When Forrest begins his three-year run as he passes the barbershop in town the TV announcer says President Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion.

Platoon movie goofs. Chris Taylor a neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants one good and the other evil. Thousands of bloopers make it into even the biggest movies and some of these mistakes are very entertaining if you know where to look. Throughout the film we experience the platoons frustrations anxieties and fears of fighting an invisible enemy that the platoon seems to have little to no impact against.

Set in 1967 features Bunny listening to Merle Haggard s Okie from Muskogee not released until 1969. Although almost every scene in this movie is meant to be tongue-in-cheek humor about the army however there is no way that any army platoon if the leader or drill sergeant is taken out sick or otherwise injured as with Sgt. Plus Bloopers and mistakes in.

When the men are playing cards one of the men is looking at a Playboy from March 1971 despite the film taking place in 1967. During the filming of Oliver Stones Platoon at a location near Manila actors Willhem Dafoe Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger. Plus Bloopers and mistakes in movies TV books and more.

Part of 8 pages of info for the 1986 movie from the award winning 80s Movies Rewind. Platoon Movie Blooper. Sergeant Elias Willem Dafoe a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorseses The Last Temptation of Christ and Sergeant Barnes Tom Berenger a moody macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side.

Platoon 1986 Trivia Review. In such a case a replacement drill. Photo by Roland NeveuLightRocket via Getty Images Not surprisingly the film was banned in Vietnam by the authorities because of.

However Forrest begins his trip presumably on July 5 1976 when Carter isnt President yet. Platoon 1986 Continuity mistake. And we are finally left with not only the platoon but almost the entire 25th infantry overrun by the enemy sustaining enormous loss of lives.