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Platoon - 120 minutes
PlatoonOliver Stone's breakthrough as a director, Platoon is a brutally realistic look at a young soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a college student who quits school to volunteer for the Army in the late '60s. He's shipped off to Vietnam, where he serves with a culturally diverse group of fellow soldiers under two men who lead the platoon: Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger), whose facial scars are a mirror of the violence and corruption of his soul, and Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe) . www.rottentomatoes.com
Air Date
Friday, 1/25/13 from 8:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. ET
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Starring
Charlie Sheen
Willem Dafoe
Tom Berenger
Forest Whitaker
Johnny Depp
Director
Oliver Stone
Producers
John Daly .... Executive Producer
Derek Gibson .... Executive Producer
A. Kitman Ho .... Co-Producer
Arnold Kopelson .... Producer
Writer
Oliver Stone
Release Date
December 24, 1986
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