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 enlarge | Actors: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  298 reviews
Sales Rank: 2355
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 027616862815
UPC: 027616862815
EAN: 0027616862815
ASIN: B00005AUJQ
Theatrical Release Date: December 24, 1986
Release Date: June 5, 2001
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 great movie May 6, 1999
I was quite taken by this movie, that is an enormous understatement, but nonetheless i'll stick with that for the time being. i didn't really know what i was in for when i rented this, i must say i was completely surprised at the at the acting and depth of the plot. the elias/barnes entanglement is a great conflict and dafoe's supporting performance is reason enough to watch this. Sheen also gives in his best performance of his life (arguably), the voice overs reminded me of a film 7 years its senior..."Apocalypse Now". Platoon is a great movie, my only complaint or question rather is: why isn't it out on video? it's in the afi top 100 and yet it's not available. if anyone has an answer to this please notify the rest of us, i'll come back speratically to check on it. some guy from bravo company said it wasn't acurate according to that platoon, that's just being esoteric and scrupulous now isn't it?
MOVED TO TEARS AND SILENCED. HURRY UP AND RELEASE ON VIDEO. April 30, 1999
FRESH FACED AND OUTTA SCHOOL,BIG TIME CHARLIE POTATOES. WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU MAM...HAVE YOUR SON BACK NEW AND IMPROVED. TO DIE OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS JUST ANOTHER 24 HOURS IN A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME... EVEN A STOPPED CLOCK GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TIME TWICE A DAY.
THIS MOVIE IS A CLASSIC! April 29, 1999
"Platoon," represents one of the best movies made about the Vietnam War and the men who fought in it. Oliver Stone does an excellent job of developing the characters Alias (Willem Dafoe) and Barnes (Tom Berenger). Stone also provides the viewer with a very accurate picture of the Vietnam War. Everything from the physical elements - heat, humidity, monsoon, leeches, and mud: to the emotional elements - a surprise daytime ambush, fear, loneliness, friendship, frustration, and sadness (mourning). Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is the most vulnerable character at the beginning of the movie but soon learns the "hard" lessons about Vietnam. I feel that this is Charlie Sheen's best movie-to-date. The cast in this movie accurately portrays the "grunt" in the field and his constant flux of emotions. For a classic movie about the Vietnam War watch "Platoon!" You won't be disappointed.
Great story about the mess of an americain platoon in Nam. April 17, 1999
Willem Dafoe rocks. He's one of the reasons I watched this movie ( which was so great!). The other reason is that I'm a Vietnamese, and what the soldiers did to the people in the village is true. My grand mother was one of them ( she was killed on the field because the soldiers found out that she helped the Vietcong to escape.). I'm waiting for another movie by Stone about Vietnam ( maybe some romance ).Anyway, Wllem's still the reason why I first watch this movie.
 Good Film April 5, 1999
I think this is a great movie. I read the review posted by the Bravo Company commander, and agree that maybe it is historically inaccurate. From what I heard Vietnam was not the butchery of American soldiers that people think it was in most cases; the average platoon would march, get ambushed and fire back, and keep marching. However I disagree with him that this is not a good movie, I thought it was very entertaining and emotional, and I like all of the characters in it (Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger did two great jobs of acting). This movie is one of my favorites.
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