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Platoon Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail** Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweet Read emails Twitter Poll Platoon Written and Directed by: Oliver Stone Starring: Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe Charlie Sheen Released: Dec 24 1986 Budget: $6M ($15.2M in 2021) Box Office: $138.5M ($351.2M in 2021) Ratings: IMDb 8.1/10 Rotten Tomatoes 87% Metacritic 92% Google Users 91% 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 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Lastly, a Platoon is a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a lieutenant and divided into several sections or squads. First time you saw the movie? Plot: The film opens to black and white text: "Rejoice O young man in thy youth" -Ecclesiastes. At an air filed as new recruits are getting off a plane; they observe body bags being loaded. They somberly walk by as injured men heckle them. September 1967, Brave Company, 25th infantry, somewhere near the Cambodian border. The men are marching through the jungle, on patrol. Charlie Sheens Chris Taylor comes across a dead body, with Sgt Barnes telling him he's good and dead. Taylor collapses, with ants on his neck. A resupply helo touches down and they unload, troops are shown cutting grass, working on weapons, tending to wounds, setting mines. Taylor starts a voice over as a letter to his Grandma, about Hell and complaining how hard it is. Up at 5am, humping all day, how new guys are valued less, and he thinks he made a mistake. The Sgts get a report of an ambush, and they argue about who is going out on partrol. The troops are complaining about the patrol, and Sgt Elias takes the
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