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Platoon by Dale A. Dye". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03 . Retrieved 2013-07-14. Ebert, Roger; Siskel, Gene (2011-05-03). "Siskel and Ebert Top Ten Lists (1969-1998) - Inner Mind". innermind. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08 . Retrieved 2014-11-30. Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30 . Retrieved 2011-08-13.

Grand Opening Today". The Manila Standard. March 18, 1987. p.15. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021 . Retrieved December 23, 2018. A Roadshow Presentation! Mohr Stories 84: Charlie Sheen". Mohr Stories Podcast. Jay Mohr. Aug 27, 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012 . Retrieved 28 October 2012. Scenes were shot in Mount Makiling, Laguna (province) (for the forest scenes), Cavite (for the river and village scenes), and Villamor Air Base near Manila. [19] [20] The first film in Oliver Stone's unofficial trilogy is arguably the best of the three. The basic story not only shows us what the war was like for those serving but also how the different personalities come out of those involved in it. As we follow Taylor we see him change as he is influenced by those around him and by his situation. It makes for an uncomfortable film but one that's worth watching. It's certainly a better war movie than things like Wild Geese or The Dirty Dozen, simply because it's a little more real to what happens than those ones. Oliver Stone's journey of creating a cinematic piece about his tour of duty in the Vietnam War began almost after it ended in 1968 when he wrote a screenplay called Break, a semi-autobiographical account detailing his experiences with his parents and his time in the Vietnam War. Stone's active duty service resulted in a "big change" in how he viewed life and the war. Although the screenplay Break was never produced, he later used it as the basis for Platoon. [7] His screenplay featured several characters who were the seeds of those he developed in Platoon. The script was set to music from The Doors; Stone sent the script to Jim Morrison in the hope he would play the lead. (Morrison never responded, but his manager returned the script to Stone shortly after Morrison's death; Morrison had the script with him when he died in Paris.) Although Break was never produced, Stone decided to attend film school. [7]Women Rule 2019 National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2021-03-22 . Retrieved 2020-05-08. Platoon". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017 . Retrieved January 28, 2018.

a b c d e f g h Salewicz, Chris (1999-07-22) [1997]. Oliver Stone: The Making of His Movies (Newed.). UK: Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 0-7528-1820-1. Platoon (1986)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022 . Retrieved August 22, 2022.Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam". GameSpot.com. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28 . Retrieved 2012-10-28. The film was a critical and commercial success, as were some other Stone films at the time, but most studios were still reluctant to finance Platoon, because it was about the unpopular Vietnam War. After the release of The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now, the studios then cited the perception that these films were considered the pinnacle of the Vietnam War film genre as reasons not to make Platoon. [7]

The film has been widely acclaimed," Pauline Kael admitted, "but some may feel that Stone takes too many melodramatic shortcuts, and that there's too much filtered light, too much poetic license, and too damn much romanticized insanity ... The movie crowds you; it doesn't leave you room for an honest emotion." [23] Charlie Sheen has never been better than when he's acting for Stone. Here he gives one of his best ever performances as the innocent who is changed. Willem Dafoe is a great actor and here is no different – he also gives us one of the film's most enduring images so I'm a little biased. Berenger is another one for whom it's hard to think of a higher point reached than when he did this film. He is brutal and ruthless but he makes us support him in a strange way. The support cast are all good and contains a few famous faces (John C McGinley, Whitaker, Depp) however this is really a three man show. Ebert, Roger (1986-12-30). "Platoon Movie Review & Film Summary (1986)". Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10 . Retrieved 2014-11-30.Upon arrival in the Philippines, the cast was sent on an intensive training course, during which they had to dig foxholes and were subjected to forced marches and nighttime "ambushes," which used special-effects explosions. Led by Vietnam War veteran Dale Dye, training put the principal actors—including Sheen, Dafoe, Depp and Whitaker—through an immersive 30-day military-style training regimen. They limited how much food and water they could drink and eat and when the actors slept, fired blanks to keep the tired actors awake. [17] Dye also had a small role as Captain Harris. Stone said that he was trying to break them down, "to mess with their heads so we could get that dog-tired, don't give a damn attitude, the anger, the irritation ... the casual approach to death". [7] Willem Dafoe said "the training was very important to the making of the film", adding to its authenticity and strengthening the camaraderie developed among the cast: "By the time you got through the training and through the film, you had a relationship to the weapon. It wasn't going to kill people, but you felt comfortable with it." [18] Platoon' video war ends; video due out on Friday. The Pittsburgh Press. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04 . Retrieved 2020-10-19.