Platoon ; Windtalkers.

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Platoon: A middle-class college student volunteers for the war in Vietnam because he considers it his patriotic duty. The first thing he encounters on the airport tarmac in Saigon is a cart of body bags. It's downhill from there: endless hikes, ditch-digging, heat, rain, bugs and snakebites, fear an...

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Corporate Authors:	Orion Pictures Hemdale Film Corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc Lion Rock Productions
Other Authors:	Kopelson, Arnold Stone, Oliver Berenger, Tom, 1949- Dafoe, Willem Sheen, Charlie David, Keith Whitaker, Forest Dillon, Kevin McGinley, John C. Depp, Johnny Woo, John, 1948- Horner, James Cage, Nicolas, 1965- Beach, Adam, 1972- Stormare, Peter Emmerich, Noah Ruffalo, Mark Van Holt, Brian, 1969- Willie, Roger, 1964- O'Connor, Frances, 1967- Slater, Christian
Language:	English French Portuguese Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Windtalkers languages: English, French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese: Closed-captioned. Platoon languages: In English, French, or Spanish with optional French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Beverly Hills, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:	[Special edition].
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Soldiers > Vietnam > Drama. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Drama. War > Moral and ethical aspects > Drama. Cryptographers > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean > Drama. Navajo people > Drama. Motion pictures > United States. War films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Motion pictures War films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (120 min. ; approximately 153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Windtalkers.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	Platoon: A middle-class college student volunteers for the war in Vietnam because he considers it his patriotic duty. The first thing he encounters on the airport tarmac in Saigon is a cart of body bags. It's downhill from there: endless hikes, ditch-digging, heat, rain, bugs and snakebites, fear and confusion, sleeplessness, and terror when he finally sleeps. He will only gradually, unknowingly, become an adequate soldier--one who has left innocence far behind. Windtalkers: A battle-weary Marine Sergeant guards and ultimately befriends a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code.
Note:	"Double feature 2 DVD set"--Cover. Platoon is an Orion Pictures release ; Hemdale Film Corporation presents an Arnold Kopelson production of an Oliver Stone film ; produced by Arnold Kopelson ; written and directed by Oliver Stone. Windtalkers is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a Lion Rock production ; a John Woo film, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; written by John Rice & Joe Batteer ; directed by John Woo. Platoon: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. Windtalkers: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Platoon's special features: Audio commentary with Oliver Stone; Audio commentary with Captain Dale Dye; "Tour of the Inferno" documentary [making of] (53 min.); TV spots (2 min.); "Behind the Scenes" photo gallery [slide show]. Windtalkers: Special features: Audio commentaries. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CP1 D0079771 VideoDVD
Audience:	Platoon: MPAA rating: Rated R. Windtalkers: Rating: R.; For pervasive graphic war violence, and for language.
Awards:	Platoon was the winner, 1987 Academy Awards for Best Picture (Arnold Kopelson), Best Director (Oliver Stone), Best Film Editing (Claire Simpson), Best Sound (John Wilkinson, Richard D. Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, Simon Kaye).
Credits:	Platoon: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; film editor, Claire Simpson ; original music by Georges Delerue ; military technical advisor, Captain Dale Dye. Windtalkers: Co-producers Caroline Macaulay, Arthur Anderson ; director of photography, Jeffrey Kimball ; editors, Steven Kemper, Tom Rolf ; music, James Horner.
System Details:	Platoon: DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1. Windtalkers: DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital surround.
Cast:	Platoon: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Reggie Johnson, Mark Moses, Corey Glover, Johnny Depp, Chris Pedersen, Bob Orwig. Corkey Ford, David Neidorf. Windtalkers: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor and Christian Slater.