Platoon (1986)
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- Synopsis
- Oliver Stone's breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late '60s....
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- Starring
- Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn
- Director(s)
- Oliver Stone
- Distributor(s)
- Orion
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min.
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