PLATOON

Written and directed by Oliver Stone

Tom Berenger
Willem Dafoe
Charlie Sheen

Premiere date: December 19, 1986
R

Chris Taylor is an idealistic new recruit who quickly comes to realize the savage brutality of war. As he struggles to adapt to he rules of the jungle, he witnesses his platoon divide into two opposing factions. Led by Sgt. Barnes, a combat-loving sadist, the soldiers massacre a Vietnamese village while on patrol. When Sgt. Grodin, a kind-hearted free spirit, confronts him, the two set out on a path of mutual destruction, taking the entire platoon with them. Fear, chaos, and the heart-pounding fight for survival ensues as the men are faced not only with an unforgiving enemy, but also with their own deadly cruelty.

8 Academy Award Nominations, 4 Wins
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Tom Berenger
Best Supporting Actor - Willem Dafoe
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Sound

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

Written and directed by Woody Allen

Woody Allen
Michael Caine
Mia Farrow
Carrie Fisher
Barbara Hershey
Lloyd Nolan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Daniel Stern
Max Von Sydow
Dianne Wiest

Premiere date: February 7, 1986
PG-13

Hannah has put her acting career aside in order to take care of her family with second husband Elliot. Elliot has fallen in love with Hannah's sister Lee, who herself is feeling suffocated by her cynical, mean-spirited loner of a lover. Meanwhile, third sister Holly is struggling to find her own voice, working as a caterer while she tries to get her own acting career going. And in the middle of everything is Mickey, a television writer who is divorced from Hannah, has dated Holly, and, when he suspects he might have a brain tumor, decides to reevaluate his life and his faith in God.

National Board of Review
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress - Dianne Wiest

7 Academy Award Nominations, 3 Wins
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Michael Caine
Best Supporting Actress - Dianne Wiest
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction

HOOSIERS

Screenplay by Angelo Pizzo
Directed by David Anspaugh

Gene Hackman
Barbara Hershey
Dennis Hopper

Premiere date: November 14, 1986
PG

Norman Dale is a basketball coach whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members, an icy fellow teacher and townspeople who nearly have him fired, Dale perseveres with a gritty demeanor and an unwavering passion for the game. But winning over the team is only half the battle in a world where small-town teams can end up playing big-time rivals...and a downtrodden outsider can rouse the pride of an entire county.

2 Academy Award Nominations
Best Supporting Actor - Dennis Hopper
Best Original Score

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster
Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Directed by James Ivory

Helena Bonham Carter
Maggie Smith
Denholm Elliot
Julian Sands
Daniel Day-Lewis

Premiere date: March 7, 1986
R

Lucy travels to Florence with her chaperone in tow. There, Lucy meets and falls for a fellow countryman's moody son. But like any proper Englishwoman of that era, she must fight her feelings…and it's a losing battle.

National Board of Review
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (also for My Beautiful Laundrette)

8 Academy Award Nominations, 3 Wins
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Denholm Elliot
Best Supporting Actress - Maggie Smith
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design