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  • Platoon - Pecker Hard, Powder Dry: When he finds Chris (Charlie Sheen) trying to make sense of things, King (Keith David) shares his thoughts on life and on surviving the war.
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    • Platoon (1986) - Movie
    FILM DESCRIPTION:
    Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967. Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit between Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who has a more sympathetic view of the locals, ends up pitting the soldiers against each other as well as against the enemy.
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    Cast: Charlie Sheen, Keith David
    Director: Oliver Stone
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  • @soldat2501
    @soldat2501 6 років тому +3315

    King is the absolute best. He's the non-sadistic veteran who is the soul of the platoon. He's not your buddy, he's too salty for that, but if you prove yourself, that you can take it, he'll help you and when you need him the most. He'll sit down and treat you like an equal, provide sage advice and really, genuinely care about you. He's not a lifer, he's a survivor.

    • @stephenreddish5060
      @stephenreddish5060 5 років тому +57

      Brad .M dead on brother

    • @feslerae
      @feslerae 5 років тому +74

      He's not a lifer...he's a survivor

    • @patrickmcshane7658
      @patrickmcshane7658 5 років тому +4

      Dutch uncle?

    • @nocturnalemission6822
      @nocturnalemission6822 5 років тому +21

      That's the right on man.

    • @victorrain
      @victorrain 5 років тому +59

      King wasn’t that salty if he didn’t know you. But I do admit that King gave a disclaimer to Taylor that Taylor had to be cool before King would introduce him to the Heads and he joked about how many days Taylor had left. King wasn’t busting Taylor’s balls. He even pulled Taylor into the dance with the ‘Heads’ on his first night in the Underworld. Your description of King could also apply to Elias and the rest of the Heads.

  • @gavinvalle5653
    @gavinvalle5653 2 роки тому +1100

    Keith David is one of the most under-rated actors in Hollywood. He should have an Oscar by now.

    • @GORILLA_PIMP
      @GORILLA_PIMP 2 роки тому +21

      Great actor!
      So underated an overlooked

    • @actuary33
      @actuary33 2 роки тому +11

      You dont have to anything but make it out of here n its all gravy everyday gravy. I feel like when im in the grocery store

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 Рік тому +7

      Oscar for what movie?
      There’s Something About Mary? Lol

    • @handsomeX
      @handsomeX Рік тому +15

      And his voice over work is amazing.

    • @dholl2000
      @dholl2000 Рік тому +4

      @@josecarranza7555 yes!

  • @johnmcdonald1237
    @johnmcdonald1237 6 років тому +2329

    When King looks back at the jungle for the last time..The relief on his face is chilling.

    • @Original-Juice
      @Original-Juice 5 років тому +39

      I wonder if he served. He would be within that draft window regarding his age.

    • @cheapsoot-sv2rn
      @cheapsoot-sv2rn 5 років тому +10

      Exactly

    • @PopePlatinumBeats
      @PopePlatinumBeats 5 років тому +45

      yeah that was like 2 seconds of drop dead acting skills...the look said it all

    • @chippledon1
      @chippledon1 5 років тому +31

      Countless men have made that look!

    • @hint0122
      @hint0122 5 років тому +46

      He was relieved that he was actually leaving. As soon as they were done filming, they went home.

  • @JRT176
    @JRT176 6 років тому +1157

    King is such a solid dude

    • @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire
      @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire 4 роки тому +21

      He was one squared away individual

    • @BusterCrabb80
      @BusterCrabb80 4 роки тому +13

      Yes he sure is.

    • @everettyoung6596
      @everettyoung6596 Рік тому +12

      King is the type of person you hope to find in the service or jail.

    • @ViperKeeper2070
      @ViperKeeper2070 Місяць тому +2

      Him and Rhah were two of a kind

    • @alexanderwalle3568
      @alexanderwalle3568 Місяць тому

      The only time I ever saw someone with a belt of ammo around their neck like they do in the movies was this guy in C 1/8 tending a bonfire (which were popular in the field, if we had the time); also popular in the military are dumbasses who tended bonfires with belts of ammo around their neck licking the flames like that dumbass was doing that night.

  • @MyIrules
    @MyIrules 3 роки тому +182

    "All you got to do is make it outta here... and it's all gravy. Every day the rest of your life, gravy!" King is a philosopher.

    • @alexanderwalle3568
      @alexanderwalle3568 Місяць тому +1

      When Taylor taught that hand-shake back home he was banned from the bowling alley.

  • @rumbatz
    @rumbatz 6 років тому +1659

    Keith David's acting is great in his scene.

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 6 років тому +30

      love that final look he subtlety gives to the jungle at 2:52

    • @Britishwolf89
      @Britishwolf89 6 років тому +52

      Keith David's acting is just great, period.

    • @vision-gc4hy
      @vision-gc4hy 6 років тому +5

      SGT Elias what a great moment in cinema.

    • @HighSpeedNoDrag
      @HighSpeedNoDrag 5 років тому +11

      He was DAMN Good "Men at Work". Love how dealt with the personnel left on the playground.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 5 років тому +4

      When is it not? He's always money.

