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Platoon

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Directed by Oliver Stone • 1986 • United States
Starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger

Director Oliver Stone drew from his own experiences for this searing antiwar epic, one of the most brutally realistic Hollywood films made about the horrors of the Vietnam War. Alongside an impressive cast that includes Willem Dafoe and Forest Whitaker, Charlie Sheen delivers an intense performance as Chris Taylor, a teenage Army recruit who is deployed to Vietnam, where he witnesses firsthand the atrocities of war—many of which are carried out by his own comrades—forcing him to confront the morality of America’s military involvement. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, PLATOON remains an overwhelming experience thanks to its stunningly raw, visceral imagery.

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