Platoon - 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Widescreen) |  | Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Forest Whitaker
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  305 reviews
Sales Rank: 9991
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Vietnamese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D14487D
UPC: 027616144874
EAN: 0027616144874
ASIN: B000F1IQJG
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1986
Release Date: May 30, 2006
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Winner of 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-winning** director Oliver Stone Platoon is powerful intense and starkly brutal. "Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing" (Leonard Maltin) it is "a dark unforgettable memorial" (The Washington Post) to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam.Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young naive American who upon his arrival in Vietnam quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong but also with the gnawing fear physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar®-nominated*** Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other the conflict chaos and hatred permeate Taylor suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value life.System Requirements:Features: Audio Commentary with Military Advisor Dale Dye Audio Commentary by Director Oliver Stone Deleted Scenes Documentaries Featurette: Preparing for 'Nam Running Time: 120Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 027616144874 Manufacturer No: 14487
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Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam. Chris (Charlie Sheen) is an infantryman whose loyalty is tested by two superior officers: Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), a former hippie humanist who really cares about his men (this was a few years before he played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ), and Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a moody, macho soldier who may have gone over to the dark side. The personalities of the two sergeants correspond to their combat drugs of choice--pot for Elias and booze for Barnes. Stone has become known for his sledgehammer visual style, but in this film it seems perfectly appropriate. His violent and disorienting images have a terrifying immediacy, a you-are-there quality that gives you a sense of how things may have felt to an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam. Platoon won Oscars for best picture and director. --Jim Emerson
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 Platoon, Vietnam war epic December 8, 2009
Sarah L. Clayton (Springfield, MA USA)
I own this already and am now sending it as gifts. The movie arrived promptly and in perfect condition.
special edition: Platoon dvd. November 27, 2009
Dr. Feelgood (USA)
Insightful, compelling, and a somewhat realistic account of, the war in Viet Nam, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers' perspective. For the sake of Hollywood, story telling, the characters and events were altered for dramatic purposes. So, it's not a documentary, or even close to one. The images, and war footage, was realistic looking in a way, giving the viewer a sense of what it was like, over there. Unlike Apocalypse Now, which was more metaphorical, not to say, that Platoon, also, did not rely heavily upon symbols as well. The characters in the film, took on symbolic roles, depicting the struggle that was present in the soldiers, who were not seen as all good, or all bad either.
america's critic September 12, 2009
David R. Lingard (memphis tn)
ha war war war!!! wahts more great acting good story platoon was and is a great movie to watch!!!
 Tragedy in Vietnam August 26, 2009
Lee Jensen (Rio Rancho, New Mexico USA)
The video protrays the deep seated frustration of Army troops serving in Vietnam revealed by the numerous fighting among ourselves. The ending thought accurately depicts the movie when the leading character states to the effect,that the enemy was more ourselves than the North Vietnamese.
Best movie of all times! July 11, 2009
MikeD (Florida, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think Platoon is the greatest movie of all times. Makes you think about what's really important in life. Very philosophical. And the music is just awesome. The whole movie can be summed up in Taylor's words at the end: "The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, just as Barnes and Elias, fighting, over what Rhah called, the possession of my soul".
Great movie!
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