Taylor Sheridan’s Favorite War Movie Heads to a New Streamer Next Month

Taylor Sheridan’s Favorite War Movie Heads to a New Streamer Next Month taylor sheridan on the red carpetImage via Brandi Benton/Startraksphoto.com/Cover Images By  Britta DeVore Published 52 minutes ago Britta DeVore is a Senior Author for Collider who has been known to dabble with Reality News as well.  Have you seen stories about 'Chucky,' 'Scream,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' 'The Boys,' 'Vanderpump Rules,' or any of 'The Real Housewives' franchises? That's probably a Britta DeVore-curated piece of art, and it sounds like you have great taste. When she isn't sitting behind her laptop bringing readers her hot takes on upcoming projects or keeping the dream alive in the Senior News team, Britta can usually be found outside hiking or inside behind her drum set. She currently plays in two bands, Kid Midnight and Watergate, both based in Brooklyn. An obsessive traveler, Britta loves long road trips to the South West and has a soft spot in her heart for canyons, rivers, and forests. She also has a tiny cat named Athena that she loves more than anything else in the world and is always happy for new brewery recs. Sign in to your Collider account follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

One of the biggest names in the industry, Taylor Sheridan has amassed hit after hit and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. With his fan-favorite series, Yellowstone, now becoming its own universe with sequels and prequels popping out from every nook and cranny, he’s gone on to branch out in other directions through titles like Lionness, Tulsa King, and Landman — each of which has risen to immense popularity. But, what kind of content does a man like Sheridan like to unwind with at the end of the day? What’s his favorite genre or film that has inspired him in his wildly fruitful career? Thanks to a Rotten Tomatoes interview from a few years back, we know the answer to that burning question and one of those films — Oliver Stone’s Platoon — will soon draw in new eyes when it arrives on Prime Video December 1.

When recounting the movies that made him the creative that he’s become, Sheridan credited Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven, Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night, Michael Mann’s The Insider, Robert Benton’s Kramer vs. Kramer, and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather as his top choices. Bending the rules, he tossed in a sixth movie to the ranking, adding Stone’s gut-wrenching and heartbreaking Vietnam War film to the lineup, explaining,

“Platoon, I think I was 15 or 16 when I saw that movie in the theater. I was so riveted by it, and the experience around it. I remember when I saw that movie, this is when there was still lines to get in the next one. The movie hadn’t come out yet, and we’re all standing in a line, 400 people to go in, and when the door opened, it was all these Vietnam Vets in their gear, grown men, crying and holding hands and arms around each other. When I sat down, I had no idea what I was about to see. Again, it was a deconstruction of the war film, the antithesis of John Wayne’s The Green Berets.”

Who Stars in ‘Platoon’?

Based on his own experience as a soldier forced to serve in the Vietnam War, Stone’s gritty drama follows a U.S. Army volunteer played by Charlie Sheen as he rides out the worst days of the bloodshed and attempts to make it home alive. Along with Sheen, the cast was packed with a dynamite lineup of performers that also included Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, and John C. McGinley.

Head over to Prime Video on December 1 to stream Platoon and see why it made Sheridan’s cut of favorite films.

Platoon

Like R Drama War Action Release Date December 19, 1986 Runtime 120 minutes Director Oliver Stone Writers Oliver Stone Producers Arnold Kopelson, John Daly

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• Charlie Sheen Chris Taylor
• Willem Dafoe Sergeant Elias Grodin

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