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Article: Remember 'Nam.(Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning movie Platoon)(Brief Article)
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- May 21, 2001
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Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning Platoon (MGM, color, R, 120 min. plus supplements, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and stereo, anamorphic widescreen, W, 1986, $138 mil., $24.98, Street: June 7) is undeniably a powerful piece of flimmaking, leaving oven those of us who aren't fans of Stone's visceral and manipulative style horrified and shaken. This 1986 film is one of the key American movies of that decade and, by most accounts, the most authentic film about the war in Vietnam--which is no surprise, given that it's based on Stone's experiences. Those memories form the bulk of the director's commentary in this excellent special edition DVD. The disc also includes Charles ...