Platoon

Platoon1986

Director: Oliver Stone
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Forest Whitaker
Genre: Drama, War
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 120 minutes

Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam. Chris (Charlie Sheen) is a… more »



King:
Hey, Taylor, how in the f*** you get here anyway? You look educated.

Chris Taylor:
I volunteered for it.

King:
You did what?

Chris Taylor:
I volunteered. I dropped out of college, told 'em I wanted the infantry, combat, Vietnam.

Crawford:
You volunteered for this sh*t, man?

Chris Taylor:
Believe that?

King:
You's a crazy f***er, giving up college?

Chris Taylor:
Didn't make much sense, I wasn't learning anything. I figured why should just the poor kids go off to war and the rich kids always get away with it.

King:
Oh, I see, what we got here is a crusader.

Crawford:
Sounds like it.

King:
Shiiit, you gotta be rich in the first place to think like that. Ever'body know, the poor are always being f***ed over by the rich. Always have, always will.

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