Platoon (1986)

Platoon (1986)
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Orion Pictures
Theatrical Date: December 19, 1986
Home Blu-ray Date: May 24, 2011
Director: Oliver Stone
Rated R

On May 24th, MGM Home Entertainment will release PLATOON on Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack for the first time ever!

Platoon was a major hit when it came out, Oliver Stone name was on everyone's lips, it included a  great cast starring Charlie Sheen the clean cut college kid who narrates this flick, Tom Berenger a real grunt that won't let nothing stand in his way, and Willem Dafoe who is sick of the war and fighting. Dafoe role is the guys against bad cop Berenger's role.  This movie was not just shoot em up, but goes deep into the mind of the grunt in Vietnam, the horrors,  personal issues, racial issues, and just the killing in war. Platoon is  a excellent Vietnam War flick captured by one of the best big blockbuster directors, Oliver Stone.  The in your face battle film scenes really hit the movie goer, something probably not seen coming out of Hollywood during the time frame (1980s) . There were a lot of movies about Vietnam, but Stone brought the men of that war to the screen in full life. This in your face real trials of men and war was probably not seen again on the screen till the likes of Saving Private Ryan, more than a decade later.

Previous versions of Platoon on DVD just do not dive too much on the making of the movie, or anything related, all the extras in the Blu-ray will be an apple off the tree.  Memorial Day is not too far away, the Blu-Ray version of the movie will be a great way to start a WAR movie weekend off, I am one who just can not wait.  The Big Screen, The Sound System, man sit back young man and GO TO WAR!  ~Adam Bielawski

25 Years Later.... The First Casualty of Was Is Still Innocense

This Memorial Day Experience War Like Never Before When PLATOON Arrives on Blu-ray For the First Time May 24th Starring a Young Charlie Sheen in His Breakout Role

Catch a young Charlie Sheen in his breakout performance in one of the most iconic movies ever when PLATOON makes its stunning Blu-ray debut on May 24 from MGM Home Entertainment.  The remastered, first-ever Blu-ray edition brings the sounds and images of Oliver Stone’s critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama to life in an entirely new way.  PLATOON received eight Academy Award® nominations, winning four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound and Best Film Editing.  The all-star cast includes Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David and Johnny Depp.

PLATOON tells the extraordinary journey of Private Chris Taylor (Sheen), a young, naive American who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers he must battle the Viet Cong alongside the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him.  His two commanding officers (Oscar®-nominated Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other.  Meanwhile, the conflict, chaos and hatred permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value: life.

The special Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack celebrating PLATOON’s 25th anniversary is loaded with special features including:

• Audio Commentary with Director Oliver Stone


• Audio Commentary with Military Advisor Dale Dye


• Deleted & Extended Scenes


• Flashback to Platoon


• Snapshot in Time: 1967-1968


• Creating the ‘Nam


• Raw Wounds: The Legacy of Platoon


• Documentaries


• One War, Many Stories


• Preparing for ‘Nam


• Vignettes


• Caputo & The 7th Fleet


• Dye Training Method


• Gordon Gekko


• Television Spots


• Action


• Critical Acclaim


• The Director


• Theatrical Trailer

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