Episode 30: Platoon (1986)

Episode 30

2nd August 2018

Platoon: Does this film truly express the duality of human nature (especially during wartime), or is it simply Oliver Stone’s retelling of his own experience in Vietnam? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, John *and* Movie Crush host Chuck Bryant load sandbags and flick ants off their necks while reviewing this 1986 drama! Listen to the […]

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Platoon: Does this film truly express the duality of human nature (especially during wartime), or is it simply Oliver Stone’s retelling of his own experience in Vietnam? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, John *and* Movie Crush host Chuck Bryant load sandbags and flick ants off their necks while reviewing this 1986 drama!

Listen to the Movie Crush version of this episode here: https://www.moviecrush.show

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The next film, The Enemy Below (1957), is available on

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Produced by Rob Schulte.
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John Roderick, Adam Pranica, and Benjamin Ahr Harrison are exploring titles from the entire history of cinema about every war, big and bigger. They discuss filmmaking, geopolitical history, nerd out about uniforms and equipment, and crack wise the entire time. To the victor go the spoiler alerts!

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