"Restored" version of 1986 Oscar-winner PLATOON screens at Cannes
May 21, 2006
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Posted by Part-Time Poet
Oliver Stone’s 1986 film PLATOON screened at the Cannes Film Festival today, in honor of the landmark Vietnam War film’s 20th anniversary. Ironically, PLATOON was refused screening at Cannes in 1986 and then went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. Director Oliver Stone, accompanied by actors Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, and Tom Berenger, arrived for the showing of the “restored” version of PLATOON, which includes more than ten minutes excised from the 1986 cut of the film. Johnny Depp, who plays Private Gator Lerner in PLATOON and is reported to be featured in much of the newly added footage, did not attend the screening.
The two-disk 20th-anniversary edition of PLATOON arrives in Region 1 retail outlets a week from Tuesday (May 30th). Thanks to Gilbert’s Girl and emma for the Cannes update; you can read more about PLATOON on the Porch, on the thread entitled “Paging Pvt. Lerner–share your PLATOON memories here.”
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