Platoon Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
7 of the most interesting Platoon easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Platoon movie message.
A young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Genre
Drama, War
Director
Oliver Stone
Stars
Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon
IMDB score
8.1
Costume details in Platoon
The reason Elias' (William Dafoe) left hand is clenched is becuase he's holding the remote control for the explosions shown earlier in the scene he mentions this in a GQ interview on YouTube
Platoon movie hidden details
When the soldiers find Taylor, he quickly drops a grenade he'd been holding with the intention of committing suicide. This was a on the spot improvisation by Charlie Sheen without the director's knowledge.
Sgt. Barnes(Tom Berenger) is wearing a captured North Vietnamese belt buckle
the iconic death scene of Willem Dafoe's Sgt. Elias, DaFoe reacts to being shot even though the explosive squibs taped to his body failed to go off.
Dale Dye had his first acting role as Capt Harris and was actually a highly decorated Marine who fought during the Vietnam War
At the end of Platoon (1986), Pvt. Taylor, played by Charlie Sheen, first checks the chamber of an enemy AK he picks up to make sure there is a round ready to kill Sgt. Barnes, played by Tom Berenger (1:23)
: After murdering civilian villagers, PFC Ramirez is shown with "Grace" on his helmet as he burns their homes.
