Visible crew/equipment: In the sequence where Sgt Elias is charging the VC with his M16 (near when he dies) there is a shot when the camera rolls through the jungle and you can see a cameraman behind a tree.
Platoon (1986)
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Directed by: Oliver Stone
Starring: Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Keith David
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Watched this on Netflix
As is, this movie is pretty good. For what it is for it's time and when it was made. I can see how it's a classic and it does hold up... decently.
However it's horribly dated now and suffers from the lack of technology used when filming. As good as it is, I would love to see it remade by today's standards by someone who really knew how to handle the film.
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Chris Taylor: I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days. As I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called "possession of my soul." There are times since, I've felt like a child, born of those two fathers.
Trivia: Director Oliver Stone claimed that the lead character of Chris was largely autobiographical and mirrored many of Stone's own experiences as a soldier in Vietnam.
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