Platoon

Cast View all

	Keith David	King
	Forest Whitaker	Big Harold
	Francesco Quinn	Rhah
	Kevin Dillon	Bunny
	John C. McGinley	Sgt. O'Neill
	Reggie Johnson	Junior
	Mark Moses	Lt. Wolfe
	Corey Glover	Francis
	Johnny Depp	Lerner
	Chris Pedersen	Crawford
	Bob Orwig	Gardner
	Corkey Ford	Manny
	David Neidorf	Tex
	Tom Berenger	Sgt. Barnes
	Willem Dafoe	Sgt. Elias
	Charlie Sheen	Chris
	Richard Edson	Sal
	Tony Todd	Warren
	Kevin Eshelman	Morehouse
	James Terry McIlvain	Ace
	J. Adam Glover	Sanderson
	Ivan Kane	Tony
	Paul Sanchez	Doc
	Dale Dye	Captain Harris
	Peter Hicks	Parker

Crew View all

Director	Oliver Stone
Writer	Oliver Stone
Producer	John Daly, Derek Gibson, A. Kitman Ho, Arnold Kopelson
Musician	Georges Delerue
Photography	Robert Richardson

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Story Synopsis:
Drawn from director Oliver Stone’s own experience in combat, Platoon relives the fear, the heat, the jungle, the hatreds and the horrors that were daily life for young “grunts” in Southeast Asia. Seen through the eyes of a college dropout (Sheen), the war is a real nightmare-with enemies on both sides of the line. His platoon’s allegiance is split between leaders Sgt. Barnes, a gung-ho fanatic bent on destroying the Viet Cong, and Sgt. Elias, who has lost faith in the war, but not in man.

LaserDisc Picture:
Working through the quality assurance THX® Laser Disc Program the transfer is a tour de force. The picture is matted at 1.85:1. Detail and sharpness are exemplary, especially evident in the darker shadows, although there is evidence of the slightest grain and noise in those scenes. The picture is, as hoped, artifact free. Fleshtones are accurate and blacks are deep and solid for an exceptional natural rendering.

LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack also is impressive over that of the theatrical mix. For this edition, the original discrete six-track elements have been re-mixed and encoded for a more potent surround effect and greater dynamics.

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