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After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, there was an increase in American films that were more "raw,” containing actual battle footage. A FilmReference.com article noted that American filmmakers "appeared more confident to put Vietnam combat on screen for the first time" during that era. [1]
Box office. $138 million [ 2] Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of ...
The Boys in Company C. The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. [ 1] It stars Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson and Michael Lembeck. It was among the first Vietnam War films to appear after the Vietnam ...
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his work in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), The Boondock Saints (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), The Florida ...
A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon. Big Wednesday. Birdy (film) Blackenstein. Blind Fury. The Boys in Company C. Braddock: Missing in Action III. A Bright Shining Lie (film) Brotherhood of Death.
1964. A Yank in Viet-Nam (Year of the Tiger) Marshall Thompson. Marshall Thompson, Kiều Chinh, Mario Barri, Enrique Magalona. English Feature Film. It was filmed entirely in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 1965. Le ciel, la terre (The Sky, The Earth) Joris Ivens.
Forest Whitaker. Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went ...
Hacksaw Ridge. Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector directed by Terry Benedict .