  • @yuwish6320
    @yuwish6320 Рік тому +496

    "You get out of here and its all gravy." As a combat vet, I can attest that truer words were never spoken.

    • @alwillk
      @alwillk Рік тому +16

      I wish my brother thought that way. He is very bitter about being wounded in Afghanistan.

    • @n-doghansenmand5655
      @n-doghansenmand5655 Рік тому +3

      Im with you brother

    • @bryanbrowning9294
      @bryanbrowning9294 Рік тому +16

      You can use that same reference for being at Walmart or being at a Catholic wedding

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 11 місяців тому +8

      Well when Keith "motherfuckin" David says it you know it be real.

    • @NgJackal1990
      @NgJackal1990 11 місяців тому +1

      What does it mean?

  • @Gloopular
    @Gloopular 6 років тому +1343

    I like how King pauses and takes one last look over his shoulder with dread sensing at how close to catastrophe he was. Great scene!

    • @kaczynskis5721
      @kaczynskis5721 5 років тому +80

      He has only ten days left but troops in that position dreaded being killed when the end of the tour was so close.

    • @vladdimpalerputin987
      @vladdimpalerputin987 4 роки тому +61

      he just said it before leaving: the VC's hungry tonight.

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 4 роки тому +30

      @@vladdimpalerputin987He said beast* not VC.

    • @OpenMawProductions
      @OpenMawProductions 3 роки тому +17

      @@nocturnalrecluse1216 Guess who the Beast is in this conversation. Guess. VC.

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 3 роки тому +8

      @@OpenMawProductions But he still said beast. Not VC

  • @kitharrison8799
    @kitharrison8799 Рік тому +165

    So pleased King made it out. Such a beautiful character, played with strength and tenderness. Keith David's a star.

  • @waveali5620
    @waveali5620 4 роки тому +643

    "It ain't no such thing as a coward out here, Don't mean nothing!" Keith David was great in this.

    • @actuary1233
      @actuary1233 4 роки тому +33

      Everybody deserves a friend like king!

    • @luislizard2626
      @luislizard2626 3 роки тому +5

      Tre Whole USA was coward to a attack a small country such a Vietnam without reason yet they got their asses whipped lol

    • @440hondaex
      @440hondaex 2 роки тому +14

      That line hit me hard.

    • @pagodebregaeforro2803
      @pagodebregaeforro2803 2 роки тому +25

      That line is specially targeted to all the fools, braggarts and wannabes who always judge ppl who dont wanna waste their lives for politics/older men bussisness.
      And those same fools always forget that there are MANY other ways of NOT being a coward, like fighting with your own fists in the streets and etc.. nobody needs to put an uniform to prove or fake courage.
      Theres a lot of those fools in the internet..

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 2 роки тому

      @@luislizard2626 don't be a fool the USA couldn't charge north with everything because China threatened another Korean situation. Without China it would have been over quick

  • @cubefarmerhkc9105
    @cubefarmerhkc9105 3 роки тому +735

    David Keith said in an interview once that a actual vet approached him some years after the movie was released. The man called him "King" and said that he knew him in Nam. I knew you, he just said a couple time and then walked away. To this day David Keith is moved to tears by that memory, and by the effect his portrayl of that character had on real vets.

    • @movienerd202
      @movienerd202 3 роки тому +50

      Mr David is a first class actor of the highest caliber but so was many of the actors in this movie.

    • @IronMan-tk8uc
      @IronMan-tk8uc 3 роки тому +33

      Keith David.

    • @MyIrules
      @MyIrules 3 роки тому +12

      @@IronMan-tk8uc David Keith is also a great actor. I've confused their names myself.

    • @alaric49
      @alaric49 3 роки тому +3

      I'd love to see that interview

    • @seferino
      @seferino 3 роки тому +3

      Kieth David

  • @slash53GNR
    @slash53GNR 6 років тому +331

    Every infantry platoon needs a King.

  • @jakirakumahata5701
    @jakirakumahata5701 4 роки тому +329

    Every time King says "For the rest of your life GRAVY." I remember that no matter how awful my life gets, I'm not in the Impossibility of Reason

    • @rickmemmer5625
      @rickmemmer5625 3 роки тому +4

      @Blunt Australian I was thinkin' the same thing. ;o)

    • @patrickfay6782
      @patrickfay6782 3 роки тому +6

      All I can think about when he says it .is how wrong it was for so many of them when they got home not gravy at all

    • @JBrander
      @JBrander 3 роки тому +1

      What did King mean by that? Do they get pensions for the rest of their life when they get back home?

    • @chrisdelzell8467
      @chrisdelzell8467 3 роки тому +32

      @@JBrander believe he means that nothing worse can happen. Getting out of the jungle for him meant getting out of the lowest point in his life, and every day no matter how it went from then on would be a blessing.

    • @ES20188
      @ES20188 3 роки тому +13

      It was such a sad comment made from King even though I'm sure what could be possibly worse than war. But in reality life wasn't easy for the survivors of Vietnam war . Many abandoned and forgotten and left alone with horrors of War that should of never been forced upon them.

