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Vivid, harrowing war drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam in September 1967 and finds himself plunged into the bloody chaos of life as a GI on the frontline. The winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture, this is an uncompromising and semi-autobiographical study of men at war from writer-director Oliver Stone.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Historical, History, Oscar Best Picture, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Vietnam War

Additional Information:

(1986) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Tom Berenger	.... Sgt. Bob Barnes
Willem Dafoe	.... Sgt. Elias Grodin
Charlie Sheen	.... Pvt. Chris Taylor
Forest Whitaker	.... Big Harold
Francesco Quinn	.... Rhah
John C. McGinley	.... Sgt. Red O'Neill

Supporting Cast:

Richard Edson	.... Sal
Kevin Dillon	.... Bunny
Reggie Johnson	.... Junior Martin
Keith David	.... King
Johnny Depp	.... Pvt. Gator Lerner
David Neidorf	.... Tex
Mark Moses	.... Lt. Wolfe
Chris Pedersen	.... Crawford
Tony Todd	.... Sgt. Warren

Directors:

Oliver Stone

Writers:

Oliver Stone

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