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The African Queen (1951)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Humphrey Bogart | Katharine Hepburn | Robert Morley | Peter Bull | Theodore Bikel | Walter Gotell | Peter Swanwick | Richard Marner | Errol John | Gerald Onn | John von Kotze
Directors: John Huston
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At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers’ sister, Rose, back to civilization. taking on the Germans at the same time.

Platoon (1986)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Berenger | Willem Dafoe | Charlie Sheen | Forest Whitaker | Francesco Quinn | John C. McGinley | Richard Edson | Kevin Dillon | Reggie Johnson | Keith David | Johnny Depp | David Neidorf | Mark Moses | Chris Pedersen | Tony Todd
Directors: Oliver Stone
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Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe). A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.