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 3 роки тому +122

    2:25 He looks back at the jungle twice, first with smile then second with chilling expression. The relief expression of him really made this scene

  • @abendiaye3330
    @abendiaye3330 6 років тому +1221

    This move is timeless. As a veteran, I'd have to say that this movie is the most accurate depiction of army life. I felt like I knew every character. I'm never going to have friends like the guys I served with, ever. It makes me sad sometimes. God bless this film.

    • @Gabriel-vo7kr
      @Gabriel-vo7kr 6 років тому +47

      Abe Ndiaye Thank you for your service.

    • @RickNethery
      @RickNethery 6 років тому +39

      I feel the same way, I served in the Marines, but the bond is the same. Abe Ndiaye thank You for Your Service to Our Nation, and for being a Brother in Arms. God Bless You

    • @kp4576
      @kp4576 6 років тому +16

      Abe Ndiaye god bless you sir.

    • @justanotherdudeinthecommen6740
      @justanotherdudeinthecommen6740 6 років тому +7

      God bless all

    • @francisalbert1799
      @francisalbert1799 6 років тому +20

      My pop said the same thing about this film. He served in 69-70

  • @blt4life112
    @blt4life112 6 років тому +299

    Keith David has a great voice.

    • @IronMan-tk8uc
      @IronMan-tk8uc 5 років тому +8

      I've always felt that too.

    • @deepimpactMatt
      @deepimpactMatt 5 років тому +25

      He voices the Arbiter in the Halo games.

    • @sergeontheloose
      @sergeontheloose 5 років тому +8

      @@deepimpactMatt His voice is practically in all shooting computer games and many more movies - he is that good!

    • @pauljohnson3340
      @pauljohnson3340 5 років тому +4

      City Confidential. Great replacement for Paul Winfield

    • @Rainz_00
      @Rainz_00 4 роки тому +6

      Also voiced spawn

  • @thorsen1nk
    @thorsen1nk 4 роки тому +129

    So much emotion in such a short scene. Keith David is a national treasure.

  • @PopePlatinumBeats
    @PopePlatinumBeats 5 років тому +271

    keith David doesnt get enough credit as a great actor... he has been in some iconic films... Platoon...The Thing... Dead Presidents...and of course the all time fight scene of all time with Rowdy Piper in THEY LIVE " NOT THIS YEAR"

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 5 років тому +14

      To say nothing of his voice work! Spawn, Goliath, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, etc!

    • @mijreed
      @mijreed 4 роки тому +8

      There’s Something About Mary

    • @jrsmith3344
      @jrsmith3344 4 роки тому +9

      Played an ornery Nam vet in Men At Work, with Charlie & his brother. Marked For Death, with Seagal. Also in Requiem For A Dream

    • @warrickmiller7651
      @warrickmiller7651 3 роки тому +7

      He plays the arbiter in halo

    • @GORILLA_PIMP
      @GORILLA_PIMP 2 роки тому

      Hell yeah!
      He was great in all those!!

  • @GoBuckeyes216
    @GoBuckeyes216 5 років тому +56

    This is why Keith David is one of my favorite actors. Dude can play in any movie and be perfect

  • @TheGiua1973
    @TheGiua1973 4 роки тому +190

    "It's D-E-A-R not D-E-R-E, and Sarah ain't got no two Rs. Damn you dumb, King."
    "It's OK, she know what I mean. She don't read too good no how."

  • @mmcneil777
    @mmcneil777 4 роки тому +65

    Here King is heading into a terrible situation and he’s encouraging Taylor, before he found out he was heading out. King had such a great attitude. Glad he made it out. Those type of guys are unforgettable.

    • @garyaugustus690
      @garyaugustus690 Рік тому

      Wrong....he wasn't going out with the rest. His number to matriculate out was coming up in 10 days, and guys that short aren't usually given orders to be in a position of a likelihood to die. Hence his statement, "...Ah'm glad ah ain't goin'..."

    • @hivicar
      @hivicar 2 місяці тому +1

      @@garyaugustus690 He's also looking for any buddy he might be saying goodbye to potentially.

  • @PeteMcCorvey
    @PeteMcCorvey 4 роки тому +107

    King's reaction to finding out he is out of there hits home with me. I was stationed on board a Navy destroyer in San Diego and I was slated to transfer that June (it was late Feburary at the time) and I had a school I had to report to that same month. The ship was scheduled to deploy on March 31st, meaning I would have to fly from wherever we were at in the world, back up my stuff in California and hit the road for Texas (school location) immediately upon return. I was being worked like a dog because I was the only E-5 that my E-7 could depend on. I went to go check out some tools and one person told me that my hard-copy (paper) orders had come in and I went and showed them to my E-7 and he informed me that I was not deploying and that I could stay in San Diego until my transfer date. When I walked of the ship for the last time I felt just like king on that chopper.

    • @hifair1
      @hifair1 3 роки тому +5

      Nice. Thanks for your service for real

    • @DanielMcGillis-xs6rt
      @DanielMcGillis-xs6rt 3 місяці тому +1

      My surface warfare brother. I did a few westpac deployments in my day. Go Navy!

  • @heartoflions7138
    @heartoflions7138 6 років тому +53

    That last look at the jungle he gives is a grimace of relief and fear. It is an epic piece of acting; -that look he gives without any words is brilliant.
    And: “it don’t mean nothing”; which is GI slang that really says everything means something.

