MGM and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Oliver Stone’s four-time Academy Award-winning film Platoon with a new two-disc collector’s edition DVD on May 30th with a suggested retail price of $24.96. The new DVD will feature a new high-definition transfer, hours of bonus features - including more than ten minutes of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes from the film.
“The standard against which all other movies about the Vietnam War are judged” (Chicago Tribune) – Platoon –from renowned Writer/Director Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July, JFK) - featured a legendary cast including Charlie Sheen (Wall Street, TV’s “Two and a Half Men”), Tom Berenger (Training Day, Major League), Willem Dafoe (The Aviator, Spiderman), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and John C. McGinley (TV’s “Scrubs,” Puff, Puff, Pass). Platoon became an immediate, unforgettable success when it debuted in 1986, bringing in a record $135 million at the box office.
At the 1986 Academy Awards, Platoon garnered four Oscar wins including Best Picture, Best Director (Oliver Stone), Best Screenplay and Best Sound. Since then, the film has consistently been heralded as the most “harrowingly realistic and completely convincing” (Leonard Maltin) film of its kind.
The DVD will be available in English 5.1 Dolby Digital, English DTS, French Surround Sound and Spanish Stereo Surround. It will be available in a 1.85:1 16x9 Widescreen Presentation.
Platoon – The 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is now available for pre-order at Amazon. As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD’s database for more information.
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