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Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)

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Platoon

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Edited into

    • A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (Video 2001)

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Golden Child/Crimes of the Heart/¡Three Amigos!/Modern Girls (TV Episode 1986)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Platoon/Lady and the Tramp/No Mercy (TV Episode 1986)

      Reviewed.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best Films of 1986 (TV Episode 1987)

      Roger Ebert's #1 and Gene Siskel's #7 pick.
    • The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special 1987)

      clips
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Hollywood's Outdated Ratings System (TV Episode 1987)

      A clip is shown.

Followed by

    • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    • Heaven & Earth (1993)

Referenced in

    • Weekend Warriors (1986)

      Movie poster reference. Tagline: ''The Platoon That Loves To Party!''. The film came out the same 1986 year as 'Platoon'.
    • "Saturday Night Live" Valerie Bertinelli/Robert Cray Band (TV Episode 1987)

      Movie 'reviewed' on "Let's Go To The Movies".
    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Sherman Hemsley/Joe Garagiola/Dalton Stevens (TV Episode 1987)

      Mentioned in the audience survey
    • "Saturday Night Live" Bill Murray/Percy Sledge (TV Episode 1987)

      Title mentioned by Bill Muray on Weekend Update
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Previews of Coming Attractions (TV Episode 1987)

      Referenced.

References

    • Pinocchio (1940)

    • Moby Dick (1956)

    • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

      In an interview, director Ruggero Deodato said the scene where the village is burned down is heavily referenced in "Platoon". Also, according to Deodato, Oliver Stone is a confessed fan of "Cannibal Holocaust".

Spin-off

    • Platoon (Video Game 1987)

Spoofed in

    • Hot Shots! (1991)

    • "The Ben Stiller Show" With Sarah Jessica Parker (TV Episode 1992)

      Spoofed in the "Platunes" portion of the "Oliver Stoneland" segment
    • Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

      'Charlie Sheen' much like his role in Platoon, has a letter to his grandmother that is read as a voice over, describing "Somebody once wrote: Hell is the impossibility of reason. That's what this place feels like. Hell".
    • Heavyweights (1995)

      Letter to grandmother concerning 'hellish' conditions
    • The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Five - Satan Claus III: The 13th Day of Christmas (TV Movie 1996)

      When Detective Mandy is escaping on the boat, but looks back to see Kato the Great Zombie Hunter running in slow motion, being chased by zombies, it is a parody of the death of Sgt. Elias in Platoon (1986), including the slow motion running, repeated falls and final lunge with the arms in the air.

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