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	Platoon (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The platoon burns the village and leaves, with a final scene depicting the gang rape of a teenage girl (which Chris stops).
		Platoon's release was timely; during the mid-80s there was a softening of attitudes towards Vietnam veterans that had taken over ten years since the war had officially ended in 1973 with the pullout of the last American soldiers.
		Platoon was filmed on the island of Luzon in the Philippines between March and May of 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Platoon_(movie) (4175 words)

	Movie Review - Platoon by Joey C.
		For instance, this movie tried to capture all of the uncertainty, blood, sweat, fear, and horror of the war in Vietnam - during the late 1960's and early 1970's - and tried to portray the point that the war will always be there the rest of their (meaning the American soldiers) lives.
		I feel, even thought the movie was filmed 15 years after the end of the Vietnam war, that the various props, that were used in the movie, were shown with great accuracy, and helped to present the realistic environment in the movie.
		The movie also did a good job in showing how internal conflict was a predominant feeling during the war, and how this internal conflict, associated with the external conflict of the time, changed a lot of men, both mentally and physically.
	www.k12.nf.ca /discovery/curriculum/socialstudies/ap/us_hist/movie/joey-c.htm (1209 words)

	Platoon - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In an army, a platoon is a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant assisted by a non-commissioned officer.
		A platoon is formed by at least two sections or squads (usually 3 or 4) and is smaller than a company.
		Specialist platoons may be led by a captain, assisted by a warrant officer or colour sergeant.
	www.recipeland.com /facts/Platoon (483 words)

	The New York Times: Best Pictures
		Now, 10 years later, he has turned his script into a movie, ''Platoon,'' a graphic and often brutal film that is likely to unsettle even those who lived through the war's restless nights and incendiary days.
		In the weeks that follow, it becomes clear that the platoon is divided into two cliques formed around two sergeants who are rivals - Barnes and Elias - the former a figure of evil, the latter of good.
		At the end of the movie, and of Taylor's tour, the platoon fights an apocalyptic battle with a large enemy force.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/movies/bestpictures/platoon-ar1.html (2017 words)

	movie reviews.
		The Platoon leader who was more a frightened enlistee than commander in the past decides its time to be a soldier.
		Platoon Leader presented the state of affiars of Platoon leaders with a glimmer of humor.
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	Platoon - Movie Review at Movie Gallery
		It's clear that the training paid off — the actors have an easy camaraderie with one another that rides a knife-edge of tension arising from a combination of the situation they find themselves in, racism, and the pecking order that is an intrinsic part of the armed forces.
		The scenes at the base camp where the platoon divides into dope smokers and beer drinkers ring true, as do the many harrowing combat scenes.
		Platoon also has a heavy-handed good/evil paradigm with Tom Berenger as the callous Sergeant Barnes and Willem Dafoe as the moral Sergeant Elias.
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	Platoon. - movie reviews National Review - Find Articles
		THE AMAZING thing about Platoon isthat Oliver Stone, the writer-director, who spent 15 months fighting in Vietnam, managed to make a film scarcely different from the soap operas written by hacks who never got closer to the VC than their VCRs.
		Platoon is the film of a wild manwho wants to be also a philosopher and a poet.
		I missed Salvador, which Stone co-scripted and directed, but Platoon, where he is the sole auteur, is clearly his supreme bid for fame thus far.
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	Platoon Movie Photo Gallery Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Platoon, a creation of Oliver Stone was a smash hit starring Charlie Sheen who plays a soldier fresh to the sting of battle and war.
		He is forced to learn quick as his platoon leaders, played by Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe battle each other for what they both believe is right.
		Platoon is not for those with a weak heart, but you will be touched by what happens in the stirring film about the war in Vietnam.
	victoryatseaonline.com /war/platoon-2.html (141 words)

	Platoon Movie
		PLATOON Platoon tells the story of Vietnam from the point of view of a young Stone, the director of the movie, was actually a soldier during Vietnam Platoon Movie - Quicktime movie from the strategy game Platoon.
		Platoon claims to be a movie presenting the outlook of the average U.S. infantry soldier who fought...
		Platoon Movie with Charlie Sheen, Willem DaFoe @ The 80's Movies Rewind -- H...
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Platoon (film)
		The film shows many controversial aspects of the war in Vietnam, such as drug abuse, the unfair stigma placed on new recruits by older and more experienced soldiers (known as the FNG syndrome), deliberate killing of unpopular officers by soldiers (known as fragging), and others.
		Platoon is generally considered to be the most famous.
		Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a 19-20 year old rookie Private, and the protagonist of the film whose thoughts are sometimes provided in voice-over narration.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Platoon_%28movie%29 (4085 words)

