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Platoon (film) can be found under the following categories:
English-language films
,
American films
,
Drama films
,
Independent films
,
American drama films
,
Best Picture Academy Award winners
,
Films whose director won the Best Director Academy Award
,
Films whose director won the Best Director Golden Globe
,
Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe winning performance
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Platoon
is a
1986
epic
war film
written and directed by
Oliver Stone
and starring
Charlie Sheen
,
Tom Berenger
and
Willem Dafoe
, with a small supporting turn from
Johnny Depp
. It is the first of Stone's
Vietnam War
trilogy, followed by
1989
's
Born on the Fourth of July
and
1993
's
Heaven & Earth
.
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
.
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This article is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
. It uses material from the
Wikipedia article "Platoon (film)"
.
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