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In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw recruit, or "new meat," who .. Read more

Starring	Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Francesco Quinn
Director	Oliver Stone
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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Johnny Depp credits Tim Burton with movie career
- WENN Newsdesk
- 08 May 2012
Johnny Depp has credited director Tim Burton with saving his movie career. The Pirates of the Caribbean star enjoyed early success in 1980s TV series 21 Jump Street but became frustrated with his big screen career after small roles in A Nightmare on Elm Street and Platoon. His hopes of becoming a Hollywood star were given a boost when Burton cast him in the lead role in 1990's Edward Scissorhands - and they later sealed their working relationship by teaming up for seven more projects,... Read more
Joined at the Hip: Tim Burton and Johnny Depp
- 09 May 2012
There have been many enduring actor-director partnerships over the years –Fellini and Mastroianni; Von Sternberg and Dietrich; Herzog and Kinski; Scorsese and De Niro; Scorsese and Di Caprio – but the Depp-Burton team ranks among the most long-lasting and productive. It’s a partnership that stretches back 22 years to 1990’s Edward Scissorhands and reaches eight films with the release of Dark Shadows this week. It takes in the ingenuous enthusiasm of Ed Wood; fey, klutzy Read more
Quinn laid to rest
- WENN Newsdesk
- 12 Aug 2011
Platoon star Francesco Quinn has been laid to rest in California following his sudden death last week (05Aug11). The actor son of movie icon Anthony Quinn collapsed and died of a suspected heart attack outside his Malibu, California home on 5 August (11). A small funeral service was held on Thursday (11Aug11) at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, where his actress widow Valentina Castellani and son Max were joined by family and friends, including CSI: Miami star Sofia Milos. The actor Read more
Bellucci and Stone feted at Taormina Film Festival
- WENN Newsdesk
- 13 Jun 2011
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and filmmaker Oliver Stone were handed the top prizes at Italy's Taormina Film Festival at the weekend (11-12Jun11). Bellucci picked up the Taormina Art Award, the festival's top honour for achievement in the cinema industry, at a special ceremony on Saturday (11Jun11). Platoon director Stone picked up the same prize the following day (12Jun11), before attending a screening of his movie Alexander Revisited: The Final Unrated Cut. Bellucci and Stone are in good... Read more
Willem Dafoe
- 21 Jul 2009
Platoon (1986) Long before Willem Dafoe had made a big name for himself, he joined Oliver Stone’s troops – as Sgt. Elias Grodin – in Platoon. The first instalment in Stone’s classic Vietnam War trilogy (Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth followed), it won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1986, and drafted in a string of soon-to-be stars, including Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker and Johnny Depp. James Woods was also meant to join the ranks, but he’d Read more

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  In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ...