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Vietnam - terrible war - every war is terrible. But i love this film PLATOON. I looked him over and over for 30 or 40 times, i don´t know. I love the music in this film. It is very interesting to see the crew in a time tunnel. Thank you for your film.
Depp, Sheen, Whitaker, Defoe, Berringer, McGinley...Amazing how many relatively unknown actors (in 1986) went on to become major stars. That just shows the level of acting talent in this movie.
Watch the Oliver stone interview about getting the movie made and that many of the characters were based on people he knew when he was serving in Vietnam F-ing crazy
I agree, but if i had to i'd be willing to follow sgt barnes into hell. Both excellent leaders. And i have to admit that tho Red was an A** Hole and a kiss a** was an effective leader, we all have flaws. I loved the way he covered himself when he knew the game was over and survived to fight again.
Tina Sabat ,I agree Tom Berenger should have won the Oscar. it was a brilliant movie, I remember seeing it in the cinema then on video i would watch it with my pals we sometimes smoke a bit of Ganja i had an old gas mask that belonged to my dad when he was a kid during the war and we'd call it the grass mask after the film. I can't believe it's over 30 years now I was 20 and i don't know where over 3 decades went ,when you hit 40 the years just fly in, Oliver Stone was in Ireland promoting JFK and not many heard of him so i took a gamble and rang the top hotels,I was told he wasn't taking any calls so i just asked would he send me an autograph and a week or so later i got a signed poster of JFK
I always have felt that Keith David's portrayal of the character "King" should have been recognized somehow - with an Academy Award or some other award. As I get older, I find that my favorite scenes in the film revolve around him, and how he interacts with everyone around him. He may not have been the center of the film, but he was its heart and soul.
It's puzzling how Tom Berenger never recieved an Oscar for his performance as Sgt Barnes. It's part of cinematic history as far as performances and characters played.
Both Berenger and Dafoe was nominated for best supporting actor for their role in Platoon. They went up against some heavyweights... Denholm Elliot, Dennis Hopper and Michael Caine... Caine won. They didn't get robbed. They got recognized and nominated, but lost to better performance and actor.
@@bellavia5 Actually 18 times the bad guys won an Academy Award for their roles. Example, Heath Ledger (Joker-The Dark Knight), Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Anthony Hopkin (Silence of the Lambs), Joe Pesci (Goodfellas), Kathy Bates (Misery), Charlize Theron (Monster), Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) just to name a few...
I must have watch this movie atleast a hundred times ..the pics of them in costume look awesome they look like real combat soldiers .Oliver stone is a genius
I'm not a big fan of Stone's politics, but recognize excellent movie making when I see it. He pulled out all the stops to make this film as realistic as possible, including period-correct weapons and gear.
@@JDSly1 : Actually it was al ow budget film. The guy that bankrolled it only gave Stone so much $ to work with and expected maximum return. That's why you see the LAW rocket on the back of "Chris Taylor's" ruck with tape on the open end near the beginning in the jungle because it was an empty expended tube that was real but they didn't have the end cap assembly to simple snap back on it, and speaking of Rucks the soldiers in the Platoon are all humping ARVN rucks, technically incorrect but I guess they had a hard time getting the correct Lightweight Rucks with frames that US Infantry would've been humping, small details. One thing that was very well done was seeing a color 25th Division patch on Kings Jungle Fatigue jacket sleeve. Great detail, you would've still seen some color payches in early 1968 when this is supposed to take place. Well done Mr. Stone! I hated the old tired thing of fratracide and killing civilians a la My Lai. Did it happen? Yes. Was it representative of the majority of troops over there? No. Especially in the 25th Division. But, he had to make a movie. The heat, the fatigue, the fear, etc...were amazing it was portrayed so well. I think with the level of long hair, side burns, mustaches, beads, peace symbols, and helmet graffiti this movie should've been set in about 1970-71 BUT no matter it was an awesome movie and I went to see it about 3 times when it came out in the theater in 1986, and watched it probably several hundred times more over the years. These guys just stay with you!
they don't make movies like they used to. where you can fully empathize with a character. my favorite character was Elias. My little brother his favorite character whas Chris. we played allot as kids. playing platoon, or Tour of duty. Dressed up as a soldier throughout the neighborhood. i mostly end up dying like that scene when Elias Died. Greetings from the netherlands
Reminds me of sitting around watching this over and over on VHS with 6 of my friends, some are no longer with us. I was young, handsome and strong. I miss my GF at the time. Now I'm old, married, misable, weak, and live with only good memories of the past.
This is why years ago, I cleaned my house of everything over 2 years old and definitely got rid old music and don't watch old movies. I guess it's a safe form of denial. Depressing 😢
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
When me and my wife were having our first kid, we had no idea on what name to give him. A couple of weeks before birth we decided to watch Platoon together. So our first son turned out to be named Elias, after Sgt. Elias.
that's why I was able to identify myself with Sgt.Elias. my favourite character from platoon. i like it that you gave your first kid the name Elias. i was first born and my parents named me Elias. haha Greetings
Dye is a former Marine who takes realistic portrayals of the military very seriously - he is pretty much the go-to- guy in Hollywood now as military advisor goes. He was famous for putting the guys in "Band of Brothers" and before them, "Saving Private Ryan" through a condensed version of basic training/boot camp. daily runs for distance, ruck marches, weapons, close-order drill, living outside, eating C-rats or whatever, you name it. I was never a grunt, but I was a field biologist for a while in my youth, and living outside will roughen up a man in no time.
So did director Oliver Stone who was also a combat veteran in Vietnam and used his experiences to help make the movie. He made the actors the go through rigorous weapons training and made them go through the hot jungles of Philippines where they filmed to get down the environment of how Vietnam. He exhausted the actors during the long hours of training and then they filmed their scenes. They ate rations and slept like they would have as soldiers then and not in hotels. Everyone disliked Stone on set for his treatment of the actors according to McGinley but that was Stone’s aim to get down the realistic horrors of what it was like fighting in Vietnam and everyone thought Stone was borderline psychotic but it was because of his PTSD and long hours of filming and exhaustion. Technical Advisor and Veteran Dale Dye required all the actors to go through a 2 week rigorous basic training before filming actually began and during filming the actors as you see on onscreen were exhausted and to get in character. Stone actually had flash backs during filming certain scenes.
@@brendanm6921 And Johnny Depp did become a good role model? What standards do you measure. Private life or acting? I will agree Sheen wasted his talent. But he was one hell of an acting talent. Not only in Platoon, but in Wall Street he was phenonemal! He sure could have won a couple of oscars, if he had followed that road he went on in his early acting carreer.
@@johnming73 Come on, the case with Depp is so cluttered with "he said" "she said" finger pointing and nobody really seems to be settled on exactly what went down. Sheen on the other hand is a long time certified scumbag. And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't actually recall saying that he was a bad actor.
@@JDP2104 ya... poor him😐😐😐that is what the movie is all abt too, team members going against each other instead of going for the same goals... while deciding what is right and what is wrong..😐😐😐
@Ricky Sanchez Nah, it was good but not as emotional as Platoon. Platoon show us the ugly reality of war and how it can turn some into heartless monsters. I still cry when I watch it.
Ricky Sanchez. Hamburger Hill was a great movie no doubt the battle scenes were very good but I thought Platoon was a little bit more it was so realistic and i knew many who didn't know much about the war and they were all going mad to see Platoon. Stone's 3 movies on Vietnam were all fab ,it focused on the US side the North Vietnamese side and the Vets who came home disabled Born On The Fourth of July was steeped in realism ,the battle scenes when Kovic shoots Wilson by accident ,Heaven and Earth was also very good.
I was there in 69, I just celebrated my 72nd birthday. I miss my 58,220 brothers who perished. I could not view this movie when it first came out, I was still fighting the enemy. After finally viewing, this was a great movie but still does not capture the unbelievable intensity of that war. God bless America.........
Didn't kill enough of them,waste of time war.Same thought i have with me to this day since my return from the Storm.I look at our countrys that we fought & died for,here & there are the enemy,which i was sent to fight & defend our country against.WHY??????????????????????
