The 317th platoon 367 words no match in snippet view article find links to article the 317th platoon french. Shelved by aggressive censors and castigated publicly by khrushchev himself, this highprofile project was reedited and released in 1965, its running time nearly halved. The story is set during the latter stages of the frenchindochina war, revolving around a group of french soldiers and their. Shot by the incomparable cinematographer raoul coutard, the 317th platoon is a film by turns punishing and poetic, and one entirely ready for rediscovery. Pierre schoendoerffers gritty account of the indochina war follows a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines, braving not only the battle conditions but the unrelenting jungle heat. The history books do not say a great deal about the 317th infantry. In vietnam, 1954, a french platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries. Platoon is a movie about the vietnam war, sure, but it goes about the whole war thing just a little bit differently than most movies while the battle between the nva enemy troops and the united states soldiers is front and center, the film gives equal attention to a different kind of war, the one within the platoon itself. Released in 1965, a year ahead of gillo pontecorvos the battle of. They are slowly annihilated by ambushes and disease.
The film was directed by pierre schoendoerffer dien bien phu and was based on his own novel of the same name. Best films of 1965, a list of films by cormac jones. Jacques perrin, bruno cremer, pierre fabre, manuel zarzo, boramy tioulong director. Since the soldiers in the 317th platoon are too close to death to be able to communicate the horror of their charge, schoendoerffer uses the film to articulate it for them. With jacques perrin, bruno cremer, pierre fabre, manuel zarzo.
The 317th platoon, cd, in like new condition, a true rendition of the french in indo china vietnam in the early 1950s. The day we lost our president for what they gave on. Director pierre schoendoerffer was involved in the actual 194654 war as a cameraman at several of the wars battles, including the defeat at dien bien phu. About 30 minutes into the film, part of macbeth act 5, scene 1 the lady. Based on stones own experiences as a soldier in the conflict, the film captivated millions of viewers all over the world. The 317th platoon 1965 red angel 1966 extreme justice 1993 after the shock 1990 prime target 1989 desperado 1987 eye of the tiger 1986 warning sign 1985 fighting back 1982 blue collar 1978 truck turner 1974 dead heat 1988. Jan 29, 2016 platoon film platoon is a 1986 american war film written and directed by oliver stone and starring tom berenger, willem dafoe and charlie sheen. Story a frenchlaotian platoon during may 1954 two months before the armistice as they withdraw thru the jungle after the fall of dien bien phu. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by adjutant. The film was based on schoendoerffers 1963 novel of the same name. Adapted by schoendoerffer from his own novel, the 317th platoon is. Their survival depends on completing a trek through the dense, jungleladen, expanse of.
Slowarts rating of the film the 317th platoon slowart in the hands of a true witness the 317th platoon is a war film like no other an amazing bitter journal of endless dragging through the jungle formed only by the muted clashes between two protagonists idealist and cynic and coutards free camera movements recurrent image of tied up piglets. This film is probably the best film about the war in french indochina. It was francois truffaut who said that its not possible to make an antiwar movie, because all war movies, with their energy and sense of adventure, end up making combat look like fun. Ordered to destroy its installations on the laotian border, it must make its way through a hundred miles of jungle to aid the french outpost at tao tsai, which is surrounded by vietminh communist troops. In 1954, the indochina war begins to come to a close following frances defeat by the viet minh at the deadly battle of dien bien phu. Oliver stones oscarwinning film platoon brought the true horror of the vietnam war to the big screen. I was a platoon leader in c co, 325 battle group before we converted to bns and brigades 82 abn div and the company was the immediate alert unit for the division with my platoon as the lead unit on a 10 minute alert standby in the company areaie. May 29, 2018 taking aim at the war films that make him furious, he also reveals his own favourite, the 1965 french film the 317th platoon. Taking aim at the war films that make him furious, he also reveals his own favourite, the 1965 french film the 317th platoon. Enter to win copies of emma, tigers are not afraid, bonanza. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by adjutant willsdorf, a wwii veteran of the werhmacht. It is too easy to say that platoon is simply an autobiographical film.
