Tom Berenger. Willem Dafoe. Charlie Sheen. Kevin Dillon. Forest Whitaker. Keith David. Francesco Quinn. Johnny Depp. Dale Dye. Arnold Kopelson.
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Oliver Stone's autobiographical account of life at the front in Vietnam deservedly swept the Oscars. It is particularly strong in portraying the tensions within the army social group between the brutal all-American rednecks and the more liberally inclined cynics.