@Tony V .I'm glad you made it out, you are a brave man, many respects to you and God Bless those who didn't make it out. It was a sad war and MAYBE? had JFK not have been killed it wouldn't have gone on as long as it did ,Nixon promised to end it in 1968 but he dragged it on for four more years and invaded Cambodia, tho the VC were using Cambodia and Laos for the Ho Chi Ming trail . God Bless you
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807 Thank you for your service.I was 2 yrs old when it ended. My older brother was in the Pull out, and saw limited action.Active Duty 73'-75'. All I can say is who profited from this war? Here is a fact, anyone can check. In 1960 The Textron Corp. bought Bell Helicopters for $22 million. In 1963 JFK said we were pulling out of Vietnam. NSAM-263 was on his Desk to be signed upon his arrival from Dallas. On Nov. 26, one day after JFK's Funeral, LBJ signed NSAM-273 . Which did just the opposite. LBJ had stock in BEll Helicopters. 10,005 version Helo's were used in Vietnam. The majority were made by Bell/Textron Corp. Securing LBJ's wealth. UH-1D and on. In 1971 A UH-1N replacement was worth $4,700,000. Today in 2020, a comparable price is $26.2 Million. Also, 5,086 Helo's were lost in Vietnam.
When I was a kid, fourteen years old, in 1978, I met someone who survived two tours 68-70 in Vietnam. Being a clueless stupid kid I kept asking him what it was like. He told me of one incident and after that I didn’t bother him anymore. We stayed in touch and when Platoon came out in 1986 he called me and asked if I had seen the movie yet. When I said that yes, I had, he said “does that answer the rest of your questions?”. Powerful.
search this song accompanied with the poem "Desiderata" here on youtube... it still pulls heat strings but I find so much calm amidst the storm of emotions this piece brings.
If my memory serves me correctly, there were 3 phenomenal Vietnam war movies in the late ‘80’s! Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) & Hamburger Hill (1987) All 3 were exceptional!
Seeing this makes me realize how time is passing us by. In 1986 when this come out I was 23 like most of the actors here and had joined the Infantry in Feb. of 85. Little did I know how much this film would dictate my philosophy in life...seeing conflict in multiple regions of the world, thinking you are doing things for a better good but now I see that all I bought was death and destruction. I realized that Sgt Barnes was right...Reality is what is actually happening no matter how it should be or how you want it to be. I hear people all the time talking about going over here and killing these people and those people smiling and laughing it up and I just roll my eyes and say to myself..."Death...what do you all know about death?"
When this film came I'd just joined the Army at 17 and 2 years later I was in a war zone myself. I've realised that this film has had a profound effect on me and now I'm suffering from PTSD myself and I never even served in Vietnam. We always related back to it in NI and the Falkands, later on it was Desert Storm, then Bosnia and then Iraq again. Nothing seems to change for soldiers. Nothing.
@@okapmeinkap7311 because we were seeing good men losing themselves, both morally and physically, to the war. The soundtrack used in the film literally could not fit the tone of the movie any better. It really is tragic
I don't think so. He looks in his 30s. For some reason he just about takes my breath away every time I see him when he was young like that. Other actors might be better looking in a classical sense but Tom Berenger has something about his looks that I for one find irresistable. .. He might look older to you in Platoon due to the scars...
I was pretty much a kid when saw this movie for the 1st time. Early '91-92 or so. Blown away... Definitely one of the films that will never get bored watching. Sad RHAH isn't with us! Would be great to have them all in yet another patrol - around some whiskey bar!
This movie always makes me reflect: Late in '72, our ship- a destroyer- had just pulled into San Diego after doing fire support and surface raids off the coast of Vietnam, a grueling time in more ways than one. We did our job, we were exhausted, and back then we were invisible to the *uncaring America* we came home to, except for one person: Walt Disney. He was gone from us, the boomer generation by that time, but his legacy was carried on by brother Roy, who had sent representatives to our ship with free passes to Disneyland for the whole crew. A bunch of us rented a car and went, blew some incredible African ganja, and we had a hell of a good time at the Magic Kingdom, it was great and the only welcome home we ever had, I've never forgotten the gesture.
@Pete B Platoon gave me the creeps, as several scenes vividly reminded me of my time there. The green berets was typical Hollywood nonsense and I think that any real combat vet would laugh at it for its lack of realism.
Yes. In 1986 I was only 31, and i could do anything I wanted, young, spry, athletic. Now, I can't even stand on one leg without falling over. So I know what you mean. These commentators here saying oh, don't worry about it, are probably young.
seattwa at 62 and prior Marine I too have some wear and tear on the ole body. The younger ones have their time now and if they’re smart they have their time to be old too. Time takes us all.
I like the way they include even some of the most obscure characters and actors. A lot of research and effort must go into finding some of these people after all of these years.
The time between then and now seems like a blur almost as if I went from that time to right now with nothing in between, enjoy life while you can because before you turn around it is over 34 years went by and I still remember seeing the movie at the show like yesterday, I was 28 when it came out 62 today Dec bd
“Take the pain, take the pain” I’ve said that line more than any other movie line over the years. I never pass up an opportunity to watch Platoon. Just watched it last night, that’s probably while I’m seeing this video! The guys, and girl, look still look great. Great movie, Thanks for the video.
I recall my friend almost compound fracturing his leg in a football match(soccer to Americans) and I stood over him and said 'take the pain, take the pain ' Staff sergeant Barnes style, he referred to me as a bastard(which I clearly was) and we still joke about the moment to this day, 32yrs on. Besides that perhaps my top 1-3 films ever.
In my early twenties one Sunday with a hangover from hell I watched it 3 times off the belt.first normally then with Oliver stones commentary and then with dale dye's commentary. A true class film. I've been watching a lot of veterans stories lately too. It's an interesting topic for me.
I remember something similar happened me and by bro said "take the pain take the pain" I gave a weak smile ,it is hard to stay silent and take the pain
aj 13ell. Stone's 3 Vietnam movies were all great ,I thought Born On The Fourth of July was very in your face and the battle scenes were only about 25 mins but the scene in the field hospital was harsh and the Bronx VA scenes the rats and staff ,I saw that film on the cinema and almost cried when Ron Kovic gets home I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan but he was excellent in that film and did deserve an Oscar. The protest scenes Abbie Hoffman was in it it was just so real, and Heaven and Earth was also excellent .focusing from the North's side.
One of the most powerful films you can watch. The acting is excellent by all the cast. Years since I've seen it but it's a film that stays with you forever.
I have only seen this film once and can never watch it again. It was so sad, I was about 20 when I watched it. What a film one if the best I have ever seen 10/10
Kerry i agree. i too have only seen it the once. I found the subject too harrowing and brutally honest. I found out about the My Lai Massacre shortly after seeing the film and I guess i cannot handle the truth.
"You boys smoke this shit to escape reality? Me, I don't need this shit, I am reality. There's the way it is and, the way it should be." So many great quotes in this movie.
Dotcanada “ you fuck up in a fire fight I Goddamn guarantee you a trip outta the bush! In body bag! Assholes you keep your shit wired tight at all times. And the next cocksucker I catch coping zzzzs in the bush im gonna take a personal interest in seeing him suffer, I shit you not.”
Wow... over 30+ yrs later. A movie i still remember. I was 16 then, 3 yrs later I enlisted. Didn't think twice when I enlisted and entered military service. I served a total of 25+ years and never regretted a day of it. Thank you for those who served before, with and after me. To those who never came back home... we still remember you and your final sacrifice. ✌🏼❤🙏🏼🇺🇸
*Oliver Stone!* That my friends is one of my favorite film directors. Now has he won Best Director for others he made or has he gotten the snob treatment from the Academy for all of them?
Lyndon Johnson was the worst president the United States ever had, tens of thousands soldiers blood was on his hands and he didn’t even budge. The dumbest fuck I’ve ever seen. So many lies upon lies by the administration and for what cause? a sad, brutal, senseless, and unnecessary war. 500000 soldiers suffered from PTSD, so many dead, broken families, just because of one president who was out of touch with everyone and everything.
Actually, our involvement in Vietnam started during Eisenhower administration, which was the same when Cuba came under Fidel Castro's power. For some reason we fail to recognize which administrations were the reason behind the failure of the puppet governments we put in power.
