Platoon
DVD - 2011
An idealistic new recruit arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his enemy is not just the Viet Cong, but also gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Culver City, Calif. :
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios
c2011.
Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - Language
- English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Widescreen
- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Stone; optional audio commentary by military adviser Dale Dye.
Special features (disc 2): deleted scenes & extended scenes (11 min.), with optional audio commentary by Stone; "Snapshot in time : 1967-'68" documentary (19 min.); "Creating the 'Nam" documentary (12 min.); "Raw wounds : the legacy of 'Platoon'" documentary (17 min.); "One war, many stories" documentary (25 min.); "Tour of the inferno : revisiting 'Platoon'" documentary (53 min.); "Preparing for the Nam" documentary (7 min.); behind-the-scenes photo gallery; poster art gallery; 3 television spots; theatrical trailer. - Physical Description
- 1 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1; DTS or Dolby digital 5.1 in English, or Dolby digital stereo. in Spanish.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R.
- Awards
- Academy Awards, USA, 1987: Oscar - Best Director (Oliver Stone) ; Best Film Editing (Claire Simpson) ; Best Picture (Arnold Kopelson) ; Best Sound (John Wilkinson, Richard D. Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, Simon Kaye).
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Claire Simpson ; music, Georges Delerue.