Platoon [videorecording] / an Orion Pictures release ; Hemdale Film Corporation presents an Arnold Kopelson production of an Oliver Stone film ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone.
Other Titles: Platoon (Motion picture).
Edition: Special ed. ; widescreen.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., [2001]
ISBN: 0792849019
Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Credits: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; film editor, Claire Simpson ; music, George Deleure.
Performers: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen.
Notes: Language tracks: English; subtitles: Spanish, French.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Academy Award for Best picture of 1986.
Summary: Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