  • @allansmith6715
    @allansmith6715 6 років тому +283

    Keith David was so great in this movie. Ive quoted him from Platoon for the last 32yrs. So many great lines. Goodbye Motherfuckers!!!!!

    • @ShawnThomas78
      @ShawnThomas78 5 років тому +4

      me too !! LOL

    • @couldyoupassthesaltplease.2006
      @couldyoupassthesaltplease.2006 5 років тому +8

      I myself didn't have to because I knew a dude just like him when I served. Used to always call me young buck. Good brotha from Alabama that didn't drink, smoke, nor use drugs but he did like the ladies, Bruce Lee and martial arts. Good dude with a lot of wisdom.

    • @youtubecommenter37
      @youtubecommenter37 4 роки тому +3

      He owned “Muthafucka” first and then passed it on to Samuel L Jackson. Legacy never dies

    • @sheffnick
      @sheffnick 4 роки тому +2

      Your Highness has arrived!! Love it

    • @jimmymcgill713
      @jimmymcgill713 4 роки тому +2

      GRAVY

  • @dmobile2go
    @dmobile2go 6 років тому +502

    I joined up after seeing this movie in 1987. Went straight to Third Infantry Division as an M1A1 Tanker in Germany. I became a man there. I saw The Wall come down, Desert Storm, the whole nine. Then finished up the rest of my 20+ years. "All we got to do is make it out of here and it's gravy! Everyday for the rest of your life, Gravy!" I Love This Movie!

    • @allansmith6715
      @allansmith6715 6 років тому +26

      Thanks for your service!

    • @jameshalleluyah8133
      @jameshalleluyah8133 6 років тому +19

      I joined in 1986 that was a good time, Ronald Reagan was President and pay phones were everywhere!

    • @michaeljensen2013
      @michaeljensen2013 6 років тому +44

      It wasn't gravy for my cousin, who served from 1967 to 1968 I think. Came back addicted to heroin. Tried to rob a bar with an unloaded gun and was caught. Spent time in prison. Was a wrestling champ in his high school on long island NY. Eventually got his life together but died of a heart attack at 45. I regret that my mother did not want me to talk to him. The last time I saw him was probably 1964 when we went fishing together. I guess I was too young to realize the mental and physical pain he went thru. I still think of him now and then and believe me I really screwed up. He was a great guy. Sorry Jim.

    • @iamalive.1255
      @iamalive.1255 6 років тому +28

      Michael Jensen 😢😢 that bullshit war fucked a lot of people up. Believe me I have nothing against the soldiers whatsoever. Politicians however can go pound sand.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 6 років тому +4

      Michael Jensen
      I'm sorry for your loss brother but my words are probably little comfort to a physical realities of what happened listen you get the best you could this is on your mother a lot of these Western women have nasty attitudes towards men you too had a good moment together something to last a lifetime I am sure that he knew that you loved him and he knew when he came back fucked up on that Capital H that he wasn't wanted unless he cleaned up his act which he did and that's all you can ask for again sorry for your loss and hopefully we all can learn a lesson from this

  • @brettkramer
    @brettkramer 2 роки тому +51

    Keith David just really steals a big chunk of this film, his performance is a thrill to watch !

  • @xcalabur18
    @xcalabur18 3 роки тому +41

    King was actually my favorite character in the whole film. I use his ‘gravy’ quote all the time when going through something tough.

  • @michaelcummingsherrera1232
    @michaelcummingsherrera1232 4 роки тому +105

    What I miss the most was the camaraderie. The day I left was kind of like the end of a movie. I stepped out of the orderly room and there were all these guys I served with lined up with a staff sergeant at the end. I shook hands with each one of them and said a few words.
    When I got to the sergeant at the end, we were both ready to break down and cry. I said a few words shook his hand too and then proceeded over to the helipad and boarded a huey and that was it. Good-bye Vietnam!

    • @kwiklot5114
      @kwiklot5114 2 місяці тому +2

      always miss the boys, most of them just a group of the best fellas, even the dirtbags shined every now and then.

  • @troy9477
    @troy9477 6 років тому +201

    I remember seeing the film in the theater with my dad a day or 2 after Christmas. It sure made an impression on a 14 year old who was just starting to learn about real life. I talked to my dad (RIP 2013) about it. It was a good bonding moment. I couldn't imagine going through all that at 18 or 19. Much respect to all veterans

    • @faceripper77
      @faceripper77 3 роки тому +5

      My dad died january of 2013. RIP to your dad as well

  • @lordvader282
    @lordvader282 5 років тому +53

    King was such a great guy. Wish I had a friend like him now.

  • @Contractnik
    @Contractnik 6 років тому +48

    In the script, Stone describes King as a "lion" -- he is certainly portrayed that way. Fantastic performance.

  • @juanf5391
    @juanf5391 Рік тому +23

    As a 10-year-old, I first saw this movie on the CBS network on a Saturday. This was the first movie that changed me deep inside and inspired me to be a man like Ellias, King, and Taylor. This was also the first DVD I purchased in 2001. This movie is one of the reasons why joined the military after graduating high school in 2002. Why I got the G.I. Bill and when to get my master's in International Studies. It all began with this movie.