They wanted to model after our democracy after ww2, but we bowed to French colonial interests which aligned with the corporate mentality we still have today. Uncle Ho initially looked to the US as a model, after assisting the allies against Japan in ww2. So, after we told them we wouldnt help them to throw out the french, they turned to the Communists. We backed the French, then inherited it.
@Noneya Business Your complete disregard for historical fact is astounding. JFK wanted nothing to do with Vietnam. He was a Navy officer during WWII and knew how fucked war was. Your distortion of the events surrounding the origins of the Vietnam War are an embarrassment to all who fought in it and we are all dumber for having read your comment.
There are so many things I remember about this movie. Two stick in my memory: The opening biblical quote, Rejoice, O young man,’ in thy youth. The closing when adagio for string is playing (that evokes pure sadness) and Chris says, “The war is over for me now, but it will always be there”. It made me cry uncontrollably. Excellent movie!
It's funny how , as we look back at these actors when they were young and now look at ourselves..Just a reflection of younger days...This is only a thought.......
Good thought. I was 17 when I saw Platoon for the very first time. Now at age 51 I look back over a lot of my life. Many things have changed, some didn't since then. The face in the mirror changed that's for sure. But not the eyes....
I had a good friend in L.A. who was a Vietnam vet--Arnold. He has been a janitor now with the Los Angeles Unified School District for many years. He was among the first group of graduates from the new Watts High School in 1970, constructed after the Watts riots in 1965. He went to Vietnam in late 1970. I asked him one time about the fight scenes in "Platoon," what was his opinion. He said the fight scenes in "Platoon" were very realistic, that there were usually small groups of men engaging and trying to flank each other. He said, if you want to know what the fighting was like in Vietnam to watch "Platoon," that's pretty much how it was.
@@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258 Glad your father made it out, as for those protesters spitting on those brave vets they're wimps. most if not all dodged the draft or were to scared to serve, Platoon actually honored the vets ,I saw a documentary about the making of the movie and a vet in Stones Platoon said the film honored the vets, The Vietnam Vets were brave and many were only young lads in their late teens early twenties .
Has it been 34 years ago, I saw this when it came out I was 16. Seems time has went by , I look in the mirror and the teenager I knew as myself is long gone.
By the way, a big "Thank you" to World Review for posting this. GREAT SOUNDTRACK TOO!! This is a great video, a great memory, and came at the right time.
Saw Willem Dafoe at a men's room at LaGuardia a few years back, used the urinal a couple down from me. I said how and asked him how he was. Great actor he is, this was a few years after John wick came out.
The villiagers daughter still looks pretty at 40 something. She was such a cute 12 year old...made the scene that much more dramatic that she would be at gunpoint.
I was there in February, and yes there were other enemies in the jungle besides VC and NVA! Spiders snakes giant ass centipedes, scorpians leeches and some other shit that I really do believe is not from earth! Plus the plants that can cause cardiac arrest if touched!!! Don't know who had it worse, the Germans in Stalingrad or you guys in the jungle
Probably the most terrifying psychopathic soldier portrayal seen in any war movie. Sadistic Staff Seargent Barnes was more enemy to his own men than any VC ever was. Tom Berengers performance truly deserved an Oscar win.
The saddest part was Elias getting fragged, the actor Williem Defao is blown up the village as he runs if you look closely at his left hand he's clicking on a detonator. It was s great film one of the best when it was released 2 other Nma movies were out Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger Hill, I thought Platoon and Hamburger Hill were the best and No 1 is Platoon by a little. The film honored the Vets and ina documentary about Oliver Stone he visits the Vietnam Wall and you see him putting his hand on Elias name very sad Elias was only 23. Plus Anthony Quinn's son was Rah ,the actors were made to live like Marines they didn't have any hotels or trailers, they built the set and some actually flipped due to the heat and exhaustion . God Bless all who served and died in the Vietnam War.
@@82luft49 My brother is a Viet Nam vet. He told me something like that happen to him. He was with the 1st Cav. 71-72. I'm proud of him and all the Viet Nam Veterans. And thank you for your service and Welcome Home.
Fair dinkum it pisses me off how we very, very seldom get any recognition for ever having fought in Vietnam or any of the other wars we have supported our Uncle Sam.
Youd be surprised just how close we did come to winning it. North Vietnam was on its knees after Nixon bombed them in 1972, and were desperate for a cease fire. But instead of finishing them off, we let them off the hook and abandoned our friends and allies in the South. The rest is history.
Rod Smith No. You were not even close. They had us fucked 6 ways and sideways. American soldiery was very poor through the the late 60’s and the commands heart was no longer in it as was the troops. After 68 it was basically unraveling and if you know the Viets they might be bone poor but they were (and are) crafty bastards. American battlefield doctrine was still mired in WWII mentality. You were fucked from the get go. At least we, Australian’s, had some jungle/paddy fighting techniques. Smaller combat units. Far more professional field discipline.
That scene man, makes me cry. I hated Barnes (the character) But now that I'm older, who knows what led him to become like that. After hearing different stories from actual Vietnam vets, most of them were very bitter with our government's decisions. Maybe he just lost his soul and stopped caring about everything.
That makeup on Tom Berenger. Sniper was good, but he stole the sow here. Other than Francesco, RIP, they could do an awesome reunion some 34 years later. Bone chilling movie.
Platoon was the start of a great couple of years in the late 1980’s for Willem Dafoe- Off Limits, Mississippi Burning, The Last Temptation of Christ, Triumph of the Spirit and Born on the 4th of July.
Tom Bergner " sniper" 1 part and second i loved it, also this movie . i watched it when 13 -14 and ofcourse, hot shots with none other than Charlie Sheen even vhs machine was laughing playing that one, not to mention half of the village and my bodies in Poland!!!!!! greate times 25 years ago
We were all younger then. I remember when this movie came out there were many Vietnam veterans who were crying on their way out of the theater. It was a very real representation of what happened there.
Pretty good flix, some things were stretched. But all in all of the average war movie it was by far better than anything else that was out there. I also liked Apocalypse Now, mainly for the river scenes. I wasn't on a river boat but I have traveled up and down some of the rivers in northern I corps. Mainly the Cua Viet river, got shot at a few times catching rides on boats and LCM's. Probably some of the worst times being fired upon. As they say shit happens. And almost don't count except in horse shoes and hand grenades. Well time goes on
I remember sitting in a movie theater in Hollywood, Florida when this film was new and as I was watching it, memories of when I was in an Air Rescue unit in the U.S.A.F. came flooding back. Most accurate Vietnam flick ever made, Oliver Stone did this one just right.
roy skuderin were you stationed at Homestead AFB in late 60’s. Or Kunsan AB in South Korea. We shared barracks with the PJ’s. That was 1969. Was suppose to go to Vietnam but got sent Korea after the North took the USS Pueblo.
This movie has special meaning to me . My dad who was in ww2 came down to Ft Bragg to visit me .I took him to the King Theater on Bragg Blvd to See Platoon .. My dad has long since passed away but when i watch Platoon im reminded at certain parts of the movie where Dad made comments that i remember ..A week or so after Dad went back to Annapolis he told me he went to the Theater and saw Platoon again..And if you knew my dad you know he didnt pay to see a movie twice lol
I was 15 when i saw this movie come out at the cinemas I was an Army cadet ready to join the army as soon as i turned 16 this movie rocked me so hard I quit the army idea and it changed my whole perspective on war this is the greatest and worst war movie I have seen Oliver Stone is a genius a truly star studded cast, I went to Vieatnam as a tourist in 2012 and all i thought about was this movie and what a sad part of history this was total respect to all Soldiers from both sides
Muchos de esos actores demostraron que tienen mucho talento en ese peliculón. Tom y Willem sin duda mucha nostalgia, todo... El verlos mucho más jóvenes y haciendo la mejor película bélica, crudesa y polémica entre los mismos soldados. Hasta ahora no me animo a ver todo porque me parece muy crudo sobretodo en la escena de los abusos hacía los campesinos. Un robo el hecho de que no tuvo Oscar
That looping music was really soul touching. And to know that this movie came out when i was 4! Wow its been so long. R.I.P to all those who gave up there lives for nothing but greed. First vietnam.... Then iraq..... Then syria..... It never ever ends..... Bless you Mr. Stone for forever touching our hearts and opening our eyes to the truth of the corruption that war brings to those that fight in it on both sides.
