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The Anderson Platoon
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1967 film by Pierre Schoendoerffer
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The Anderson Platoon, originally titled La Section Anderson, is a 1967 black-and-white documentary film directed, written, and produced by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Originating from France and Vietnam, the film is set in a jungle environment and focuses on the Vietnam War. It was released in France on February 3, 1967, and is available in English and French. The production involved the company INA, with distribution handled by Netflix and the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française.
The work has received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the Prix Italia. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. The runtime is 65 minutes. Critical reception includes a rating of 6.8 on IMDb and an average vote of 6.738 on TMDb. The film is distributed via video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
6.7A documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. Winner of the 1968 Academy Award for best Documentary Feature.
Cast
- Pierre Schoendoerffer as narrator
- Joseph B. Anderson as self
- Stuart Whitman as narrator (English)
Themes
- vietnam war
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Prix Italia
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- Vietnam War
- Director
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Screenwriter
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Producer
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Duration
- 65
- FilmAffinity ID
- 297561
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1967-01-01
- title
- La Section Anderson
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Office de radiodiffusion télévision française
- set in environment
- jungle
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