t got all day. Dig! Dig! Play Sound (236 Kb)
- Chris: I figured why should just the poor kids go off to war and the rich kids always get away with it. Play Sound (97 Kb)
- Barnes: Elias is a water walker, like them politicians in Washington trying to fight this war with one hand tied around their balls. Play Sound (177 Kb)
-Rhah: Barnes been shot seven time and he ain't dead. Does that mean anything to you, huh? Barnes ain't meant to die. Play Sound (172 Kb)
- Barnes: Ya smoke this shit so to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. Play Sound (350 Kb)
- Chris: Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. Play Sound (172 Kb) QUOTE OF THE MOVIE
- Sgt. Elias: We've been kicking other peoples asses for so long I figured it's time we got ours kicked. Play Sound (134 Kb)
- Rhah: And if there's a heaven and God I hope there is, I know he's sitting up there, drunk as a fucking monkey and smokin’ shit. Play Sound (188 Kb)
- O'Neill: Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right? I mean I got a bad feeling! I don't think I'm gonna make it outta here! D'ya understand what I'm sayin' to you? Play Sound (263 Kb)
- Bunny: I told the padre the truth, man: I like it here. You get to do what you want. Nobody fucks with you. The only worry you got is dyin', and if that happens you won't know about it anyway. So what the fuck, man? Play Sound (269 Kb)