  • @parr40
    @parr40 2 роки тому +18

    That one last look into the bush says it all.. great performance man, great character

  • @reddavis4808
    @reddavis4808 5 років тому +83

    "All you gotta do is make it outta here, it's all gravy, every day of the rest of your life man...... Gravy." King had some great lines in this.

  • @pagedown4195
    @pagedown4195 3 роки тому +30

    What an outstanding actor Keith David is. Love him as a narrator as well.

  • @captainmorgan9399
    @captainmorgan9399 6 років тому +48

    Almost nothing hurts as bad as watching your bro leave.

  • @BigTee3099
    @BigTee3099 Рік тому +5

    You hate to see people like King leave! They are that glue that keeps things normal and comedic at times.

  • @blaineedwards8078
    @blaineedwards8078 4 роки тому +52

    King is one of the sons of Elias, that spirit of love and redemption, compassion and empathy, all that is goodness and light. Barnes was the father of darkness, of selfishness, cruelty, malicious harm and lack of remorse. But yet there is good and bad in all of us. In it's very base form, "Platoon" is a masterpiece of cinematic brilliance that addresses the true dichotomy of the human condition.

    • @JakeBor
      @JakeBor 4 роки тому +3

      What, you mean it's about the duality of man?

    • @jakeclark66
      @jakeclark66 4 роки тому +1

      Brilliantly said

    • @JoePedo
      @JoePedo 3 роки тому +5

      That is a childlike oversimplification of Barnes. And that's why I say Platoon really isn't a movie for civilians. Only veterans who've lived through war can really understand the accuracy and complexity of this film.

    • @4redniwediS
      @4redniwediS 2 роки тому +1

      If you think of Barns as a real character, guys like him, sadistic ,violent, anything to win the fight, was a necessity component to fighting a war! I am sure he did a lot of heroic stuff as well! I guess in that situation you try to balance the good and bad!

    • @jhonezcronic
      @jhonezcronic 2 роки тому +1

      King was who the United States Army wanted ALL its draftees to be. Barnes and Elias were their nightmares

  • @JuniorWA
    @JuniorWA 6 років тому +168

    Anyone notice how well accessorized the characters are? The necklaces, bracelets, wristbands, and rings?

    • @OnantheContrarian
      @OnantheContrarian 6 років тому +16

      And haircuts and bandanas straight out of the mid 1980's somehow.

    • @soldat2501
      @soldat2501 6 років тому +63

      All soldiers/Marines personalize their gear to some extent. Oliver Stone is known as a perfectionist and there is no doubt, he encouraged, or even insisted on this. What he's trying to show is the general breakdown of discipline and military correctness at the grunt/platoon level. Look at the difference between the lifers and the draftees. Look at Sgt O'Neil as he comes down the trail and compare him to Taylor and King.
      A bit later, the M113 comes into a scene flying a Nazi flag and one guy has mohawk. Those guys didn't give a fuhhhhhk. Oliver Stone was an enlisted man in Vietnam and this movie was his personal story. Every 'Nam vet I have ever worked with or talked with said this was common down at the platoon level. My own war experience in Desert Storm (2/7 Marines) was much like this with the lifers coming down on the one-pump enlisted every chance they got when we started personalizing our gear and what we wore. Haircuts in the field were notoriously out of regs and even on Facebook, inside veteran groups, I've been called out for having my hair way out of USMC regs during that deployment. We had no power, no electric shavers to cut hair for months and no one thought to bring a manual one. I have a picture of me and a Korean American Marine from the war- LCpl Kim's hair was famous. He got shit almost every day for it. When we finally got to a place where we could clean up - the Company Gunny came looking for him immediately to make sure Kim was first in line for a haircut.

    • @peterrech9563
      @peterrech9563 5 років тому +19

      there's a lot of conjecture here .......When your sweeping, the villagers would cut hair, sell cokes etc etc. In the trees you wore anything.... As far as a Mohawk hair cut-many of the 2/27th Wolfhounds had those cuts. If you were not there you really don't know.....And my assumption is most looking at this stuff are way too young to have been there !!!!!! In the movie, the 3/22 mech cleaned up after the firefight. See the dogs ??? The Wolfhounds out of Cu Chi....Alpha 2/12th Infantry, 25th Inf Div, Grunt, 10/67- 10/68

    • @USMCLP
      @USMCLP 5 років тому +11

      @OnantheContrarian 1. Well, the movie is literally from 1986.
      2. If you watch any real Vietnam footage, they had the exact same haircuts and accessories. Search up The World of Charlie Company on UA-cam.

    • @kaczynskis5721
      @kaczynskis5721 5 років тому +2

      Taylor seems to be wearing his wristwatch on his chest. King has a particularly heavy-duty wristband for his.

  • @GeneralG1810
    @GeneralG1810 5 років тому +25

    One of the greatest war films ever made

  • @Bobaklives
    @Bobaklives 7 років тому +227

    It's fun to imagine that Platoon exists in the same universe as There's Something About Mary and King would go on to be Mary's dad.

