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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. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth ...
November 7, 1986: Something Wild: $7 million: $8,362,969 November 14, 1986: Hoosiers [note 8] distribution only; produced by Hemdale Film Corporation Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2001: $9 million: $28,607,524 December 12, 1986: Three Amigos [note 12] co-production with HBO Films: $25 million: $39,246,734 December 19, 1986 ...
Forest Whitaker in 2014. Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director.. Whitaker started his career in early roles in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Vision Quest (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) before his leading role in Clint Eastwood's Bird (1988).
Filming location/s in the Philippines Film setting (if not in the Philippines) Country of origin of production companies Note Ref. 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously: Peter Weir: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco: Quiapo (Manila), Banaue Rice Terraces: Jakarta, Indonesia Australia, United States
An example of the "innocent" stereotype is the character of Chris in the 1986 film Platoon. [5] Chris is a naïve and innocent young man who joins the Army in 1967 out of a sense of patrotism. [5] At the beginning of the film, Chris can barely take care of himself; by the end of the film, Chris is no longer an innocent, and has become a man. [5]
And it's only appropriate that the superhero sequel arrived in theaters 35 years after Dafoe's breakout performance in Oliver Stone's Platoon. Released on Dec. 19, 1986, the Vietnam War-set movie ...
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his work in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), The Boondock Saints (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), The Florida ...
The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It was the first television series to regularly show Americans in combat in South Vietnam and was one of several similarly themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film Platoon (1986).