Platoon was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War. Upon its release, Platoon received critical acclaim for Stone's directing and screenplay, the cinematography, battle sequences' realism, and the performances of Dafoe and Berenger. The film was a box office success upon its release, grossing $ Oscar: Best Picture Arnold Kopelson: Best Director Oliver Stone: Best Sound John Wilkinson Richard D. Rogers Charles Grenzbach Simon Kaye: Best Film Editing Claire Simpson: Nominee Oscar: Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tom Berenger: Best Actor in a Supporting Role Willem Dafoe: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Oliver Stone: Best Cinematography. Best Picture - Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers. Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff. Actress in a Supporting Role - Piper Laurie in "Children of a Lesser God". Actor in a Leading Role - William Hurt in "Children of a Lesser God". Meanwhile, this was Chase and Hogan's first Oscars hosting stint. Eight days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 22, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Catherine Hicks. Platoon won four awards including Best Picture. ''Platoon'' won four, while ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' and ''A Room With a View'' were runners-up with three Oscars each. Oliver Stone, who wrote the script for ''Platoon'' more than a decade ago. Platoon ist ein Kriegsfilm des Regisseurs Oliver Stone aus dem Jahr Er zeigt die Der mit vier Oscars ausgezeichnete Vietnamfilm wurde in der deutschen Presse und Öffentlichkeit zunächst ambivalent aufgenommen. Mit drei Nominierungen zog er in das Rennen um die begehrten Oscars und konnte den Regie-Oscar für seinen Antikriegsfilm „Platoon“ (OT. Platoon. Vierfach Oscar-prämiertes Vietnamkriegsdrama von Oliver Stone mit Charlie Sheen. Bewertung. Platoon. Regie: Stone, Oliver; Mit Berenger, Tom; Dafoe, Willem; Sheen, Charlie 4 Oscars gegen den Krieg Platoon ist ein Antikriegsfilm Oliver Stone. Oscars ® Ceremonies Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Berenger in "Platoon" Actor in a Supporting Role - Willem Dafoe in "Platoon" Poltergeist II: The Other Side. 1 Nomination. Visual Effects - Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil. Precious Images. 1 Win, 1 Nomination. Meanwhile, this was Chase and Hogan's first Oscars hosting stint. Eight days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 22, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Catherine Hicks. Platoon won four awards including Best Picture. Platoon is a 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 firehousegalleryva.com is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July () and Heaven & Earth (). The film, based on Stone's experience from.

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External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. The foreign-language award was won by Fons Rademakers's film ''The Assault,'' a Dutch movie in which a son learns why his family was murdered by the Nazis.

Adapted from E. Financing was obtained from half a dozen sources by the film's producer, Ismail Merchant. Orion was the big winner among studios, with seven awards.

The weakening hold of the major studios was symbolized last year by the victories of William Hurt as best actor in ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' and Geraldine Page as best actress in ''The Trip to Bountiful.

Tonight, the major studios were limited mostly to technical awards. Nominee Golden Globe. Best Direction Oliver Stone. Best Editing Claire Simpson.

Winner Eddie. Winner Award of the Japanese Academy. Winner Silver Berlin Bear. Awards Film 4. Hank Sims. Shirley MacLaine.

Marlee Matlin. Presenter of the award for Best Sound. Don Ameche Anjelica Huston. Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress.

Chevy Chase. Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects Editing. Lauren Bacall. Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design. Christopher Reeve Isabella Rossellini.

Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction. Jennifer Jones. Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography. Helena Bonham Carter Matthew Broderick.

Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Richard Dreyfuss. Presenter of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Steven Spielberg.

Leonard Nimoy William Shatner. Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects. Oprah Winfrey. Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature.

Jeff Bridges Sigourney Weaver. Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor. Bernadette Peters.

Presenter of the award for Best Original Song. Bette Midler. Presenter of the award for Best Original Score.

Bugs Bunny Tom Hanks. Memorable Moments. Costume Design winners for A Room with a View. Oliver Stone. Best Directing winner for Platoon. Marlee Matlin.

Supporting Actress winner for Children of a Lesser God. View More Memorable Moments. Actor in a Leading Role. Winner Paul Newman. The Color of Money.

Dexter Gordon. Bob Hoskins. William Hurt. Children of a Lesser God. James Woods. Winner Michael Caine.

Hannah and Her Sisters. Tom Berenger. Willem Dafoe. Denholm Elliott. A Room with a View. Dennis Hopper. Winner Marlee Matlin. Jane Fonda. The Morning After.

Sissy Spacek. Crimes of the Heart. Kathleen Turner. Stone claims that during that time, Sidney Lumet was to have helmed the film with Al Pacino slated to star had there been studio interest.

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 The 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 Vietnam War film genre as reasons not to make Platoon.

Stone responded by attempting to break into mainstream direction via the easier-to-finance horror genre, but The Hand failed at the box office, and he began to think The Platoon would never be made.

According to Stone, Cimino attempted to produce The Platoon in De Laurentiis secured financing for Platoon, but he struggled to find a distributor.

Because De Laurentiis had already spent money sending Stone to the Philippines to scout for locations, he decided to keep control of the film's script until he was repaid.

Once again, this was a project that Stone had struggled to secure financing for, but Daly loved the script and was prepared to finance both Salvador and The Platoon.

Stone shot Salvador first, before turning his attention to what was by now called Platoon. Platoon was filmed on the island of Luzon in the Philippines starting in February The production was almost canceled because of the political upheaval in the country , due to then-president Ferdinand Marcos.

With the help of well-known Asian producer Mark Hill, the shoot commenced, as scheduled, two days after Marcos fled the country.

The production made a deal with the Philippine military for the use of military equipment. Scenes were shot in Mount Makiling for the forest scenes , Cavite for the river and village scenes , and Villamor Air Base near Manila.

James Woods , who had starred in Stone's film Salvador , was offered a part in Platoon. Despite his friendship with the director, he turned it down, later saying he "couldn't face going into another jungle with [Oliver Stone]".

Denzel Washington expressed interest in playing the role of Elias. He believes Costner turned down the role "because his brother had been in Vietnam.

Upon arrival in the Philippines, the cast was sent on an intensive training course, during which they had to dig foxholes and were subjected to forced marches and nighttime "ambushes," which used special-effects explosions.

Led by Vietnam War veteran Dale Dye , training put the principal actors—including Sheen, Dafoe, Depp and Whitaker—through an immersive day military-style training regimen.

They limited how much food and water they could drink and eat and when the actors slept, fired blanks to keep the tired actors awake.

Stone said that he was trying to break them down, "to mess with their heads so we could get that dog-tired, don't give a damn attitude, the anger, the irritation It wasn't going to kill people, but you felt comfortable with it.

Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran who also served as the film's technical advisor. The film score was by Georges Delerue. During a scene in the "Underworld", the soldiers sing along to " The Tracks of My Tears " by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles , which was also featured in the film's trailer.

Platoon was released in the United States on December 19, and in the Philippines [19] and the United Kingdom in March , with its release in the latter receiving an above 15 rating for strong language, scenes of violence, and soft drug use.

It was released again on VHS in by Polygram Filmed Entertainment who briefly held the rights to the film through its purchase of the Epic library.

Factory on Blu-Ray. The site's critical consensus reads, "Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe.

Roger Ebert gave it four out of four stars, calling it the best film of the year, and the ninth best of the s.