    • @FilthyManatee
      @FilthyManatee 7 років тому +17

      Then he moved on to pimping out female heroin addicts as Big Tim in requiem for a dream.

    • @thebee9907
      @thebee9907 6 років тому +14

      Yeah but not before robbing the bank in Dead Presidents...
      Its like if you put all his movies in line by year...its like his life biography.

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 6 років тому +14

      Then he and Roddy Piper punched the tar out of each other in They Live

    • @eazye088
      @eazye088 6 років тому +6

      Then he got stuck in an animated comic book SPAWN.

    • @victorrain
      @victorrain 6 років тому +13

      Not to mention, Taylor makes it to Wall Street, gets locked up for insider trading, and ends up driving a garbage truck then King ends up supervising him.

  • @jesseburleson432
    @jesseburleson432 4 роки тому +18

    This is true friendship. King and Chris are peas in the same pod. This is a beautiful scene.

    • @noeltaylor3594
      @noeltaylor3594 3 роки тому

      The other day I looked to see if they still talked or anything being that this was really their biggest movie roles at that time.

  • @timsimmons9995
    @timsimmons9995 Рік тому +14

    Keith David - incredible here and in The Thing (Carpenter, 1982). An amazing actor. Platoon is in the short list of best war film, and The Thing is short list for best horror science fiction. amazing he did such a great performance in two of the best genre films. David is just fantastic.

  • @razheer100
    @razheer100 5 років тому +370

    Once king left vietnam he opened a bar and ran numbers under the name kirby in "Dead presidents" 🤣😂😂

    • @bigblack5902
      @bigblack5902 5 років тому +10

      When did he lose his leg?

    • @austinraftery1740
      @austinraftery1740 5 років тому +7

      @@bigblack5902 back in 1877

    • @aboveusall22
      @aboveusall22 5 років тому +21

      I thought he worked as a supervisor on a garbage truck where he harassed Charlie Sheen and his brother

    • @bigblack5902
      @bigblack5902 5 років тому +6

      Aldred Warren brother in law of the boss

    • @edgehodl4832
      @edgehodl4832 4 роки тому +4

      @Gore4ever FulciLives u didnt get the joke

  • @cellyj3255
    @cellyj3255 Рік тому +9

    Everyone is great in this movie and perfect for there roles . But Keith David is fantastic in this and spot on every line and facial expressions.

  • @terrytragianopoulos9345
    @terrytragianopoulos9345 3 роки тому +21

    Keith David is just one of those character actors who is amazing in every role He acts with his eyes and face I've never seen him give a bad performance in anything he has done Some great casting in this film

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry6170 3 роки тому +3

    Great movie my uncle was in Vietnam in the Air Force in Saigon he told me he knew someone that had 3 days before he was going home and he got killed.

  • @chadford8500
    @chadford8500 3 роки тому +5

    If I had to go to war, I would want a buddy like King there. Seems like he was the strong steady calm and the only one with clarity in all the craziness...A good man down deep in his soul...He reminds me of my dad who was a Korean war vet..My dad was just a dirt poor white country boy that had already had a hard life before he was sent off to war...
    I've met a few people like King in my lifetime and always appreciate the time spent with them and the knowledge gained...

  • @twobyfour
    @twobyfour 5 років тому +97

    The best scene in the film. A friend and I have been quoting this scene to each other in our respective hard times for 30+ years.
    Kieth David is just brilliant as King, a triumph of casting, acting and dialogue. Timeless.

    • @jjahsepuyeshd
      @jjahsepuyeshd 8 місяців тому +1

      Same thing here.

    • @skylynx121
      @skylynx121 7 місяців тому +1

      Me too. I miss all my military brothers. After serving for 23 years there's not a day that doesn't go by I don't think them. I miss the closeness of being in the military with everyone I served and deployed with. I'd give anything to have everyone back with me. 😩

  • @palmerlp
    @palmerlp 3 роки тому +11

    Keith David is great in everything he’s in. Just a national treasure.

  • @peterrech9563
    @peterrech9563 5 років тому +28

    Classic line about the Beast out there. So freakin true !! I dreaded saddling up for evening LP and ambush !!!! Alpha 2/12. 25th inf 10/67-68

    • @sergeontheloose
      @sergeontheloose 5 років тому

      What was the point of these patrols anyways if it was clear from the intelligence that a sizeable force of VNA is out there? Why not fortify, claymore mines everywhere and meet the enemy prepared?

    • @mikesanto69
      @mikesanto69 3 роки тому +3

      Glad u made it out!!!

    • @d.chiasson3307
      @d.chiasson3307 3 роки тому

      Glad you're alive bro and made it back

  • @larryosman3184
    @larryosman3184 Рік тому +3

    "........gravy, every day the rest of your life, gravy". The best and truest comment, EVER!

  • @TheDjSweets
    @TheDjSweets Рік тому +8

    “People like Elias get wasted and people like Barnes go on to make up the rules as they go along”
    It’s still happening and much worse in real life right now Chris.

  • @macjeez1450
    @macjeez1450 2 роки тому +2

    The King. Was there 67/68. So real. It brings tears to my eyes. Buddies became your brothers.

