Platoon

Platoon is a 1986 American war film directed by Oliver Stone. It follows Chris Taylor (played by Charlie Sheen), a young American soldier who is sent to Vietnam and witnesses the brutality, confusion and moral ambiguity of war.

• Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay based on his Vietnam War experiences.
• Charlie Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, was originally supposed to star.
• Johnny Depp was almost fired for looking too young.
• Filmed in the Philippines over 54 days.
• Real military training was conducted for the actors.

• I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.
• Hell is the impossibility of reason.
• I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves.
• The first casualty of war is innocence.
• We've been kicking other peoples asses for so long I figured it's time we got ours kicked.