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Platoon [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 100840 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Series: Contemporary classicsPublication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2000.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 079284646X
  • 9780792846468
Uniform titles:
  • Platoon (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.W3 P523
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Claire Simpson ; music, George Delerue.
Awards:
  • Academy Award for Best picture of 1986.
Cast: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen.Summary: Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000412877

Videodisc release of the 1986 motion picture by Hemdale Film Corporation.

Includes original theatrical trailer and booklet ([8] p. : ill ; 19 cm.)--in container with information about the making of the film.

Special features include: Disc 1: commentary by director Oliver Stone; commentary by military advisor Dale Dye. Disc 2: deleted scenes; documentaries: creating the nam, one war, many stories, Raw wounds: legends of platoon, snapshot in time: 1967-1968, tour of the inferno and preparing the nam; tv spots, photo gallery and theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Claire Simpson ; music, George Delerue.

Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen.

Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.

DVD, Dolby.

Closed captioned.

In English with optional Spanish and French subtitles.

Academy Award for Best picture of 1986.

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