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Platoon [DVD] [1987]
 
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Platoon [DVD] [1987]

Charlie Sheen , Tom Berenger , Oliver Stone    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Forest Whitaker
  • Directors: Oliver Stone
  • Writers: Oliver Stone
  • Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Arnold Kopelson, Derek Gibson, John Daly
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, Vietnamese
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Sep 2000
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004W4I5
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,445 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Winning a raft of awards, not least of which four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, Oliver Stone's Platoon was a box-office smash heralding Hollywood's second wave of Vietnam war films. Where predecessors The Deer Hunter (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979) were elaborate epics, Platoon simply showed the daily reality of the war from the point of view of ordinary soldiers. Stone's own service in Vietnam gives his work a unique authenticity.

Charlie Sheen gives his best performance to date, enduring a series of increasingly large-scale and bloody battles which retrospectively make one wonder why Saving Private Ryan was hailed as so new. Against this gruelling verity the film falters over the symbolic conflict between good and evil sergeants played by Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger. Even though this was also based in real life, it strikes a too conventionally Hollywood-like note in a film which otherwise maintains much of the raw power of Stone's other film from 1986, Salvador. Johnny Depp fans should look out for an early appearance by the star. Stone would return to Vietnam with the more sophisticated Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven and Earth (1993).

On the DVD: The 50-minute documentary "Tour of the Inferno" goes beyond the usual "making-of" to present a personal account both of the film and of Stone's own time in Vietnam. Likewise the two audio commentaries--one by Stone, the other by Captain Dale Dye, fellow veteran and military technical advisor--range between the making of the film and the degree to which the actors came to inhabit their parts, to their own wartime experiences. Both commentaries bring a fresh level of appreciation and understanding to the film. Also included is the original trailer and three TV commercials, together with well-presented stills galleries of behind-the-scenes photos and poster art. Following a credit sequence marred by dirt on the print, the anamorphically enhanced 1.77:1 image is sharp and clear. The many night scenes are very dark but remain easily comprehensible. The three-channel Dolby Digital sound is suitably raw and powerful, though an early sequence featuring rain in the jungle suffers from very distracting repeated drop-outs in the left channel. --Gary S Dalkin

From the Back Cover

A triumph! A staggering study of war.

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, "Platoon" is powerful, intense and starkly brutal. Harrowingly realistic and completely convincing, it is a dark, unforgettable memorial to every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam.

Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar nominated Tom Berenger and William Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war the wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value...life.


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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
great film poor audio 18 May 2011
Format:Blu-ray
as you all know great film,so i will just say how dissapointed i am with bluray release. Picture quaility is pretty good mostly,but does have a lot of grain in places,but worst is the sound. Its dts hd master,but sounds terrible,very flat and dull,doesnt sound any better than average stereo sound,rear speaker are barely used. Rating only 3stars
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Platoon 5 Nov 2006
By Spider Monkey HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This is probably one of the best Vietnam movies out there. It has a moving soundtrack, great cinematography and you find yourself engrossed and involved when watching the development of one naive recruit as he becomes hardened by the war and his experiences. You also see him profoundly changed in his outlook, that you too will share, as the film closes. A brilliant film, that should be watched by all.

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By Jay
Format:DVD
Platoon is also the best of all Vietnam films; loosely based on Stone's own experience in the war-torn jungles. In Platoon, the phrase "war is hell" takes on new meaning; the frenetic, chaotic battle rages everywhere in Platoon: within Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen; the main character), between the soldiers in the platoon (most notably father-figure Sergeants Elias-Willem Dafoe- and Barnes-Tom Berenger-; who seem to be warring for control of Chris' untainted soul), and of course between the Americans and the Vietnamese (who are rarely shown; a wise choice on Stone's part). Directing from all points of view possible (the soldier's points anyway), and filming each battle in a frenzy hazy way, where we are no longer sure who is fighting who, Stone captures the sense of messy chaos that war (or at least the Vietnam, proclaimed by many) is. Also known for the hit single ' Tracks of My Tears'
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Excelente movie, poor presentation
This is a excellent movie that deserved a better presentation in HI-DEFINITION. Despite this blu-ray has a excellent image and most wonderfull sound, the case in wich it came it's... Read more
Published 7 days ago by PoggiHD
Yes a great movie from a certain perspective , I feel !
Hey got done watching platoon at last !!Great acting , and great scenes for it`s time . So much nowadays can be done with CG I so it was harder back in the day to create certain... Read more
Published 8 days ago by davidinator
Good transfer of an excellent movie
I have recently revisited two great classics about the Vietnam war: Full Metal Jacket, from Kubrick, and Oliver Stone's Platoon. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ricardo
VIETNAM
EXCELLENT FILM ,IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR ERA OF AMERICAN HISTORY I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU READ - " A RUMOUR OF WAR" BY PHILIP CAPUTO AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON , A GENUINE... Read more
Published 1 month ago by REME
PLATOON screams at you " War is hell
(THE FILM)Writer/director Oliver Stone has created a personal and searing testament to the men who fought the war in Vietnam. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. F. husseiny
PLATOON
GOOD FILM BUT NOT VERY GOOD FOR SOUND OF 5.1 DISSAPOINTING THERE HASNT BEEN ENOUGH PUT IN TO THE MOVIE SO DISSAPOINTING AND NOT WORTH BUYING ON BLU RAY
Published 4 months ago by Ant
America wins the War ...... again!!!!
Not a great deal one can say other than the product arrived very swiftly and was well packaged. The cost was no more than one would expect to pay - now I can view it at my leisure. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Cadman
Platoon
Amazon review says: "The high definition upgrade does it real justice, too, bringing the haunting visuals vividly to life." High definition upgrade??? I don't think so. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mike Jefferies
Good movie....but.
MGM are resonsible for some of the worst transfers to DVD and Blue Ray and this is another example. Do not waste your money.
Published 8 months ago by Jim Kames
Nice Blu-ray edition.
I was positively surprised by the quality upgrade of this edition. Though I think the picture is just a notch brighter and there are moments when there is an audible hiss, or... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Adam Teluk
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