The first casualty of war is innocence.
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Earnest, grave, overwhelming and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Charlie SheenChris Taylor
- Willem DafoeSergeant Elias Grodin
- Tom BerengerSergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes
- Kevin DillonBunny
- Forest WhitakerBig Harold
- Mark MosesLieutenant Wolfe
- Keith DavidKing
- Richard EdsonSal
- Francesco QuinnRhah
- John C. McGinleySergeant O'Neill
Crew
- Oliver StoneDirector
- Oliver StoneWriter
- Robert RichardsonDirector of Photography
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Claire SimpsonEditor
- Arnold KopelsonProducer
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