The exquisite theme used in Platoon is actually the "adagio" by Samuel Barber -it was written long before the movie and there is a beautiful choral version of it called "Agnus Dei."
Greed ? The americans had to go and fight in Vietnam originally because the french "de gaulle" threatened that france would join the soviets if they didnt help him het french indochina back into french hands,,, it was a one way trip from that point, nut i salute all who fought in this war because if they hadnt, then the communist push would have continued unabated, and who knows what countries it would have consumed. ? probably the whole of the asian continent
Yeah...we became old as well. I was 21 years old when I watched this Film on a free weekend that I got in the German Army. I served as a MG-Schütze and we just started the basic-infantry-training a view weeks earlier. So we could recon a lot of those tactical military beheavior what we were tought for here in this film. It was great. Still one of the best war films ever made.
I was looking out the kitchen window in my childhood home and saw my late brother get out of a cab in the alley. We didn't expect him home for another week. It was 3 days before Christmas 1966. It was a day I'll never forget. He was home safe from fighting in Viet Nam at 19 years old. I was 16 and his welcome home was my Mom and Dad and myself.
@@gregcoates4305 I hope and pray your brother is alive and has adjusted. When I returned home I could not secure employment, they would toss my application in the garbage before I left. In the mid 80's they had a Welcome home parade down town NYC and none of the media recorded it. Chicago's parade was recorded and is preserved on RUclips. Thank You Daniel Andrews for recognizing this tragedy.
@@tonyv205 Thank you for your kind words about my brother. Unfortunately he passed away in 2005 at the age of 58 after many years of medical issues. I miss him every day. I believe he was another casualty of the Vietnam War.
Some of the actors seem like my best friends. I wish I could meet one in person. Seems like we should talk about old times. Kinda weird, but when you're young and impressionable (I was 16) this movie had a great emotional impact on the rest of my life. Was on my list of top five movies for a long time. I just couldn't get over how great it was.
The best war movie ever!! My late dad took me to watch all the war movies in the '60's and 70's. And I did the same to my son ever since he was in his grade school age. 3 generations of the war movie fans. We also like "Saving Private Ryan".
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I can feel how they seemed trapped and forced to participate in the Vietnam War ,, in my opinion this film is very good
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Vietnam - terrible war - every war is terrible. But i love this film PLATOON. I looked him over and over for 30 or 40 times, i don´t know. I love the music in this film.
It is very interesting to see the crew in a time tunnel. Thank you for your film.
good video full of information
One of the most powerful war movies ever made....
The reason why is because it was made by a guy that was there. Oliver Stone.
The best war movie in my opinion
It was Based on Oliver stones own tour of duty in the Vietnam war
It's an anti-war film. It doesn't glorify, it shows horrors.
Yeah Platoon is a good war movie but no one like "Saving Private Ryan", that one takes the cake.
Depp, Sheen, Whitaker, Defoe, Berringer, McGinley...Amazing how many relatively unknown actors (in 1986) went on to become major stars. That just shows the level of acting talent in this movie.
*Berenger
Watch the Oliver stone interview about getting the movie made and that many of the characters were based on people he knew when he was serving in Vietnam F-ing crazy
Don’t forget about Keith David
R.I.P. Francesco, you looked just like your father.
Anthony Quinn's son right?
@@charlespeter9914 Correct.
Never knew he was Anthony's son ... wow
william dafoe in his role, id follow that soldier everywhere!
I agree, but if i had to i'd be willing to follow sgt barnes into hell. Both excellent leaders. And i have to admit that tho Red was an A** Hole and a kiss a** was an effective leader, we all have flaws. I loved the way he covered himself when he knew the game was over and survived to fight again.
Yeah, the true patriot !
Yes, i do it too!!
You and me both!
Both Barnes and Alias were great leaders they just had alternate views. Both were absolute badass
Never realized how many good actors were in that film.
I just realized that Johnny Depp was in the movie too... Also Corey Glover, singer from Living Colours band...
yeah true only recently i found out mcginley was the same guy who was the doc in ER
@@imedi Scrubs not ER.
@@Steppenwolf696969 Me too! I had NO IDEA before Edward Scissorhands was a Vietnam grunt!
@@Steppenwolf696969 .
Great movie. Tom Berenger should have won an Oscar for this movie.
He really was that good.
Oh yeah. His portrayal of Sergeant Barnes was brilliant. A mean SOB
So should Willem or he should at least get it for The Lighthouse
Tina Sabat ,I agree Tom Berenger should have won the Oscar. it was a brilliant movie, I remember seeing it in the cinema then on video i would watch it with my pals we sometimes smoke a bit of Ganja i had an old gas mask that belonged to my dad when he was a kid during the war and we'd call it the grass mask after the film. I can't believe it's over 30 years now I was 20 and i don't know where over 3 decades went ,when you hit 40 the years just fly in, Oliver Stone was in Ireland promoting JFK and not many heard of him so i took a gamble and rang the top hotels,I was told he wasn't taking any calls so i just asked would he send me an autograph and a week or so later i got a signed poster of JFK
I always have felt that Keith David's portrayal of the character "King" should have been recognized somehow - with an Academy Award or some other award. As I get older, I find that my favorite scenes in the film revolve around him, and how he interacts with everyone around him. He may not have been the center of the film, but he was its heart and soul.
It's puzzling how Tom Berenger never recieved an Oscar for his performance as Sgt Barnes. It's part of cinematic history as far as performances and characters played.
They don't give Oscars to the bad guys.
Both Berenger and Dafoe was nominated for best supporting actor for their role in Platoon. They went up against some heavyweights... Denholm Elliot, Dennis Hopper and Michael Caine... Caine won. They didn't get robbed. They got recognized and nominated, but lost to better performance and actor.
@@bellavia5 Actually 18 times the bad guys won an Academy Award for their roles. Example, Heath Ledger (Joker-The Dark Knight), Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Anthony Hopkin (Silence of the Lambs), Joe Pesci (Goodfellas), Kathy Bates (Misery), Charlize Theron (Monster), Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) just to name a few...
@@kermit415 oh yes. And the bad guy role was always (and is) considered the juiciest part.
I must have watch this movie atleast a hundred times ..the pics of them in costume look awesome they look like real combat soldiers .Oliver stone is a genius
I'm not a big fan of Stone's politics, but recognize excellent movie making when I see it. He pulled out all the stops to make this film as realistic as possible, including period-correct weapons and gear.
JDSly1 Certainly helps that he fought in Vietnam himself. It’s a perfect illustration of that war. We were soldiers is a close 2nd for me..
@@JDSly1 : Actually it was al ow budget film. The guy that bankrolled it only gave Stone so much $ to work with and expected maximum return. That's why you see the LAW rocket on the back of "Chris Taylor's" ruck with tape on the open end near the beginning in the jungle because it was an empty expended tube that was real but they didn't have the end cap assembly to simple snap back on it, and speaking of Rucks the soldiers in the Platoon are all humping ARVN rucks, technically incorrect but I guess they had a hard time getting the correct Lightweight Rucks with frames that US Infantry would've been humping, small details. One thing that was very well done was seeing a color 25th Division patch on Kings Jungle Fatigue jacket sleeve. Great detail, you would've still seen some color payches in early 1968 when this is supposed to take place. Well done Mr. Stone! I hated the old tired thing of fratracide and killing civilians a la My Lai. Did it happen? Yes. Was it representative of the majority of troops over there? No. Especially in the 25th Division. But, he had to make a movie. The heat, the fatigue, the fear, etc...were amazing it was portrayed so well. I think with the level of long hair, side burns, mustaches, beads, peace symbols, and helmet graffiti this movie should've been set in about 1970-71 BUT no matter it was an awesome movie and I went to see it about 3 times when it came out in the theater in 1986, and watched it probably several hundred times more over the years. These guys just stay with you!
they don't make movies like they used to. where you can fully empathize with a character.
my favorite character was Elias. My little brother his favorite character whas Chris. we played allot as kids. playing platoon, or Tour of duty. Dressed up as a soldier throughout the neighborhood.
i mostly end up dying like that scene when Elias Died. Greetings from the netherlands
Not really he was just somebody who was there, and guys that were there rarely forget it.
