Platoon

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American film film war film

"Platoon" is a 1986 war film directed by Oliver Stone that offers a gritty, realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a young American soldier.

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Oliver Stone's Vietnam War trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
basedOn Oliver Stone's experiences in the Vietnam War ⓘ
character Chris Taylor ⓘ
Sergeant Elias Grodin ⓘ
Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes ⓘ
cinematographer Robert Richardson ⓘ
composer Georges Delerue (library music) ⓘ
surface form: Georges Delerue
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Vietnam War ⓘ
director Oliver Stone ⓘ
distributor Orion Pictures ⓘ
editor Claire Simpson ⓘ
filmingLocation Philippines ⓘ
followedBy Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Heaven & Earth ⓘ
follows Chris Taylor ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasTagline The first casualty of war is innocence. ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Vietnam War ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person voice-over by Chris Taylor ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger)

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe)
notableFor realistic depiction of infantry combat in the Vietnam War ⓘ
partOf Platoon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oliver Stone's Vietnam War trilogy
producer Arnold Kopelson ⓘ
publicationDate 1986 ⓘ
rating R (MPAA) ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtime approximately 120 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Oliver Stone ⓘ
setInCountry Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
setInPeriod Vietnam War ⓘ
starring Charlie Sheen ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
Francesco Quinn ⓘ
John C. McGinley ⓘ
Johnny Depp ⓘ
Keith David ⓘ
Kevin Dillon ⓘ
Tom Berenger ⓘ
Willem Dafoe ⓘ

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Orion Pictures → distributed → Platoon ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Pictures
subject surface form: Orion Pictures
Forest Whitaker → notableWork → Platoon ⓘ
Orion Pictures → notableWork → Platoon ⓘ
Willem Dafoe → notableWork → Platoon ⓘ
Platoon → partOf → Platoon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Stone's Vietnam War trilogy