Oscar-winning Platoon director Oliver Stone claims Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter feel disconnected from his own Vietnam ...
By the time "Platoon" arrived in theaters, Hollywood had largely embraced spectacle as its dominant language. The 1980s were the decade of the blockbuster--films like "Back to the Future," "Top Gun" ...
There has never been a war film quite like “Platoon.” Hollywood delivered powerful combat stories about the brutality of battle, but nothing came close to matching Oliver Stone’s depiction of ...
The Vietnam war drama would go on to win Oscars for best picture and best director. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor 'Platoon,' front, left to right: Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon; back, left to ...
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Soldiers of A Company (Immortals), 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Rear, 10th Mountain Division (LI), successfully validated as "combat ready" during ...
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- This is a mission performed by selected noncommissioned officers 24-hours a day, seven days a week. On any given day, a leader holding this position might work until late at ...