Reminds me of sitting around watching this over and over on VHS with 6 of my friends, some are no longer with us. I was young, handsome and strong. I miss my GF at the time. Now I'm old, married, misable, weak, and live with only good memories of the past.
Sounds familiar
"Shut up and take the pain. Take the pain!"
This is why years ago, I cleaned my house of everything over 2 years old and definitely got rid old music and don't watch old movies. I guess it's a safe form of denial. Depressing 😢
@@MrJoe-yw5ex 5000000011\
We all gotta live sometime Red.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
WHAT FUCKING RELIGIOUS SHIT
Ed Driver Somebody’s triggered!
When me and my wife were having our first kid, we had no idea on what name to give him.
A couple of weeks before birth we decided to watch Platoon together.
So our first son turned out to be named Elias, after Sgt. Elias.
Awww... Elias was good leader (character), he guided the rest instead of being all brital and direct... is your son 34 this yr?
that's why I was able to identify myself with Sgt.Elias. my favourite character from platoon. i like it that you gave your first kid the name Elias. i was first born and my parents named me Elias. haha Greetings
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Dale Dye did a good job making them look like downrange grunts.
Dale did a great job on several movies.
Dye is a former Marine who takes realistic portrayals of the military very seriously - he is pretty much the go-to- guy in Hollywood now as military advisor goes. He was famous for putting the guys in "Band of Brothers" and before them, "Saving Private Ryan" through a condensed version of basic training/boot camp. daily runs for distance, ruck marches, weapons, close-order drill, living outside, eating C-rats or whatever, you name it. I was never a grunt, but I was a field biologist for a while in my youth, and living outside will roughen up a man in no time.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 plus free peaches everywhere yeah that's real rough
"Now stay there and fight, that means YOU captain!"
So did director Oliver Stone who was also a combat veteran in Vietnam and used his experiences to help make the movie. He made the actors the go through rigorous weapons training and made them go through the hot jungles of Philippines where they filmed to get down the environment of how Vietnam. He exhausted the actors during the long hours of training and then they filmed their scenes. They ate rations and slept like they would have as soldiers then and not in hotels. Everyone disliked Stone on set for his treatment of the actors according to McGinley but that was Stone’s aim to get down the realistic horrors of what it was like fighting in Vietnam and everyone thought Stone was borderline psychotic but it was because of his PTSD and long hours of filming and exhaustion. Technical Advisor and Veteran Dale Dye required all the actors to go through a 2 week rigorous basic training before filming actually began and during filming the actors as you see on onscreen were exhausted and to get in character. Stone actually had flash backs during filming certain scenes.
The amount of actors in this film who went in to be greats is just, perfect.
Johnny Depp, Sheen, Whittaker, Defoe, Etc etc.
Phenomenal.
Not sure I'd put Sheen in there. He went on to become something alright but that something definitely isn't great. Not a good role model by any means.
@@brendanm6921 And Johnny Depp did become a good role model? What standards do you measure. Private life or acting? I will agree Sheen wasted his talent. But he was one hell of an acting talent. Not only in Platoon, but in Wall Street he was phenonemal! He sure could have won a couple of oscars, if he had followed that road he went on in his early acting carreer.
@@johnming73 Come on, the case with Depp is so cluttered with "he said" "she said" finger pointing and nobody really seems to be settled on exactly what went down. Sheen on the other hand is a long time certified scumbag. And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't actually recall saying that he was a bad actor.
that Willem Dafoe scene being chased by VCs is so heartbreaking, everytime I think of this movie, it's this scene that first comes to my mind.
Same. That image of sacrifice is very powerful.
too...
@@jennymacallan9071 it wasn't sacrifice, it was betrayal
@@JDP2104 ya... poor him😐😐😐that is what the movie is all abt too, team members going against each other instead of going for the same goals... while deciding what is right and what is wrong..😐😐😐
Great emotional scene
Love, Love, LOVE this movie. Saw this in theaters and immediately bought the VHS tape a few years later. Thanks for sharing.
@Ricky Sanchez Nah, it was good but not as emotional as Platoon. Platoon show us the ugly reality of war and how it can turn some into heartless monsters. I still cry when I watch it.
Papo Swing exactly!
Ricky Sanchez. Hamburger Hill was a great movie no doubt the battle scenes were very good but I thought Platoon was a little bit more it was so realistic and i knew many who didn't know much about the war and they were all going mad to see Platoon. Stone's 3 movies on Vietnam were all fab ,it focused on the US side the North Vietnamese side and the Vets who came home disabled Born On The Fourth of July was steeped in realism ,the battle scenes when Kovic shoots Wilson by accident ,Heaven and Earth was also very good.
Back in the day, when a few years still counted as immediately. It is a great movie though.
O'Neill made it back and went to medical school....lol...
Francesco "Rhah" Quinn was one of anthony quinn's sons. (for the ppl that didn't know)
Didn't know. Thanks.
Also played syed ali in the tv series 24
No shit?!? Wow.
I noticed the facial resemblance.
Unfortunately Francesco passed away in 2011 at age 48 of a massive heart attack while walking with his son near their home in California.
I was there in 69, I just celebrated my 72nd birthday. I miss my 58,220 brothers who perished. I could not view this movie when it first came out, I was still fighting the enemy. After finally viewing, this was a great movie but still does not capture the unbelievable intensity of that war. God bless America.........
Didn't kill enough of them,waste of time war.Same thought i have with me to this day since my return from the Storm.I look at our countrys that we fought & died for,here & there are the enemy,which i was sent to fight & defend our country against.WHY??????????????????????
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807
"War is a Racket "
General Smedley Butler
USMC
2 Medals of Honor
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807 WHY ? for a LIE this is the worst. it began with a lie and ended with so many dead. what a waste
@Tony V .I'm glad you made it out, you are a brave man, many respects to you and God Bless those who didn't make it out. It was a sad war and MAYBE? had JFK not have been killed it wouldn't have gone on as long as it did ,Nixon promised to end it in 1968 but he dragged it on for four more years and invaded Cambodia, tho the VC were using Cambodia and Laos for the Ho Chi Ming trail . God Bless you
@@onewhoknowsrevenge6807 Thank you for your service.I was 2 yrs old when it ended. My older brother was in the Pull out, and saw limited action.Active Duty 73'-75'. All I can say is who profited from this war? Here is a fact, anyone can check. In 1960 The Textron Corp. bought Bell Helicopters for $22 million. In 1963 JFK said we were pulling out of Vietnam. NSAM-263 was on his Desk to be signed upon his arrival from Dallas. On Nov. 26, one day after JFK's Funeral, LBJ signed NSAM-273 . Which did just the opposite. LBJ had stock in BEll Helicopters. 10,005 version Helo's were used in Vietnam. The majority were made by Bell/Textron Corp. Securing LBJ's wealth. UH-1D and on. In 1971 A UH-1N replacement was worth $4,700,000. Today in 2020, a comparable price is $26.2 Million. Also, 5,086 Helo's were lost in Vietnam.
When I was a kid, fourteen years old, in 1978, I met someone who survived two tours 68-70 in Vietnam. Being a clueless stupid kid I kept asking him what it was like. He told me of one incident and after that I didn’t bother him anymore. We stayed in touch and when Platoon came out in 1986 he called me and asked if I had seen the movie yet. When I said that yes, I had, he said “does that answer the rest of your questions?”. Powerful.
So, what did that man tell you about the incident? Can you tell me what he told you?
The Adagio for Strings... my God this music haunted me for years
search this song accompanied with the poem "Desiderata" here on youtube... it still pulls heat strings but I find so much calm amidst the storm of emotions this piece brings.
have listen to the choir hymen it on here, its beautiful, search it
That track really does capture the loss that this movie was trying to show. Good men losing themselves to the horrors of Vietnam
Platoon is a movie that showcases some of the finest acting ever to come out of Hollywood.
Tom Berenger looks fantastic. His scars have healed up so well, you'd never think he had had them.
Those were not real scars it was movie make up
Vitamin E
@@aboveusall22 Oh ...duh!!!
lol looks like you fooled somebody!
he uses that cream they sell on facebook that makes 20 year old leather seats look brand new, instantly.
Best Vietnam movie ever made.
meh
If my memory serves me correctly, there were 3 phenomenal Vietnam war movies in the late ‘80’s! Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) & Hamburger Hill (1987) All 3 were exceptional!
