Editing Platoon (film) (section)

===Filming===
Exterior shooting began on the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]] in February 1986, although the production was almost canceled because of the [[People Power Revolution|political upheaval in the country]], due to then-president  [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. With the help of well-known Asian producer Mark Hill, the shoot commenced, as scheduled, two days after Marcos fled the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Depp |first=Johnny |title=Johnny Depp: Platoon interviews |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0GfChbi1jQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307234002/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0GfChbi1jQ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=March 21, 2015 |website=youtube |publisher=You Tube}}</ref> Shooting lasted 54 days and cost $6.5 million. The production made a deal with the Philippine military for the use of military equipment.<ref name="salewicz">{{Cite book |last=Salewicz |first=Chris |title=Oliver Stone: The Making of His Movies |date=July 22, 1999 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |isbn=0-7528-1820-1 |edition=New |location=UK |orig-year=1997}}</ref> Filming was done chronologically.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2012 |title=Mohr Stories 84: Charlie Sheen |url=http://mohrstories.libsyn.com/podcast/mohr-stories-84-charlie-sheen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019125518/http://mohrstories.libsyn.com/podcast/mohr-stories-84-charlie-sheen |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |website=Mohr Stories Podcast |publisher=Jay Mohr}}</ref> As a result of the Department of Defense refusing to supply historically-accurate equipment and uniforms, the film instead used equipment belonging to the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]].<ref name=":1" />

Upon arrival in the Philippines, the cast was sent on an intensive training course, during which they had to dig [[Defensive fighting position|foxholes]] and were subjected to forced marches and nighttime "ambushes," which used special-effects explosions. Led by Vietnam War veteran [[Dale Dye]], training put the principal actors—including Sheen, Dafoe, Depp and Whitaker—through an immersive 30-day military-style training regimen. They limited how much food and water they could drink and eat and when the actors slept, fired [[Blank (cartridge)|blanks]] to keep the tired actors awake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=War Is Boring - From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics. |url=https://warisboring.com/dale-dye-is-hollywoods-drill-sergeant-2c65d85a3dc2#.r1l3v4b3x |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109211001/https://warisboring.com/dale-dye-is-hollywoods-drill-sergeant-2c65d85a3dc2#.r1l3v4b3x |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |website=War Is Boring}}</ref> Dye also had a small role as Captain Harris. Stone said that he was trying to break them down, "to mess with their heads so we could get that dog-tired, don't give a damn attitude, the anger, the irritation ... the casual approach to death".<ref name="salewicz" /> [[Willem Dafoe]] said "the training was very important to the making of the film", adding to its authenticity and strengthening the camaraderie developed among the cast: "By the time you got through the training and through the film, you had a relationship to the weapon. It wasn't going to kill people, but you felt comfortable with it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chua |first=Lawrence |title=BOMB Magazine: Willem Dafoe by Louis Morra |url=http://bombsite.com/issues/19/articles/907 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023124314/http://bombsite.com/issues/19/articles/907 |archive-date=October 23, 2011 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |publisher=Bombsite.com}}</ref>

Scenes were shot in [[Mount Makiling]], [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] (for the forest scenes), [[Cavite]] (for the river and village scenes), and [[Villamor Air Base]] near [[Manila]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Platoon filming locations |url=http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_platoon.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329221636/http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_platoon.htm |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2015 |website=Fast rewind}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chuyaco |first=Joy |date=March 4, 2012 |title=Made in Phl Hollywood Films |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/783334/made-phl-hollywood-films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093940/http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/783334/made-phl-hollywood-films |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2015 |agency=Phil Star}}</ref>

In 1986, a novelization of the film script, written by Dale Dye, was published.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Platoon by Dale A. Dye |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1813340.Platoon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230406/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1813340.Platoon |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref> In 2018 actor Paul Sanchez, who played Doc in the movie, made a documentary about the making of the film, entitled ''Platoon: Brothers in Arms''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Brothers in Arms review – Platoon's veterans hold their audience hostage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/01/brothers-in-arms-review-platoon-oliver-stone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524182550/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/01/brothers-in-arms-review-platoon-oliver-stone |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Brothers in Arms Blu-ray Review |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Brothers-in-Arms-Blu-ray/213756/#Review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308054913/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Brothers-in-Arms-Blu-ray/213756/#Review |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=Blu-ray.com}}</ref>