With Charlie Sheen Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe Keith David.

Platoon movie vietnam. Jacques Perrin Bruno Cremer Pierre Fabre Manuel Zarzo. Keith Loh Chris Taylor has arrived in Vietnam in the year 1967. Platoon is a war film based on the real-life experiences that the director Oliver Stone had when he was serving as a US.

Directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone the movie also features exceptional performances by Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe Keith David Kevin Dillon John C. 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. In Platoon Writer-director Oliver Stone drops us as he drops his autobiographical 19-year-old Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen into life with the 25th Infantry in Vietnam.

Platoon won the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe Award for best drama. Its a war where there seems to be no master plan no big picture and no advances. Hamburger Hill Good Morning Vietnam In Country.

It was nominated for many academy awards including best picture best film editing best sound best director best cinematography best writing and best supporting actor. Platoon on the other hand is perhaps the most realistic of Vietnam War movies and pretty much the only major one made by someone who was actually there. It follows Private First Class Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen as he enlists to fight in the Vietnam War.

Infantryman in Vietnam in 1967. First Blood Part II unlocked a flood of Hollywood films about the war. With such an authentic portrayal of the battlefield it is no wonder that it is regarded as one of the best Vietnam War films in cinematic history.

A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. My Movie Reaction First Time Watching Platoon. Platoon was instantly acclaimed upon its release as the first truly authentic look at Vietnam since the end of the war.