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat6303 2 роки тому +6

    King: "I'm glad i'm not going with them. Somewhere out there is the beast & he hungry tonight!" Love that line.

  • @nizloc4118
    @nizloc4118 6 років тому +5

    Somewhere out there's the beast, and hes hungry tonight...
    That pause to look around before he leaves...
    Great scene

  • @RX552VBK
    @RX552VBK 9 місяців тому +3

    Keith David is one of my favorite actors. He is phenomenal in Platoon. Let's not forget to give much praise to Stone for bringing this incredible film to theaters and fighting for its completion for ten years. Many of the characters in Platoon were real soldiers he served with; King, like many other characters, was real people. Thank you, Mr Stone. Thank you, Mr David.

  • @DRF1001
    @DRF1001 6 років тому +61

    These boys were sent home with all of it in their hearts, their souls scarred by insanity. I cannot imagine the dichotomy of being there, and then being home as if it was an illusion. Too much, god bless them and their families.

    • @ericperu1542
      @ericperu1542 6 років тому +2

      Read "The things they carried" and then watch it again.

  • @briangoldy8784
    @briangoldy8784 2 роки тому +2

    King........One of My Fav's from this Movie.. Keith David..

  • @Samn3212
    @Samn3212 3 роки тому +6

    “I see you, I’ll never forget you, and I’ll never be back.”

  • @machbaby
    @machbaby 6 років тому +36

    Kieth David was amazing in this film.

  • @lukeloveslauraalways
    @lukeloveslauraalways 6 років тому +14

    Best scene in the entire movie

  • @williamkoppos7039
    @williamkoppos7039 5 років тому +61

    LOVE the way King looks around just before walking out. Even though he knows he's in hell his soul has an investment in the place....
    Great movie. But why have him pick up that belted ammo? Needed on the line....

    • @frankcorral4981
      @frankcorral4981 5 років тому +4

      William Koppos I thought the same thing. Nice observation William.

    • @darthtrip7188
      @darthtrip7188 4 роки тому +20

      @@frankcorral4981 If you listen to O'Neill, he tells King to get his "Pig" to Rodriguez. The ammo goes with it. "Pig" was the nickname of M60 machine guns in that era. He left his M60 and ammo with Rodriguez. When King gets on the chopper, he doesn't have his ammo on him anymore.

    • @frankcorral4981
      @frankcorral4981 4 роки тому +7

      Aaron Turner i never picked up on O'Neill saying that. Thanks for pointing that out. Happiness is a belt fed weapon.

    • @Gubalicious
      @Gubalicious 4 роки тому +2

      William Koppos Good observation and it highlights the attention to detail in this film

    • @edgregory1
      @edgregory1 Рік тому

      Because that's where the camera was.

  • @Hope-hv1ec
    @Hope-hv1ec 3 роки тому +14

    Probably one of my favorite scenes in cinematic history! Loved King. Even as a kid

    • @antonewilson4310
      @antonewilson4310 Рік тому

      Mr. Sneaky man and Mr. Bonehead was good too.

    • @snowbear163
      @snowbear163 11 місяців тому

      @@antonewilson4310 rent-a-cops. I hate rent-a-cops too!

  • @stevenspenneberg7407
    @stevenspenneberg7407 5 років тому +13

    I was so glad he lived.

  • @tgs12495
    @tgs12495 5 років тому +7

    King will always be my favorite character in this movie, a solid example of his true wisdom right here

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 Рік тому +3

    'that grandma you was tellin me about?' by king is the best line in movie history, Keith david should of won an oscar for that line alone.

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 2 роки тому +3

    in this scene, i love the line '' that grandma you was tellin me about?'' by king.

  • @93SA10
    @93SA10 Рік тому +7

    I absolutely love that scene. There are no races, just brothers.

  • @SuperElite27000000
    @SuperElite27000000 4 роки тому +6

    King was my favorite character in this flick, reminded me a lot of a guy I served with.

  • @josemariagarcia1099
    @josemariagarcia1099 10 місяців тому +2

    King was my favorite character in this movie. I knew I guy like him in the Corps. Stayed bellow the radar but did what he was told. Level headed. You could talk to him about anything, and he would listen. Reliable as heck.

  • @BRuane-pw6xq
    @BRuane-pw6xq 6 років тому +27

    Keith David is great in this scene. The pecker hard quote I use on occasion. Puts things in perspective. All gravy love it.
    Keith David does a great job narrating The War by Ken Burns.

    • @robertstaffod2424
      @robertstaffod2424 5 років тому +1

      And Jazz by Ken Burns. Avery Brooks, Keith David, and James Earl Jones all possess amazing voices and superb talent.

    • @anchalkumar8224
      @anchalkumar8224 5 років тому

      What does it mean, the quote?

  • @hughiedgar7574
    @hughiedgar7574 2 роки тому +3

    Man that one last look out at the bush and the realisation he's actually making it out alive...great acting.

  • @mikeomaly
    @mikeomaly Рік тому +2

    King became my favorite character! As a child i wanted to be Elias. Being older i emphathize with King, relate, and understand his wisdom. Such a great film! Thank You all who put on that uniform and fight for us and each other! Much love and respect

  • @haynes1776
    @haynes1776 6 років тому +67

    King was many of those servicemen to make it out in piece. Taylor was fortunate as well. As for that patrol that King passed by, they weren't so lucky. The NVA were the beast and they were hungry tonight.

