Platoon American war film released in 1986 that was written and directed by Oliver Stone and was regarded by many critics as one of the best of the movies about the Vietnam War.

Platoon movie based on book. Platoon won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. The protagonist is a young idealist and patriot called Chris Taylor. The novel has been written by Dale A.

In the movie Platoon the author Oliver Stone tells us a story about an American soldier in Vietnam during the war. Based on the bookmemoir Red Platoon. 3 2009 more than 300 Taliban fighters launched a predawn raid on Outpost Keating a remote and controversial American outpost near the Afghan-Pakistani border overrunning its perimeter defenses.

Even though the story is fictional he keeps it really realistic and the more close possible to what was reality in Vietnam. Heres a description of the story that the film will tell. Platoon won the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe Award for best drama.

Composed by Smokey Robinson as William Robinson Marvin Tarplin and Warren Moore Performed by Smokey Robinson The Miracles as Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Published by Jobete. That screenplay was actually based on Stones earlier screenplay Break a semi-autobiographical account of his experiences and people he knew in Vietnam. Platoon is Based On Oliver Stones Own Vietnam War Experiences One thing that no commentator could fault is the genuine experience that Stone had in the theatre of war well before he became a writer and director.

The film was in Pre-Production status. The story is mostly based on his own experience when he went there. Hemphill lets you know that he has three problems with Stones movie portrayal.

A True Story of American Valor by Clinton Romesha. There were no large dope parties at the time no villager was murdered or raped and two of his sergeants were not trying to kill each other. During one patrol on New Years Day January 1 1968 the platoon finds what appears to be an abandoned bunker.