The film would be released on Laserdisc in 1981 also by Magnetic Video.

Platoon movie wiki. The film was the fourth highest-rated film broadcast on television in the United States at the time with a Nielsen rating of 385 and an audience share of 65. It won four including Best Picture and Best Director. 538 19 Robocraft - Polish platoon vs Polish platoon DarthAdrian.

He is one of only a handful of veterans to have won an Oscar. A widescreen version was released in 1989 which includes four. Platoon is a 1986 film about a young recruit in Vietnam who faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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. A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads sections or patrols. Chris Taylor a neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants one good and the other evil.

Upon arrival he quickly discovers that his presence is qu. Shortly after a soldier named Manny Washington Corkey Ford goes missing. Written and directed by Oliver Stone.

Tom Beringer who plays the knowledgeable Sergeant Barnes was nominated in the Finest Supporting Actor category along with Willem Defoe who plays Sergeant Elias. Composed and directed by Oliver Stone it informs the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not understood by the American public. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer.

Platoon Platoon is a war film set during the Vietnam War directed by Oliver Stone. Chris Taylor is a young naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. 2 Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes.