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
Robert Richardson (cinematographer) first film as director of photography. "Salvador" was also filmed the same year as Stone's "Platoon". "Platoon" would earn Richardson his first Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. In 1987, Richardson reteamed with Stone on "Wall Street". In 1988, he filmed "Eight Men Out" for John Sayles. In 1989, he earned his second Best Cinematography Oscar nomination for Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July". In 1991, Richardson won the first of his Best Cinematography Academy Awards for his work on Stone's "JFK"; he also shot Stone's "The Doors" that same year. He worked with Sayles again in 1991 for "City