Platoon (film) the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1987; it also won Best Director for Oliver Stone, as well as Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed "Platoon" at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies" poll. In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is officially led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, but in reality the soldiers defer to two of his older and more experienced subordinates: the hardened and
John Madden (director) films, and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1970 with a B.A. in English literature. He started work in television, including directing Helen Mirren in "Prime Suspect 4," episodes of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (ITV, 1984–1994), and "Inspector Morse". Perhaps his most notable achievement to date was directing "Shakespeare in Love," which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1998, and for which he was also nominated as Best Director. He lost to Steven Spielberg who directed "Saving Private Ryan." The film also won the Silver Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Madden has since directed