Charlie Sheen’s Lifestyle Couldn’t Kill Him. ‘Platoon’ Nearly Did.

In 1986, well before the sex scandals, the crack and the tiger blood, the 20-year-old actor embarked on the most intense ...
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'Platoon' star Willem Dafoe breaks down his famous death scene from Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War classic

In case you had somehow forgotten, Spider-Man: No Way Home provides additional evidence for why Willem Dafoe is one of the finest character actors of this — or really any — generation. And it's only ...
Yahoo

Everything Willem Dafoe Has Said About His Most Iconic Roles: ‘Platoon,’ ‘Body of Evidence’ and More

Born William James Dafoe, the Appleton, Wisconsin, native was named after his dad but wanted to stand out, so he changed his moniker to Willem. It was a wise move — he definitely stood out on New York ...
Variety

Salvador, Platoon

1986 was the year of Oliver Stone, when the writer-director blasted out of murky obscurity with "Salvador," his Central American civil war drama released to sputtering results, and "Platoon," filmed ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Oliver Stone Revisits 4 of His Past Films

From 1986's "Salvador" to 1989's "Born on the Fourth of July," the filmmaker shares stories about his past projects: endless rain, budget troubles and letting an actress go because she wouldn't ...
Los Angeles Times

Movies on TV this week: ‘Lust for Life’; ‘Platoon’ and more

Gunga Din (1939) TCM Thur. 9:15 p.m. Lust for Life (1956) TCM Sun. 10:15 a.m. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) TCM Sun. 8:30 a.m. The Maltese Falcon (1941) TCM Fri. 5 p.m. Platoon (1986) AMC Fri. 1:15 ...