	Top 100 Movie Lists - Platoon
		For two hours this movie transports you into that platoon and you actually feel the fear and apprehension that they must have felt.
		Back in 1986, this film shocked and stunned the audience with it's realism (brutal slaughter of women and children, rape, etc.) I recall many of the vets who had served there found the film so honest, that they were unable to continue watching.
		Platoon launched Oliver Stone's wonderful career as a director (Wall Street, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Talk Radio).
	www.geocities.com /aaronbcaldwell/Platoon.html (754 words)

	Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		See also Platoon (movie) and platoon (automobile) for the concept for reducing traffic congestion.
		A platoon is formed by at least two squads (usually 3 or 4) and is smaller than a company (typically there are 3 or 4 platoons per company).
		In the United States Army, a platoon is led by a First or Second Lieutenant, with a platoon Sergeant (pay grade E-7) as his or her deputy.
	www.33beat.com /Platoon.html (463 words)

	Platoon DVD at Video Universe
		In PLATOON, Oliver Stone draws on his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the brutality of guerrilla warfare: the heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy.
		This movie is one of the best war movies about Vietnam and one of the best war movies ever.
		Platoon is a war movie that captures the horror and intensity of war.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/1168537/a/Platoon.htm (698 words)

	Platoon
		Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam.
		Oliver Stone's "Platoon" is the best movie ever made about the war in Vietnam.
		"Platoon" captures an era in America when young men were sent to a war without a real point.
	www.movie-winners.com /movies/platoon.htm (308 words)

	Platoon Movie -The 80s Rewind «
		The platoon are concerned with the vanishing of a soldier whilst out on patrol, when he is found staring lifeless and strung up by the enemy, Barnes fury comes to the fore when they discover a village he believes could harbour a NVA stronghold.
		The finale has the platoon surrounded by enemy in numbers, their situation becomes increasingly dangerous with a stronghold of NVA seeming to have the edge forcing the men like John C McGinley to take evasive and cowardly actions, the pathetic soldier hiding beneath a dead body praying for the battle to end.
		The night they came, John Turturro had gotten a movie offer so, being his understudy, John took the stage and impressed the scouts enough for them to suggest to Oliver Stone that he had what he was looking for.
	www.fast-rewind.com /platoon.htm (2423 words)

	Platoon
		By understanding some of the game engine's limitations and working to them it is quite possible to have an enjoyable, although extremely micro-managed game." Read more...
		"Platoon, Strategy First’s real-time game of tactical Vietnam combat, puts you in the combat boots of American soldiers facing a wily and elusive foe, in some of the most rugged terrain on earth.
		The PLATOON brand is owned by MGM / MGM Interactive and is used with permission and in coordination with Strategy First.
	platoon.wargamer.com /articles.asp (433 words)

	Platoon DVD review
		Many people consider Platoon to be one of the best, if not the best Vietnam movie ever.
		This is a war movie set in Vietnam, directed by Oliver Stone, so there's really no point in trying to give a summary of the movie.
		In the meantime the video quality is pretty good, and the audio is fine if not overpowering, so if you're in the mood for this type of movie Platoon is certainly worth a spin.
	www.moviesforguys.com /action/reviews/platoon.shtml (268 words)

	Amazon.com: Platoon Leader / Movie: Video: Michael Dudikoff,Robert F. Lyons,Michael DeLorenzo,Jesse Dabson,Rick ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Platoon Leader is not what I expected from Cannon Pictures, masters of the career ending, guilty pleasure b-grade formula film.
		I thought of the herion death scene in Platoon leader, and remebered by and large it was a terrific movie.Thats why I found it on Amazon and ordered it, mostly to show him our current troubles seem insignificant to the fatalities suffered then.
		A green LT that goes by the book who at first was an outsider soon relizes that listening to his men and NOT going by the book is the real life way to deal with the situation he and his men were up against in vietnam protecting a village and their firebase.
	www.amazon.com /Platoon-Leader-Movie-Michael-Dudikoff/dp/6301247345 (1466 words)

	DVD review of Platoon (Movie-Only Edition,USA) - DVDTOWN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Platoon does a terrific job recreating the blood, sweat, and tears of modern warfare.
		Before "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Thin Red Line," "Platoon" was probably the definitive war film in its depiction of realistic attitudes and action.
		But the movie also tends to oversimplify the metaphoric struggle between good and evil, exemplified by the movie's central image--the ravaging of a Vietnamese village.
	www.dvdtown.com /reviews/platoon/551 (669 words)

