Platoon Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

December 19, 1986

Distributor

Orion Pictures

Genre

Drama

Rating

Budget

$6,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$138,530,565 + $15,067 = $138,545,632

Cast

Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Tony Todd, John C. McGinley, Tom Berenger, Kevin Dillon, Mark Moses, Francesco Quinn

Johnny Depp

as Lerner

Charlie Sheen

as Chris Taylor

Forest Whitaker

as Big Harold

Willem Dafoe

as Sergeant Gordon Elias

Keith David

as King

Tony Todd

as Sergeant Warren

John C. McGinley

as Sergeant Red O'Neill

Tom Berenger

as Robert Barnes

Kevin Dillon

as Bunny

Mark Moses

as Lieutenant Wolfe

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Francesco Quinn

as "Rhah" Ramucci

About Platoon

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

About

Classic Oliver Stone war film about a young soldier's moral crisis during the Vietnam War. The film won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director (Stone).

Trivia

The film was shot on the Philippine island Luzon, where the cast went through an extensive training regimen to prep for the shoot.