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Tom Berenger

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  • Filming of Platoon
    Platoon

    …rests with Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a tough, experienced, and merciless fighter, and Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who is likewise tough and experienced but who strives to hold fast to his moral center. Shortly, Elias’s squad, consisting largely of green recruits, is sent out on patrol. When night falls,…

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    …rests with Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), a tough, experienced, and merciless fighter, and Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who is likewise tough and experienced but who strives to hold fast to his moral center. Shortly, Elias’s squad, consisting largely of green recruits, is sent out on patrol. When night falls,…

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