Platoon

A young soldier in Vietnam witnesses the brutal realities of war and is forced to confront his violent superior in order to survive. Platoon is a 1986 American English-language Drama War motion picture featuring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn and Henry Strzalkowski. Hemdale Film Corporation was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Arnold Kopelson. The motion picture is written and directed by Oliver Stone. Orion Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Platoon was released on 13th February 1989 and takes a screen time of 120 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Platoon was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $138 million. Cinematography was done by Robert Richardson and editing by Claire Simpson. The music was composed by Georges Delerue. At the 1987 Oscar Awards It won 4 awards including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound and Best Film Editing. At the 1987 Berlin International Film Festival It also won an award for Best Director.