For me there was 3 movies 3 years ..
Platoon 1986
Full Metal Jacket 1987
Platoon Leader 1988
So many great 80s movies ❤️
Apocalypse now?
Yeah you right
Seeing this makes me realize how time is passing us by. In 1986 when this come out I was 23 like most of the actors here and had joined the Infantry in Feb. of 85. Little did I know how much this film would dictate my philosophy in life...seeing conflict in multiple regions of the world, thinking you are doing things for a better good but now I see that all I bought was death and destruction. I realized that Sgt Barnes was right...Reality is what is actually happening no matter how it should be or how you want it to be. I hear people all the time talking about going over here and killing these people and those people smiling and laughing it up and I just roll my eyes and say to myself..."Death...what do you all know about death?"
When this film came I'd just joined the Army at 17 and 2 years later I was in a war zone myself. I've realised that this film has had a profound effect on me and now I'm suffering from PTSD myself and I never even served in Vietnam. We always related back to it in NI and the Falkands, later on it was Desert Storm, then Bosnia and then Iraq again. Nothing seems to change for soldiers. Nothing.
Great comment Man! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
We all gonna die!
The best of the films about the war, it was shown in cinemas in the USSR and I watched it as a boy at 11 years old in 1989, a great film.
One of the best and most heartbreaking movies ever made.
y is it heartbreaking
agreed
@@okapmeinkap7311 because we were seeing good men losing themselves, both morally and physically, to the war. The soundtrack used in the film literally could not fit the tone of the movie any better. It really is tragic
Is it just me, or did Tom Berenger look like he was in his late 40s when he did Platoon?
I don't think so. He looks in his 30s. For some reason he just about takes my breath away every time I see him when he was young like that. Other actors might be better looking in a classical sense but Tom Berenger has something about his looks that I for one find irresistable. .. He might look older to you in Platoon due to the scars...
War ages young men terribly.
Tom Berenger was 37 during filming but the make up he had for facial scars made him look older to he is one of the oldest cast members and is 71 now.
I was pretty much a kid when saw this movie for the 1st time. Early '91-92 or so. Blown away...
Definitely one of the films that will never get bored watching.
Sad RHAH isn't with us! Would be great to have them all in yet another patrol - around some whiskey bar!
1986 Platoon
Wow! It's pretty refreshing to see that only one actor from this 34 year old film has died. Rest In Peace Mr. Francesco Quinn
This movie always makes me reflect: Late in '72, our ship- a destroyer- had just pulled into San Diego after doing fire support and surface raids off the coast of Vietnam, a grueling time in more ways than one. We did our job, we were exhausted, and back then we were invisible to the *uncaring America* we came home to, except for one person: Walt Disney. He was gone from us, the boomer generation by that time, but his legacy was carried on by brother Roy, who had sent representatives to our ship with free passes to Disneyland for the whole crew. A bunch of us rented a car and went, blew some incredible African ganja, and we had a hell of a good time at the Magic Kingdom, it was great and the only welcome home we ever had, I've never forgotten the gesture.
@GunslingerXXI Hold the line brother, and thanks. ☺
In 2022 Admiral Rachel Levine would greet you.
When I got back from Desert Storm we had a six pack of beer in our mini fridge..
“BEST MOVIE BASED ON THE VIETNAM WAR”””👍
exactamente.
@Pete B Platoon gave me the creeps, as several scenes vividly reminded me of my time there. The green berets was typical Hollywood nonsense and I think that any real combat vet would laugh at it for its lack of realism.
Full Metal Jacket anyone... ? 🧐
(both are great by the way. I have a sick fascination with Vietnam movies... Hamburger Hill, Tunnel Rats 1968, etc.)
There are two good vietnam films
1 we were soldier
2.platoon
@@evansmith2538 Full Metal Jacket , Apocalypse Now , Deer Hunter.
Francesco Quinn's death was tragic but for the rest of the cast to still be alive is quite something.
Shouldn’t really as most of the cast were in their early twenties. The oldest main cast member was Tom Berenger who was 36 during filming.
I didnt even know that Quinn passed away
@@claymack1109 Sadly he died of a heart attack while out running.
this video makes me sad, because it reminds me how old i am right now, and how time flies.
it makes me sad because so many people died
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 do not be sad. That the way it is
@@sickbastard151 golly gee honest??! As Metallica says nothing else matters! Aloha!!
Yes. In 1986 I was only 31, and i could do anything I wanted, young, spry, athletic. Now, I can't even stand on one leg without falling over. So I know what you mean. These commentators here saying oh, don't worry about it, are probably young.
seattwa at 62 and prior Marine I too have some wear and tear on the ole body. The younger ones have their time now and if they’re smart they have their time to be old too. Time takes us all.
that Willem Dafoe scene being chased by VCs is so heartbreaking, everytime I think of this movie, it's this scene that first comes to my mind.
Everytime I see that scene, I wish that Huey made it down in time to rescue him.
I like the way they include even some of the most obscure characters and actors. A lot of research and effort must go into finding some of these people after all of these years.
Stay put, stay in your hole - I’ll be right back... RIP Francesco “Rhah” Quinn Awesome character actor ✨
Where did 30 years go .....
I had things to do ...
The time between then and now seems like a blur almost as if I went from that time to right now with nothing in between, enjoy life while you can because before you turn around it is over 34 years went by and I still remember seeing the movie at the show like yesterday, I was 28 when it came out 62 today Dec bd
I watched once when it premiered, don't have the guts to watch it again.
The background music makes me nostalgic every time.
Rosie Brind'amour Barbar’s “Adagio for Strings”
“Take the pain, take the pain” I’ve said that line more than any other movie line over the years. I never pass up an opportunity to watch Platoon. Just watched it last night, that’s probably while I’m seeing this video! The guys, and girl, look still look great. Great movie, Thanks for the video.
I recall my friend almost compound fracturing his leg in a football match(soccer to Americans) and I stood over him and said 'take the pain, take the pain ' Staff sergeant Barnes style, he referred to me as a bastard(which I clearly was) and we still joke about the moment to this day, 32yrs on. Besides that perhaps my top 1-3 films ever.
In my early twenties one Sunday with a hangover from hell I watched it 3 times off the belt.first normally then with Oliver stones commentary and then with dale dye's commentary.
A true class film.
I've been watching a lot of veterans stories lately too.
It's an interesting topic for me.
I remember something similar happened me and by bro said "take the pain take the pain" I gave a weak smile ,it is hard to stay silent and take the pain
aj 13ell. Stone's 3 Vietnam movies were all great ,I thought Born On The Fourth of July was very in your face and the battle scenes were only about 25 mins but the scene in the field hospital was harsh and the Bronx VA scenes the rats and staff ,I saw that film on the cinema and almost cried when Ron Kovic gets home I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan but he was excellent in that film and did deserve an Oscar. The protest scenes Abbie Hoffman was in it it was just so real, and Heaven and Earth was also excellent .focusing from the North's side.
One of the most powerful films you can watch. The acting is excellent by all the cast. Years since I've seen it but it's a film that stays with you forever.
4 fckn EVER 💪🇺🇸🙏
getting old sucks!
If you didn't lay a lot when you were young, well, getting old major sucks
it beats the alternative...
@@SmackWaterJack001 living forever?
@@SmackWaterJack001 True! Still sucks but!
@@okapmeinkap7311 lay a lot? you mean prepare for the future
I have only seen this film once and can never watch it again. It was so sad, I was about 20 when I watched it. What a film one if the best I have ever seen 10/10
Kerry i agree. i too have only seen it the once. I found the subject too harrowing and brutally honest. I found out about the My Lai Massacre shortly after seeing the film and I guess i cannot handle the truth.
The "Deer Hunter" was the only movie which even came close in my humble opinion.
"You boys smoke this shit to escape reality? Me, I don't need this shit, I am reality. There's the way it is and, the way it should be." So many great quotes in this movie.
Shooting_Star78 “Y’all take a good look at this lump of shit.”
The poor are always getting fucked by the rich. Always have, always will.
Shooting_Star78 “he might still be alive if he had a few days to learn something” sgt Elias.