The 317th section of the french army is given the order to abandon its. A gritty true to life movie filmed in black and white, in french with english subtitles. Codirected by jacques dupont, it was the first film shot by the cinematographer raoul coutard, the darling of the french new wave, who was to photograph almost all schoendoerffers movies. Film in stark black and white in the lush cambodia countryside it portrays the story of a platoon of french mercenaries and their cambodian comrades fighting a running battle against viet minh forces in early may 1954. The 317th platoon 1965 changes the movie database tmdb. Jul 22, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Aug 03, 2017 well stop supporting this browser soon. The 317th platoon 1965 english subt, on dvd, rare warmovies, wwii, wwi, the korean war, hard to find movies, nazi. The picture won the award of the best screenplay at the 1965 cannes film festival. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by. Near the end of the frenchindochinese war, a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. Written and directed by oliver stone, platoon is a semiautobiographical account of stones life as he served as an infantryman in the u.
The 317th platoon 1965 near the end of the frenchindochinese war, a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. This film was originally completed in 1961 under the title, or ilyichs gate, a neighborhood in moscow named after lenin. Platoon film platoon is a 1986 american war film written and directed by oliver stone and starring tom berenger, willem dafoe and. Why does this movie, which won the award for best screenplay at the 1965 cannes film festival, remain so inaccessible to the public. Bruno cremer left plays willsdorf, the secondincommand to torrens jacques perrin, in pierre schoendoerffer s 1965 masterpiece the 317th platoon, which surveys the doomed 1954 retreat of french and laotian soldiers in vietnam. The year is 1954 and the french military is deeply embroiled in its version of the vietnam war. Rome paris films story a frenchlaotian platoon during may 1954 two months before the armistice as they withdraw thru the jungle after the fall of dien bien phu. The colorization is done frame by frame with a neural network. The story is set during the latter stages of the frenchindochina war, revolving around a group of french soldiers and their laotian allies who trek through the jungle to the safety of a french outpost as the viet minh pursue them. Platoon was released in theaters on the 19 th of december in 1986. After escaping a japanese firing squad during world war ii, a renegade american soldier flees to borneo where he is adopted by a local tribe and made their king. A platoon of french soldiers gets trapped behind enemy lines.
And now a new restoration of pierre schoendoerffers 1965 masterpiece the 317th platoon arrives as a reminder that nothing in the bungled. The films heroes are fighting against communists, who terrorized southeast asia just as the bolsheviks terrorized russia. With charlie sheen, tom berenger, willem dafoe, keith david. In vietnam, 1954, a french platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. Their other officer is an old german veteran of world war ii. Have seen just about every vietnam war film produced, but none has the realism and power of this 1965 french production. The film was based on a book written by schoendoerffer two years earlier. Vsense top vietnamese movies recommended for you 1. For a long time now, my wife has refused to watch a war movie with me. Here is a movie that regards combat from ground level, from the infantrymans point of view, and it. Dien bien phu indochine 1954 telecharger complet ebook. John milius career in film has seen a fascination with war mostly vietnam, but as in. The cumulative effect of the films realist approach reinforces the.
For the best experience please update your browser. The 317th platoon movie trailer here on 1 august 1965, the u. This is the trailer of the 1965 movie about the war of indochina. A great film about a french unit, that was based based near dien bien phu, at the tragic fall, knowing they needed to get over the border and out of laos into thailand, which in itself was a feat considering the jungle terrain, and on foot to hump it out, being stalked by viet minh, and playing hit and run all the way. French platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. But how much of the film was real and how much was hollywood fiction.
Le crabetambour the drummer crab, 1977, about french officers involved in the fall of the french empire after the second world. It is one of the best vietnam war films i have ever seen that won the academy award for best picture of 1986 and best director for oliver stone, as well as best sound mixing and best film editing. Mar 07, 2012 later schoendoerffer took up film making. A young soldier in vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. The 317th platoon is politically incorrect and unacceptable to the oligarchy that controls both america and the eu, an oligarchy that rides a threeheaded beast of socialism, globalism and zionism. It stars jacques perrin as lieutenant torrens, bruno cremer as adjutant willsdorf and pierre fabre as sergeant roudier. Platoon is a 1986 american war film written and directed by oliver stone one of the most strongest realistic anti war films of all time. Oliver stones film, platoon tells the story of a young soldier who arrives in vietnam in 1968 with all of the thoughts that stone himself had as a soldier in the same period in the same war. To give you some background on why i think platoon is the greatest war movie ever made, ill need to give some basics. To make matters worse, their leader is an inexperienced lieutenant. If truffaut had lived to see platoon, the best film of 1986, he might have wanted to modify his opinion. The battle of dien bien phu in the air 2 best vietnamese war movie all of time duration. The 317th platoon 1965 pg 0331 1965 us war, history, drama 1h 40m user score.
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