	Platoon Movie Analysis
		PLATOON Platoon tells the story of Vietnam from the point of view of a young, naive soldier, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen).
		Oliver Stone, the director of the movie, was actually a soldier during Vietnam.
		His enemy in the platoon, Sergeant Barnes (Tom Beringer), is portrayed as a fighting machine that will stop at nothing to get the job done.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper/79187/Platoon_Movie_Analysis.html (245 words)

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		Of course, all of these things may happen while the viewer is watching the movie on video; however, when a viewer is watching the movie at home, he can rewind parts that he missed or re-watch scenes that he likes over and over and over again.
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	Platoon - War Movie Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Platoon : Winner of 4 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar®-winning director Oliver Stone, Platoon is powerful, intense and starkly brutal.
		I was an infantry platoon sgt.in Viet Nam in 1968.
		This movie was the most real action movie that I have seen.
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	Platoon (movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His innocence soon turns to cynicism as he experiences the harshness of the jungle and infantry life, witnessing friendly fire to illegal killings, culminating in himself taking an act of revenge against a superior.
		The movie was written and directed by Oliver Stone who himself served in Vietnam.
		Upon his return, Stone was repulsed by John Wayne's version, The Green Berets, and set about creating the script for Platoon.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Platoon_%28movie%29 (231 words)

	Platoon
		Platoon remains one of the best war films ever made and, quite arguably, the best ever about the war in Vietnam.
		Platoon is one of those movies that, once seen, will never be forgotten, and, at least for those who were not in Vietnam, will forever alter the way in which the war is considered.
		The movie is beautifully written (by Stone), constructed with strong, clean lines, immaculately paced and regularly surprising.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/platoon (821 words)

	All About Platoon (The Movie) - Total War Center Forums
		I liked the movie, I thought it was one of the best movies I ever saw because it made me think, and as a 17 year old thinking of joining the army, it really gives me good thoughts about it and it helps me think of wether or not I should join the army.
		The women was screaming at them and this was causing the platoon the lose control so he had to do that in order to not only gain back control but also to make the villages talk.
		But never in the movie is there a notion that he wants to fight communism, protect the US or any of that stuff.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=29136 (4055 words)

	Platoon Movie Gun Question - THR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At any rate, the guns in Platoon were clearly not equipped with the flash suppressors I've come to associate with the XM177's.
		I was underwhelmed by the whole movie and the anachronsims were just one part.
		The carbines used in the movie are Colt-653 M16A1 carbines with 14.5" bbls as supplied by the Philippine Military.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=68436 (1914 words)

	Platoon
		In Platoon, Charlie Sheen plays a young and naive Private Chris Taylor, a newbie in Nam who is thrown waist-deep into the jungle only hours after arrival.
		Charlie's great and all, but Platoon's thrill is in its supporting cast, namely Tom Berenger as a rather evil yet invincible Staff Sargeant, and Willem Dafoe as the unforgettably moral Sargeant Elias.
		Platoon also plays host to a cadre of then-unknown supporting players, including Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, and John C. McGinley (also in a celebrated role as the cowardly bully of the platoon), but it's Stone's unflinching script that makes this film ever so sobering.
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	Amazon.com: Platoon: Video: Tom Berenger,Willem Dafoe,Keith David,Johnny Depp,Kevin Dillon,Richard Edson,Corkey Ford,J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I do believe that Platoon was more of a throwback to World War II movies in the sense that it focused on the dynamics of the soldiers immersed in actual battles with the enemy.
		The theme of this movie has been expressed as the loss of innocence, and that is a fair assessment; but I think it wasn't so much the soldiers themselves who lost their innocence, although many did, but a nation that lost its.
		As the movie moves on, Taylor continued to fight with Viet soldiers and once, Taylor's company was losing because of the huge number of enemies.
	www.amazon.com /Platoon-Tom-Berenger/dp/6301115430 (2743 words)

	Platoon
		The Wargamer's Platoon mini-site is dedicated to Strategy First's, Monte Cristo's and Digital Reality's' Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam, the PC real-time tactical war game released in November 2002.
		The Wargamer's Platoon mini-site is sponsored in part by Strategy First, Monte Cristo and Digital Reality.
		PLATOON is brought to you in cooperation with:
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