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
Oscar Rodrigues Alves Oscar Rodrigues Alves Oscar Rodrigues Alves (also known as Oscar Rodrigues Alves Neto), born September 29, 1969, is a Brazilian film director, editor, producer and web entrepreneur. He is a founder of MTV Brasil as well as the writer, editor and director of "Titãs – A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa" ("Titãs - Life Even Looks Like a Party"), a 2008 Brazilian documentary about the rock band Titãs from its inception. The documentary was the recipient of the 2009 MTV Video Music Brazil Best Musical Documentary or Movie award. He also won the 2002 Video of the Year, Best Rock