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- Platoon, American war film, released in 1986, that was written and directed by Oliver Stone and was regarded by many critics as one of the best of the movies about the Vietnam War. Platoon won the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe Award for best drama.
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards. 1986 Winner KCFCC Award. Best Director. Oliver Stone. Stone was nominated twice in the category and won an equal number of votes for both films. Tied with Oliver Stone for Salvador (1986).
The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 59th Academy Awards, and won four including Best Picture, Best Director for Stone, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing . In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" poll.
5 days ago · Platoon, American war film, released in 1986, that was written and directed by Oliver Stone and was regarded by many critics as one of the best of the movies about the Vietnam War. Platoon won the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe Award for best drama.
- Pat Bauer
An infantrymen's view of the frustration and pain of the Vietnam War, ''Platoon'' was the biggest winner at the 59th annual Academy Awards presentations in the Los Angeles Music Center. The...
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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- Drama, War
- Oliver Stone
- 1987-02-06
The 59th Academy Awards | 1987. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Monday, March 30, 1987. Honoring movies released in 1986.
Best Picture: Platoon. Platoon also won Academy Awards for Directing (Oliver Stone), Film Editing (Claire Simpson), and Sound (John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Bud Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye). Paul Newman won his first competitive Academy Award, for Best Actor, in The Color of Money.