Directed by:
Oliver Stone

Starring:
Tom Berenger as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes
Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias
Charlie Sheen as Private Chris Taylor/Narrator
Forest Whitaker as Big Harold
Francesco Quinn as Private Rhah
John C. McGinley as Sergeant Red O'Neill
Richard Edson as Sal
Kevin Dillon as Bunny
Reggie Johnson as Junior
Keith David as Private King

• Set in 1967, features Bunny listening to Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee", not released until 1969.

• The UH-1 (Huey) helicopters are seen fitted with wire cutters, not installed until the early 1980s.

• Near the end of the movie Francis stabs himself in the right thigh and is seen leaving on a chopper minutes later with his left thigh bandaged.

• The Sgt. has a Cold Steel push dagger hanging on his deuce gear. 20 years ahead of his time.

• At the end, when ------ is about to get shot by Charlie Sheen, ------'s shirt changes. First it has little, tiny holes in the stomach area, then it has really large holes around the shoulder area and no holes in the stomach area. - David

• Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) had no way of knowing where he was assigned to. - Sue

• When it rained in the jungle, the rain echoed because it was filmed indoors. - Sue

• There were no mini Christmas lights in the tent because they didn't come out until later. I have a History on the Screen class, so inaccuracies equal a grade for me :-) - Sue

• In the final battle scene a soldier can be seen flicking his own helmet off to imitate a blast from a bomb. - Ivan

• When ------ is shot, the wound is on the right side of his body, but at the end of that battle, when he is on the stretcher, his wound is on the left side and there is no wound on the right. Once you see Chris (who carried him over his shoulder to the medic) in the chopper, a lot of blood covers his right shoulder. - Lauren

Corrected Goofs

• Srg. Barnes carries a CAR-15 which was a shortened version of the M16A1 but these weapons were only distributed to Special Forces in Vietnam and not to normal Srgs. - Bork
  • Correction: The CAR-15 was intended to be issued to special forces, SEALS etc but by about 1967 lots of people had them. - Nick

• Only the Navy and the Marines called helicopters "helos" - the Army called them choppers. - Sue
  • Correction: Everyone called helicopters Choppers and Helos. No one name was specific to one service. - Nick