Any who remained had to either be VC or those who sympathized with North Vietnam.

Platoon movie my lai. My lai massacre platoon movie. Platoon is the semi-autobiographical account of Oliver Stones experiences in Vietnam. Platoon won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Motion Picture.

I know I know I still need to get the cast names in there and Ill be eternally tweaking it so if you have any corrections feel free to drop me a line. Sergeant David Mitchell leads the first squad followed by Lieutenant Calley and a. But as yet there is no word on who will portray the pivotal character in the My Lai story.

Captain Ernest Lou Medina. More than those other films it impacted the movie-going public and Vietnam War veterans. It was a well-earned victory with critics still to this day naming director Oliver Stones intense drama as one of war.

Here s the blurb. The biggest hamlets were at My Lai My Khe Co Luy and Tu Cung. Freely adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Seymour Hersh this film recounts the story of a platoon of American soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Wm.

The movie is narrated by a young soldier Charlie Sheen based on Stone himself. 9 - Platoon 1986 BACK-STORY. Soldiers in Vietnam to serve as a reminder of war atrocities newspapers reported on.

Finally the Platoon script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Oliver Stone Vietnam movie. As Charlie Company was helicoptered into Son My Captain Ernest Medina told his men that the residents should have gone to the market by 7 AM. The two lead platoons from the first helicopter element begin moving through the village.