Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993). The film, based on Stone's experience from the war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his

PLATOON premiered on 19 December 1986. Written and directed by Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone, and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe along with an incredible supporting cast, it would be nominated for eight Academy Awards and win for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. This powerful ending paired with the hauntingly beautiful Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber has stayed with me. For more on the making of PLATOON, read THE BOOK OF SHEEN and listen