Dotcanada “ you fuck up in a fire fight I Goddamn guarantee you a trip outta the bush! In body bag! Assholes you keep your shit wired tight at all times. And the next cocksucker I catch coping zzzzs in the bush im gonna take a personal interest in seeing him suffer, I shit you not.”
"Just keep your pecker hard, and your powder dry, and the world will turn."
To me this and The Deerhunter were two of the greatest,
Movies ( not just war) of all time
Wow... over 30+ yrs later. A movie i still remember. I was 16 then, 3 yrs later I enlisted. Didn't think twice when I enlisted and entered military service. I served a total of 25+ years and never regretted a day of it. Thank you for those who served before, with and after me. To those who never came back home... we still remember you and your final sacrifice. ✌🏼❤🙏🏼🇺🇸
THANK you for your service.....
Just watched this for about 100th time, best Oliver Stone movie ever
You gonna enjoy the next 100 views to
*Oliver Stone!* That my friends is one of my favorite film directors. Now has he won Best Director for others he made or has he gotten the snob treatment from the Academy for all of them?
"We all gotta die sometime, Red"
MrAirAmerika often think of that line
Some of the coldest but truest things I've ever heard
when themachinebreaks down./webreak down Barnes
What a waste of life on both sides we should have never entered Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson was the worst president the United States ever had, tens of thousands soldiers blood was on his hands and he didn’t even budge. The dumbest fuck I’ve ever seen. So many lies upon lies by the administration and for what cause? a sad, brutal, senseless, and unnecessary war. 500000 soldiers suffered from PTSD, so many dead, broken families, just because of one president who was out of touch with everyone and everything.
Actually, our involvement in Vietnam started during Eisenhower administration, which was the same when Cuba came under Fidel Castro's power. For some reason we fail to recognize which administrations were the reason behind the failure of the puppet governments we put in power.
That's right and Australia got dragged into the war also
They wanted to model after our democracy after ww2, but we bowed to French colonial interests which aligned with the corporate mentality we still have today. Uncle Ho initially looked to the US as a model, after assisting the allies against Japan in ww2. So, after we told them we wouldnt help them to throw out the french, they turned to the Communists. We backed the French, then inherited it.
@Noneya Business Your complete disregard for historical fact is astounding. JFK wanted nothing to do with Vietnam. He was a Navy officer during WWII and knew how fucked war was. Your distortion of the events surrounding the origins of the Vietnam War are an embarrassment to all who fought in it and we are all dumber for having read your comment.
Thank you for all the effort you put into your videos. I really enjoy watching them.
You took the words right out of my mouth:-)
There are so many things I remember about this movie. Two stick in my memory:
The opening biblical quote, Rejoice, O young man,’ in thy youth.
The closing when adagio for string is playing (that evokes pure sadness) and Chris says, “The war is over for me now, but it will always be there”. It made me cry uncontrollably.
Excellent movie!
Well said. I thought the same.
It's funny how , as we look back at these actors when they were young and now look at ourselves..Just a reflection of younger days...This is only a thought.......
Getting old sucks
Good thought. I was 17 when I saw Platoon for the very first time. Now at age 51 I look back over a lot of my life. Many things have changed, some didn't since then. The face in the mirror changed that's for sure. But not the eyes....
I think I look 16
With lil discoloration
What you sayin
Me not hot sexy 18
Good thoughts indeed
@@pzakp311 awwww.....
Sal was reincarnated as a parking garage attendant in Chicago somewhere around 1985. He could make an old Spyder fly. True story.
That scene still cracks me up.
The look on his face.
Hysterical.
@@jimsmith9853 "Eeh, what country you think this is?"
It was really .. Sals Day Off !! 😉
Stranger Than Paradise
He also worked at sal's pizzeria in Brooklyn with Mookie
in 1986, i was 18 years old... Ah nostalgia!
I was 17 at the time. Nothin like the good ole 80s, right? If only there were a 'time machine'.. would love to go back to my youth!!!!
@@leeleerowe3174 I would never wanna be young again
One of the most realistic, gut-wrenching war movies ever made. And a sterling cast to boot.
Adagio for strings from Barber, forever one with this movie....
My father was there and he said this movie was very much like how it was.
Respect to your father he serve his country and all he got was spat on
Tommy Atkins thanks
I had a good friend in L.A. who was a Vietnam vet--Arnold. He has been a janitor now with the Los Angeles Unified School District for many years. He was among the first group of graduates from the new Watts High School in 1970, constructed after the Watts riots in 1965. He went to Vietnam in late 1970. I asked him one time about the fight scenes in "Platoon," what was his opinion. He said the fight scenes in "Platoon" were very realistic, that there were usually small groups of men engaging and trying to flank each other. He said, if you want to know what the fighting was like in Vietnam to watch "Platoon," that's pretty much how it was.
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@@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258 Glad your father made it out, as for those protesters spitting on those brave vets they're wimps. most if not all dodged the draft or were to scared to serve, Platoon actually honored the vets ,I saw a documentary about the making of the movie and a vet in Stones Platoon said the film honored the vets, The Vietnam Vets were brave and many were only young lads in their late teens early twenties .
🇧🇷👍...muito bom rever esses atores e ver como eles estão hj em dia ....adorei o vídeo...belo trabalho
Has it been 34 years ago, I saw this when it came out I was 16. Seems time has went by , I look in the mirror and the teenager I knew as myself is long gone.
Wow sounds poetic👍👍
JOHNNY DEEP WILLEM DAFOE CHARLIE SHEEN ARE MY FAVORITE👊👊👊
Keith David - THEY LIVE!
By the way, a big "Thank you" to World Review for posting this. GREAT SOUNDTRACK TOO!! This is a great video, a great memory, and came at the right time.
Saw Willem Dafoe at a men's room at LaGuardia a few years back, used the urinal a couple down from me. I said how and asked him how he was. Great actor he is, this was a few years after John wick came out.
Willem Dafoe, urinals and John Wick........ you just couldn’t make it up! 😂🤣
One of the best movie I ever have seen. And powerful.
AMAZING MOVIE CHARLIE WAS GREAT TO BAD HE WENT OFF THE RAILS
Off the rails perhaps, but he was right about 9/11.
The villiagers daughter still looks pretty at 40 something. She was such a cute 12 year old...made the scene that much more dramatic that she would be at gunpoint.
I remember setting up a ambush in fire ants like in this move.Those SOBs hurt.1968 USMC.
I was there in February, and yes there were other enemies in the jungle besides VC and NVA! Spiders snakes giant ass centipedes, scorpians leeches and some other shit that I really do believe is not from earth! Plus the plants that can cause cardiac arrest if touched!!! Don't know who had it worse, the Germans in Stalingrad or you guys in the jungle
Probably the most terrifying psychopathic soldier portrayal seen in any war movie. Sadistic Staff Seargent Barnes was more enemy to his own men than any VC ever was. Tom Berengers performance truly deserved an Oscar win.
The saddest part was Elias getting fragged, the actor Williem Defao is blown up the village as he runs if you look closely at his left hand he's clicking on a detonator. It was s great film one of the best when it was released 2 other Nma movies were out Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger Hill, I thought Platoon and Hamburger Hill were the best and No 1 is Platoon by a little. The film honored the Vets and ina documentary about Oliver Stone he visits the Vietnam Wall and you see him putting his hand on Elias name very sad Elias was only 23. Plus Anthony Quinn's son was Rah ,the actors were made to live like Marines they didn't have any hotels or trailers, they built the set and some actually flipped due to the heat and exhaustion . God Bless all who served and died in the Vietnam War.
To all of the Viet Nam Veterans, Welcome Home. Thank You All For Your Service.
The NVA patrol coming through the bush late at night still givs me the creeps
@@82luft49 My brother is a Viet Nam vet. He told me something like that happen to him. He was with the 1st Cav. 71-72. I'm proud of him and all the Viet Nam Veterans. And thank you for your service and Welcome Home.
Good job , I'm impressed you located Reggie Johnson, the guy literally dissapeared
You were never going to win that War. Even we, Australian’s, withdrew from the battlefield.
Fair dinkum it pisses me off how we very, very seldom get any recognition for ever having fought in Vietnam or any of the other wars we have supported our Uncle Sam.
You Aussies kicked some serious butt. I was there, I know. I want to thank you all for your service!
