Platoon Goofs

1986

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The first casualty of war is innocence.

Blunders

Oooopsy...

"Er, someone wasn't on top of their game that day..."
See the goofs, blunders and plain ole mistakes in the 1986 Drama movie starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley

Tom Berenger, Francesco Quinn, Richard Edson, Kevin Dillon, Reggie Johnson, Keith David, Johnny Depp, David Neidorf, Mark Moses, Chris Pedersen, Tony Todd, Corkey Ford, Ivan Kane, Paul Sanchez Update Cast

We believe the following are all legit mistakes. If we've bungled it, or you have additional info, please update us.

Thanks to lord_ghostrider

Update

In the scene where Barnes is hunting Linus, he is carrying an M16 rifle that has M16 A2 handguards on it. Those hand guards were not available to the military until the 80's. This movie is set in 1967.

UPDATE: Joshua said that it was in fact a CAR15 from Colt. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks to Leon Ruiz

Update

When Barnes is holding the little girl in the village (before the fight with Elias) one of the soldiers falls to the floor but the scene is cut right away.

Thanks to Leon Ruiz

Update

When Barnes is holding the little girl in the village (before the fight with Elias) one of the soldiers falls to the floor but the scene is cut right away.

Thanks to TerdNthePoolGGB

Update

In the scene where sgt. Oneill (john McGinley) tries to light his zippo to light sgt. Barnes cigarette, the zippo did not light (he turns his head and doesn't realize this). sgt. McGinley turns back to notice this and lights the lighter and Barnes cigarette on the 2nd attempt.

According to an interview with McGinley himself, this was a mistake by him but Stone used it anyway. He said he was expecting a CUT in action but it never happened and they continued the scene. IMO it is a great scene and more memorable than if it would have been cut.

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Bogus Blunders

Sometimes an apparent goof is not a real mistake

But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "Platoon".

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