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The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson, released in 1966 in Europe, 1967 in the US) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War, named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendeorffer was embedded.
The film was a critical and commercial success, as were some other Stone films at the time, but most studios were still reluctant to finance Platoon, because it was about the unpopular Vietnam War. After the release of The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now , the studios then cited the perception that these films were considered the pinnacle of the ...
Platoon Leader is a memoir by James R. McDonough. [1] It is narrated by McDonough in first person view and tells of his story in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant in command of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry(Airborne). It was loosely adapted into the 1988 film Platoon Leader.
Dafoe shares his memories of making "Platoon" and playing the Green Goblin in the ... the Vietnam War-set movie awarded the then-31-year-old actor one of the most famous death scenes ever filmed ...
The Naked and the Dead is a novel written by Norman Mailer.Published by Rinehart & Company in 1948, when he was 25, it was his debut novel. It depicts the experiences of a platoon during World War II, based partially on Mailer's experiences as a cook [2] with the 112th Cavalry Regiment during the Philippines Campaign in World War II. [3]
84C MoPic (also known as 84 Charlie MoPic; released in the Philippines as Platoon 2) [1] is a 1989 [2] American independent found footage war drama film written and directed by Patrick Sheane Duncan. [ 3 ]
A "short" service-member, or "short-timer", is one who is approaching the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam, described in the novel as 385 days for Marines and 365 days for members of other armed services. "Lifers" are distinguished not necessarily by their length of time served, but rather by their attitude toward the lower ranks.
A platoon is a military unit of around 15 to 30 soldiers. Platoon may also refer to: Platoon (automobile), a system for reducing traffic congestion; Platoon (1986), a Vietnam War film directed by Oliver Stone Platoon (1987 video game), a video game based on the 1986 Oliver Stone film