Tag: Platoon
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39 Years Ago Today: Oliver Stone’s ‘Platoon’ Hits Theaters
On this day in 1986, moviegoers across America were thrust into the brutal heart of the Vietnam War with the release of Oliver Stone’s searing drama Platoon. Directed by Stone himself, the film starred a young Charlie Sheen as idealistic recruit Chris Taylor, alongside Tom Berenger as the ruthless Staff Sergeant Barnes and Willem Dafoe…