The 317th Platoon

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The 317th Platoon
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DVD Features:
- Released: June 29, 2021
- Originally Released: 1965
- Label: Icarus Films
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.66
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jacques Perrin & Bruno Cremer | |
Directed by | Pierre Schoendoerffer | |
Screenwriting by | Pierre Schoendoerffer | |
Composition by | Pierre Jansen | |
Director of Photography: | Raoul Coutard |
Entertainment Reviews:
75%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 30
This is a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eye-opening.
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New York Times
This is a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eye-opening.
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The cumulative effect of Pierre Schoendoerffer's realist approach reinforces the unsparing nature of international conflict.
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Slant Magazine
Surveying the doomed 1954 retreat of French and Laotian soldiers, Schoendoerffer exposes, with a reporter's eye, the horrors that were and the horrors to come.
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Village Voice
Product Description:
Shot as news reel footage, Schoendoerffer follows the platoon through the jungle as they are slowly annihilated in ambushes, in attacks and by diseases; capturing the inarticulate anguish and solitude of each man trying to survive.
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Production Notes:
- Shot entirely in Cambodia.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 29,884
- UPC: 854565003583
- Shipping Weight: 0.26/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item