Platoon was shot in the Philippines ... Network), who was going to cast Al Pacino in the Charlie Sheen role. A much-decorated retired Marine named Dale Dye, who loved war movies but was ...

In order to turn the young cast of Platoon into battle-hardened soldiers, Oliver Stone put his actors through a rigorous, two-week boot camp. A Final Takeoff National Treasure: The History of the ...

In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to ...

During the last major German offensive of World War II, a platoon of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and they make a horrific discovery - Hitler has a ...

At around the 30-year mark after the making of the film, Sanchez made his documentary, which features narration by Charlie Sheen and interviews with numerous cast and crew. “Making Platoon was ...