    • @seferino
      @seferino 4 роки тому +2

      NVA did the tet festival attack

  • @ceebee8051
    @ceebee8051 3 роки тому +4

    “There’s a way out of anything...”. I think that’s my favorite line of the movie made by my favorite character.

  • @briannat1086
    @briannat1086 5 років тому +6

    Keith David. Tremendous talent.

  • @mikelindellspillow2609
    @mikelindellspillow2609 Рік тому +2

    Every platoon needs a Keith David in it.

  • @carlosalcazar8651
    @carlosalcazar8651 2 роки тому +3

    One of the best scenes of the movie...the advice from a friend: don't do something crazy and just survive this hell. Touching!

  • @duncsnat5884
    @duncsnat5884 3 роки тому +6

    One of the best movies ever!

  • @hmk5123
    @hmk5123 Рік тому +4

    King is the one friend everyone needs when you're in a bad place.

  • @daleyfrancis
    @daleyfrancis 5 місяців тому +1

    Even when I watched this as a kid and didn't have a clue what anything really meant or what was going on, King (Keith David really, what an actor) stood out to me. I hope he and Chris kept in touch when they got back to the world.

  • @MadMamluk88
    @MadMamluk88 2 роки тому +4

    Keith David kills it in every role he’s played

  • @Jeremy848
    @Jeremy848 2 роки тому +3

    Keith David is brilliant. Every acting choice in this scene, from the last look at the jungle to the subtle nod to the soldier going on ambush. Perfect.

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 4 роки тому +4

    king was great in platoon 1986, loved this scene, like the part where he says' that grandma you was telling me about?'.

  • @dksilvers1759
    @dksilvers1759 Рік тому +2

    Dude I'm so glad King got out, after the loss of Elias and the announcement of the offensive heading straight for the company, this was a well needed reprieve. I think Chris would've lost it had King got killed.

  • @JustGod7
    @JustGod7 4 роки тому +2

    My favorite war movie. Both my Grandfather's were Vietnam vets, one Army 33 years the other Air Force 28 years. They told me this movie is the most accurate about American soldiers in the Nam.

  • @brianlorey2243
    @brianlorey2243 3 роки тому +8

    "Taylor, the dude from Living Colour is coming up."

  • @AtomicLT11
    @AtomicLT11 Рік тому +1

    Did my Military Service in Sweden when this movie came out, remember seeing it on the movie theater. One of the best nam movies made.

  • @zaphyra-
    @zaphyra- Рік тому +2

    It's crazy how many good actors are in this movie.

  • @GoGoTwice
    @GoGoTwice 3 роки тому +4

    Keith David is just such a great actor

  • @donniemolchan7602
    @donniemolchan7602 6 років тому +144

    Leave that 60 ammo damnit!
    The platoon is gonna need it.

    • @robertcela5689
      @robertcela5689 6 років тому +12

      Donnie Molchan, he's leaving it all with Hernandez

    • @robertmiller3097
      @robertmiller3097 6 років тому +44

      If you listen carefully Oneal tells him to give your PIG to Rodriguez. Ammo goes with it. Pig is the name for the machine guns of that era.

    • @robertmiller3097
      @robertmiller3097 6 років тому +10

      Oneil tells him to give his Pig, machine gun, to Rodriguez. The ammo goes with it. He was taking his ammo to the other guy.

    • @donniemolchan7602
      @donniemolchan7602 6 років тому +11

      Cool. Thanks. I had to listen to it again. Didnt know what he was saying at first. Thought it had something to do with catching the chopper. Makes sense now.
      I carried the 60 in the 80s. Didnt call it a pig. Just a heavy sob!

    • @kman-mi7su
      @kman-mi7su 6 років тому +3

      Donnie so did I, lugged that heavy SOB back in the late eighties.

  • @nlomas
    @nlomas Рік тому +1

    King was one of the best Characters and most underrated of the movie. Keith David is a great actor.

  • @tomfrankiewicz7951
    @tomfrankiewicz7951 4 роки тому +2

    Best movie of the eighties.

  • @HenryChinaski614
    @HenryChinaski614 Рік тому +6

    A once in a lifetime film, just incredible.

  • @marcdewey3848
    @marcdewey3848 6 років тому +7

    King was one of the most laid back guys there,he was pretty cool.

  • @craighall1452
    @craighall1452 3 роки тому +2

    Keith David was the “BASS” of that movie and should have been nominated for a best supporting actor.....hands down!

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 Рік тому +2

    it's so epic and legendary when king says '' that grandma you was tellin me about?''.

  • @shrapnel77
    @shrapnel77 6 років тому +62

    Everyday for the rest of your life, Gravy! I know what King meant, but when these men did come back, that's when the psychological torture started for a lot of them.

  • @sethaus7584
    @sethaus7584 5 років тому +8

    Notice when Lerner got shot and Taylor went to help him, King moved up with the heavy machine gun in order to protect Taylor. King would only take a risk like that to protect his friend, not to be a hero, in keeping with his philosophy.