Platoon
(2001, original release: 1986)
Fiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/PLATOON
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., [2001]
EDITION
Special edition ; widescreen
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9780792846468 1002044, 0792849019, 027616851567
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986
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
Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; film editor, Claire Simpson ; music, George Deleure
Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
MPAA rating: R
DVD, Dolby
Language tracks: English; subtitles: Spanish, French
Academy Award for Best picture of 1986