PLATOON
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Title: Platoon
Year: 1986 Johnny Depp plays: Private Gator Lerner Directed by: Oliver Stone Written by: Oliver Stone Genre: Action/Drama/War MPAA Rating: R Runtime: 120 minutes |
PLOT
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American
who, upon his arrival in Vietnam, quickly discovers that he must do battle not
only with the Viet Cong, but also with the gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and
intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Tom
Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against
the enemy and the one they fight with each other, the conflict, chaos and hatred
permeate Taylor, suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's
highest value... life.
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QUOTES
Sgt. Barnes: You talking about killing? Hmm? Y'all experts? Y'all know
about killing? I'd like to hear about it, potheads.
[takes pipe and inhales drag]
Sgt. Barnes: Are you smoking this shit so's to escape from reality? Me, I
don't need this shit. I am reality. There's the way it ought to be, and there's
the way it is. Elias was full of shit. Elias was a crusader. Now, I got no
fight... with any man who does what he's told. But when he don't, the machine
breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna
allow that... in any of you. Not one.
[hands pipe back and spits]
Sgt. Barnes: Y'all love Elias. Oh, you wanna kick ass. Yeah. Well, here I
am, all by my lonesome. And there ain't nobody gonna know. Six of you boys
against me. Kill me. Huh. I shit on all of you.
Sgt. Barnes: Man, I don't need this shit! I am reality!
Bunny: [to Private Taylor] Fucking pussy man! He's laughing at
you! That's the way the gook laughs.
[to Vietname villager]
Bunny: Yeah, you're real sorry aint 'ya? Jusy crying you're little hearts
out about Sandy and Sal, and Manny!
[Bunny hits the Vietnamese villager over the head with the butt of his
shotgun]
Bunny: Holy shit, you see that fucking head come apart, man? Shit, I've
never seen brains like that before, man. I bet that old bitch runs the whole
fucking show, she probably slit Manny's throat. She would probably cut my balls
off if she had the chance!
Sgt. O'Neill: Bunny, can we just go? Nobody saw a fucking thing!
Bunny: Let's do 'em, man! Let's do this whole fucking village!
Sgt. Elias: I love this place at night. The stars... there's no right or wrong in them. They're just there.
[Chris has just gotten to Vietnam. Some passing veterans shout at him]
Soldier 1: You're gonna love the Nam.
Soldier 2: For fucking ever.
