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It is the first film. Chris Taylor a neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants one good and the other evil. Released in 1986 Platoon was a massive hit with audiences and critics winning both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.

McGinley Forest Whitaker and Johnny DeppIt is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone followed by Born on the Fourth of July 1989 and Heaven Earth 1993. Besides the Vietcong the platoon wrestles with the inscrutable villagers which the GIs officially protect but also fear as some collaborate with them other covertly with the Cong either way subject to bloody reprisals. Once hes on the ground in the middle of battle his idealism fades.

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