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Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp.
Feb 6, 1987 · Platoon: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon. Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil.
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- 1987-02-06
Platoon (1986) Johnny Depp: Lerner. Showing all 10 items. Jump to: Photos (6) Quotes (4) Photos. Quotes. Pvt. Gator Lerner : [to Rhah] You're weird, man. [During the interrogation of a village chief after the platoon finds hidden weapons] Pvt. Gator Lerner : Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old honcho when he said no.
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- OLIVER STONE WAS SO TIRED ON THE SET THAT HE STARTED MAKING CRAZY ACCUSATIONS. Stone has been described as difficult to work with even under the best of circumstances, and the grueling Platoon shoot—10 weeks in the miserable Philippine jungle—was in another category.
- THEY USED IMPORTED DIRT. Platoon was shot in the Philippines, which had the advantage of looking a lot like Vietnam without actually being in Vietnam.
- THAT SCENE WHERE EVERYBODY’S REALLY HIGH? EVERYBODY WAS REALLY HIGH. Willem Dafoe said that to get into character for the sequence where the soldiers are lounging around the tent, smoking and drinking whatever they can get their hands on, he and the other actors got stoned ahead of time.
- THE SHOOT ALMOST GOT CANCELLED ON ACCOUNT OF REVOLUTION. Sure, they thought. It’ll be easier to make a movie in the Philippines than in Vietnam, they thought.
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May 10, 2024 · Barnes questions the village chief (Bernardo Manalili), using Lerner (Johnny Depp) as a translator. The man denies that the villagers aid the North Vietnamese armed forces. When the man’s wife (Than Rogers) arrives, screaming at Barnes, he shoots her dead.
Oliver Stone's Platoon is the most sobering Vietnam War epic ever made. It is an unqualified triumph for its honesty, its artistry, its brutality and its frank portrayal of a nation - our nation - divided by ideology, poverty, racism and drugs.
