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applegrove

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1. The writer and director, Oliver Stone, was in Vietnam. He volunteered

Reply to vercetti2021 (Original post)

Tue Aug 3, 2021, 01:06 AM

Aug 2021

to go. His best flic by far. I tend not to cry at movies....too busy taking it in. But the scene when they leave E behind struck deep. Best movie on the topic I think.

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Watched Platoon for the first time [View all] vercetti2021 Aug 2021 OP

The writer and director, Oliver Stone, was in Vietnam. He volunteered applegrove Aug 2021 #1

It's A Good One, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #2

You are right about the movie being better than the book. murielm99 Aug 2021 #3

while Barber's "Adagio for Strings" has been the background for so much through history... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #4

Like most boomers I remember the Vietnam era very well. Can't watch film about it without crying Walleye Aug 2021 #5