Platoon

"The first casualty of war is innocence."

Director: Oliver Stone
Written by: Oliver Stone
Release Date: 24th of December 1986 (USA)
Won: 4 Oscars
Filming Locations: Philippines

Most countries demand 14 to 16 years of age for viewing this movie, because of violence and hush language. This problem was "solved" in Vietnam, where the movie was banned.

Oliver Stone served in Vietnam himself and the story was written by him upon his return. The American Film Institute placed Platoon at #86 in their "100 Years...100 Movies" poll. Channel 4 voted "Platoon" as the 6th greatest war movie.

Cast

Dale Dye - Capt. Harris
Tom Berenger - Staff Sgt. Bob Barnes
Willem Dafoe - Sgt. Elias Grodin
John C. McGinley - Sgt. Red O'Neill
Tony Todd - Sgt. Warren
Mark Moses - Lt. Wolfe
Charlie Sheen - Pvt. Chris Taylor
Johnny Depp - Pvt. Lerner
Bob Orwig - Pvt. Gardner
Forest Whitaker - Big Harold
Francesco Quinn - Rhah
Richard Edson - Sal
Kevin Dillon - Bunny
Reggie Johnson - Junior
Keith David - King
David Neidorf - Tex
Chris Pedersen - Crawford
Corkey Ford - Manny
Ivan Kane - Tony Hoyt
Paul Sanchez - Doc Gomez
J. Adam Glover - Sanderson
Corey Glover - Francis
Kevin Eshelman - Morehouse
Terry McIlvain - Ace
Peter Hicks - Parker
Basile Achara - Flash
Steve Barredo - Fu Sheng
Chris Castillejo - Rodriguez
Andrew B. Clark - Tubbs
Ron Barracks - Medic