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Platoon (film)
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Platoon (film)
Platoon
is a 1986 American
war film
written and directed by
Oliver Stone
and starring
Tom Berenger
,
Willem Dafoe
and
Charlie Sheen
. It is the first film of a trilogy of
Vietnam War
films by Stone (followed by 1989's
Born on the Fourth of July
and 1993's
Heaven & Earth
). Stone wrote the story based upon his experiences as a U.S.
infantryman
in
Vietnam
to counter the vision of the war portrayed in
John Wayne
's
The Green Berets
. It was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War.
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