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Platoon (film)...project, but Hollywood was still apathetic about Vietnam. However, the strength of Stone's writing on The Platoon was enough to get him the job penning Midnight Express '' in 1978. Despite that film's critical and commercial success, and... In this article: Platoon, Oliver Stone, Captain Harris, and Dino De Laurentiis |
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Yahoo! News | August 18, 2009
Oliver Stone to show Secret History of America (Reuters)
In the 1980s, Stone won Oscars for Vietnam War films "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," but later drew criticism for his take on history in the movie "JFK" and for his documentary about Cuban leader Fidel Castro, "Comandante."
In this article: Oliver Stone, Showtime, U.S., Communism, Capitalism, Oscars, Purple Heart, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, and Harry Truman
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Centre Daily Times | August 18, 2009
Oliver Stone set to produce a documentary series
...since the fall of communism will be explored. Stone, the Academy Award-winning director of "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," will serve as executive producer and narrator for the series. It's set to debut next year on Showtime.
In this article: Oliver Stone, Communism, Academy Award, Born on the Fourth of July, NEW YORK, and Hong Kong
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 05, 2007
Oliver Stone Visits My Lai for New Film
...U.S. support for the war. Stone, a Vietnam veteran and multiple Oscar winner, has produced three previous movies on the Vietnam War, including Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth. Stone was accompanied by producer...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Tuoi Tre, Vietnam, Oscar, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth, and Da Nang
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Film.com Movie Blog | August 23, 2009
Eric's Time Capsule: Hamburger Hill (Aug. 28, 1987)
...to it -- was trendy again. Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran, released Platoon in December 1986, and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket came seven months later, both to great critical and box-office acclaim. (Platoon won the Oscar for Best...
In this article: Hamburger Hill, Walter Cronkite, Vietnam, Full Metal Jacket, Academy Awards, Hollywood, and Oliver Stone
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | October 20, 2009
Chaos Reigns! Willem Dafoe talks with Capone about ANTICHRIST, CIRQUE DU FREAK, DAYBREAKERS, and JOHN CARTER OF MARS!!!
...that he became a star thanks to his performance as the archetypal good American solider in Stone's PLATOON (followed a couple years later by Stone's BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY). From there, Dafoe began an unbelievable run with movies like...
In this article: Willem Dafoe, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Daybreakers, Cirque du Freak, Andrew Stanton, Pixar, Paul Weitz, and Oliver Stone
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 20, 2007
Oliver Stone to Direct Anti-War TV Ad
...could speak directly to the American people and policymakers," said Nita Chaudhary, a MoveOn.org campaigner. Stone won best director Oscars for "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Platoon." He won a screenwriting Oscar for "Midnight Express."
In this article: Oliver Stone, MoveOn.org, Oscars, Washington, Iraq War, YouTube, VoteVets.org, U.S., and Born on the Fourth of July
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BBC News | September 07, 2009
'Surprise' visit
...of "dictator", despite having survived a coup and having stayed in power for a decade. Stone's previous films include Platoon, JFK and Nixon "The guy has survived 12 electoral processes," he comments. "Jimmy Carter went down to...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Hugo Chavez, Jimmy Carter, South America, North America, Venezuela, and US
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 03, 2007
Iran President Rejects Stone Documentary
...close to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard. Stone, who won best director Oscars for his movies "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Platoon" and a screenwriting Oscar for "Midnight Express," has made movies about former U.S. Presidents...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Oscar, United States, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Fidel Castro, and George W. Bush
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Times Online | July 24, 2009
Guest List: The actor Willem Defoe
...no stranger to controversy. He stimulated cunnilingus on Madonna in a car park in Body of Evidence, and outraged the moral majority with a dying crucifixion pose in his Oscar-nominated turn in Oliver Stone's Platoon. He then set the tiger among...
In this article: Willem Dafoe, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Mississippi Burning, New York, Ku Klux Klan, Oscar, Manhattan, and Theatre X
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Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C. McGinley, and Johnny Depp. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993).
The story is drawn from Stone's experiences as a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam and was written by him upon his return as a counter to the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1986. In 2007, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #86 in their "100 Years...100 Movies" poll. British television channel Channel 4 voted Platoon as the 6th greatest war film ever made, behind Full Metal Jacket and ahead of A Bridge Too Far. ==Plot==
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young American who has abandoned college for combat duty in Vietnam. The year is 1967. Upon arrival, he sees dead soldiers in body bags being loaded into his plane. Taylor and several other replacements have been assigned to Bravo Company, 25th Infantry division, "somewhere near the Cambodian border." Worn down by the exhausting work and poor living conditions, his enthusiasm for the war wanes and he develops an admiration for the more experienced soldiers, despite their reluctance to extend their friendship.
- Name:
- Platoon
- Release Date:
- January 01, 0019
- Directed By:
- Oliver Stone
- Produced by:
- Arnold Kopelson
- Written By:
- Oliver Stone
- Editor:
- Claire Simpson
- Starring:
- Cinematography:
- Robert Richardson
- Music By:
- Georges Delerue
- Distributed By:
- Orion Pictures
- Length:
- 120 minutes
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