Movie magic–Johnny Depp's role in PLATOON expands in the 20th anniversary DVD!

Here’s a St. Patrick’s Day gift for all Johnny Depp fans–new footage of Johnny in a major DVD release! USA Today’s DVD columnist Mike Snider reports that the 20th anniversary DVD of Oliver Stone’s PLATOON will “expand” Johnny’s role as Private Gator Lerner, augmenting the previously released version with scenes featuring Johnny that were left on the cutting room floor. Private Lerner was a minor character in the 1986 Oscar-winner; the film’s stars were Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe. But times have changed, and that unknown actor playing Lerner is now a box office champion with a tremendous critical reputation, so any lost footage of Johnny Depp is well worth finding. “Oliver Stone remembered additional footage he had shot,” says Marc Rashba of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. “We finally found more than 10 minutes of footage mislabeled in film archives.”

PLATOON was nominated for eight Oscars and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Sound. The PLATOON 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition DVD is due in U.S. stores on May 30, 2006. Thanks to Glendaleigh for reporting the story on the Porch; you can read the USA Today story HERE.

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