Youd be surprised just how close we did come to winning it. North Vietnam was on its knees after Nixon bombed them in 1972, and were desperate for a cease fire. But instead of finishing them off, we let them off the hook and abandoned our friends and allies in the South. The rest is history.
Rod Smith No. You were not even close. They had us fucked 6 ways and sideways. American soldiery was very poor through the the late 60’s and the commands heart was no longer in it as was the troops.
After 68 it was basically unraveling and if you know the Viets they might be bone poor but they were (and are) crafty bastards.
American battlefield doctrine was still mired in WWII mentality. You were fucked from the get go. At least we, Australian’s, had some jungle/paddy fighting techniques. Smaller combat units. Far more professional field discipline.
Bookoo Dinkydow same to you brother.
That scene man, makes me cry. I hated Barnes (the character) But now that I'm older, who knows what led him to become like that. After hearing different stories from actual Vietnam vets, most of them were very bitter with our government's decisions. Maybe he just lost his soul and stopped caring about everything.
That makeup on Tom Berenger. Sniper was good, but he stole the sow here.
Other than Francesco, RIP, they could do an awesome reunion some 34 years later.
Bone chilling movie.
Sargent Elias is the man!
Yeah, he was my favorite character in the movie!
He was, in fact, I loved the character and name so much, my second son is named after him....
Platoon was the start of a great couple of years in the late 1980’s for Willem Dafoe- Off Limits, Mississippi Burning, The Last Temptation of Christ, Triumph of the Spirit and Born on the 4th of July.
I remember those years, it seemed like any movie he starred in was a great one.
Favorite actor since that late 80s era, is Willem Dafoe
Don't forget To Live and Die in LA. Which came out the previous year.
He was in another Vietnam film in the 80's called Saigon, with the late, great Gregory Hines.
I remember going to see this movie as a teenager with my first boyfriend. It was great.
Tom Bergner " sniper" 1 part and second i loved it, also this movie . i watched it when 13 -14
and ofcourse, hot shots with
none other than Charlie Sheen
even vhs machine was laughing playing that one, not to mention half of the village and my bodies in Poland!!!!!!
greate times 25 years ago
We were all younger then. I remember when this movie came out there were many Vietnam veterans who were crying on their way out of the theater. It was a very real representation of what happened there.
It caused a great division in the American public which we are still feeling today.
Pretty good flix, some things were stretched. But all in all of the average war movie it was by far better than anything else that was out there. I also liked Apocalypse Now, mainly for the river scenes. I wasn't on a river boat but I have traveled up and down some of the rivers in northern I corps. Mainly the Cua Viet river, got shot at a few times catching rides on boats and LCM's. Probably some of the worst times being fired upon. As they say shit happens. And almost don't count except in horse shoes and hand grenades. Well time goes on
Thank you for your service sir.
Love you brother.
I remember sitting in a movie theater in Hollywood, Florida when this film was new and as I was watching it, memories of when I was in an Air Rescue unit in the U.S.A.F. came flooding back. Most accurate Vietnam flick ever made, Oliver Stone did this one just right.
roy skuderin were you stationed at Homestead AFB in late 60’s. Or Kunsan AB in South Korea. We shared barracks with the PJ’s. That was 1969. Was suppose to go to Vietnam but got sent Korea after the North took the USS Pueblo.
This movie has special meaning to me . My dad who was in ww2 came down to Ft Bragg to visit me .I took him to the King Theater on Bragg Blvd to See Platoon .. My dad has long since passed away but when i watch Platoon im reminded at certain parts of the movie where Dad made comments that i remember ..A week or so after Dad went back to Annapolis he told me he went to the Theater and saw Platoon again..And if you knew my dad you know he didnt pay to see a movie twice lol
Dig the music and unfortunate the 48 year old that died really young.
I could never look at Kevin Dillon the same after that role.
DAFOE LOOKS LIKE CREEPSHOW NOW! SCARY
He was fantastic in Entourage. But yeah, he'll always be Bunny!
80s decade was incredible....NEVER did it leave me...saw Platoon 5 times in the first week it came out....we had it all..........
I saw it a bunch of times when it first came out as well
I was 15 when i saw this movie come out at the cinemas I was an Army cadet ready to join the army as soon as i turned 16 this movie rocked me so hard I quit the army idea and it changed my whole perspective on war this is the greatest and worst war movie I have seen
Oliver Stone is a genius a truly star studded cast, I went to Vieatnam as a tourist in 2012 and all i thought about was this movie and what a sad part of history this was total respect to all Soldiers from both sides
This movie is what war is really about folks. Same thing today only with high tech weapons. And still humans don't seem to learn from it
You r right but war is a business for the powerful big money in it but sadly it’s the poor that pay
@@paulmcintosh8586 Yup
FILME EXTRAORDINÁRIO: produção, direção, som, elenco e trilha sonora!!!
Made Willem Dafoe a star. Francesco Quinn (son of famous actor Anthony Quinn) died of a heart attack at 48? WTF?
Watch the deleted scenes there's one in there that Dafoe was terrifying as hell in.
@@roguelead72 which one?😯
@@kjthekunoichi He comes to Taylor in a nightmare or something.
Muchos de esos actores demostraron que tienen mucho talento en ese peliculón. Tom y Willem sin duda mucha nostalgia, todo... El verlos mucho más jóvenes y haciendo la mejor película bélica, crudesa y polémica entre los mismos soldados. Hasta ahora no me animo a ver todo porque me parece muy crudo sobretodo en la escena de los abusos hacía los campesinos. Un robo el hecho de que no tuvo Oscar
That looping music was really soul touching. And to know that this movie came out when i was 4! Wow its been so long. R.I.P to all those who gave up there lives for nothing but greed. First vietnam.... Then iraq..... Then syria..... It never ever ends..... Bless you Mr. Stone for forever touching our hearts and opening our eyes to the truth of the corruption that war brings to those that fight in it on both sides.
The exquisite theme used in Platoon is actually the "adagio" by Samuel Barber -it was written long before the movie and there is a beautiful choral version of it called "Agnus Dei."
Kalo Arepo
Yes, it’s a beautiful piece, but sad in itself.
And I will never hear it again without the pictures of the movie in my head.
Greed ? The americans had to go and fight in Vietnam originally because the french "de gaulle" threatened that france would join the soviets if they didnt help him het french indochina back into french hands,,, it was a one way trip from that point, nut i salute all who fought in this war because if they hadnt, then the communist push would have continued unabated, and who knows what countries it would have consumed. ? probably the whole of the asian continent
Love the work you do but man it makes me feel old.
Yeah...we became old as well. I was 21 years old when I watched this Film on a free weekend that I got in the German Army. I served as a MG-Schütze and we just started the basic-infantry-training a view weeks earlier. So we could recon a lot of those tactical military beheavior what we were tought for here in this film. It was great. Still one of the best war films ever made.
Tom Beringer is amazing in this movie. One of the great portraits of the Vietnam war. He should be more praised for that.
None of them recived a heros welcome....nnnn none of them!
I was looking out the kitchen window in my childhood home and saw my late brother get out of a cab in the alley. We didn't expect him home for another week. It was 3 days before Christmas 1966. It was a day I'll never forget. He was home safe from fighting in Viet Nam at 19 years old. I was 16 and his welcome home was my Mom and Dad and myself.
@@gregcoates4305 I hope and pray your brother is alive and has adjusted. When I returned home I could not secure employment, they would toss my application in the garbage before I left. In the mid 80's they had a Welcome home parade down town NYC and none of the media recorded it. Chicago's parade was recorded and is preserved on RUclips. Thank You Daniel Andrews for recognizing this tragedy.
@@tonyv205 Thank you for your kind words about my brother. Unfortunately he passed away in 2005 at the age of 58 after many years of medical issues. I miss him every day. I believe he was another casualty of the Vietnam War.
Best Vietnam film ever made!
Some of the actors seem like my best friends. I wish I could meet one in person. Seems like we should talk about old times. Kinda weird, but when you're young and impressionable (I was 16) this movie had a great emotional impact on the rest of my life. Was on my list of top five movies for a long time. I just couldn't get over how great it was.
The best war movie ever!! My late dad took me to watch all the war movies in the '60's and 70's. And I did the same to my son ever since he was in his grade school age. 3 generations of the war movie fans. We also like "Saving Private Ryan".