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Good Morning, Vietnam

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Good Morning, Vietnam
Williams's portrayal of Adrian Cronauer received widespread critical acclaim, earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Directed byBarry Levinson
Written byMitch Markowitz
Story byAdrian Cronauer
Produced by
  • Larry Brezner
  • Mark Johnson
Starring
CinematographyPeter Sova
Edited byStu Linder
Music byAlex North
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release dates
  • December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23) (limited)
  • January 15, 1988 (1988-01-15) (wide)
Running time
121 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[2]
Box office$123.9 million[2]

Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war comedy-drama movie written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) DJ who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS DJ Adrian Cronauer.[3]

Most of Williams's performances portraying Cronauer's radio broadcasts were improvisations. The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures (under its Touchstone Pictures banner) to critical and commercial success; for his work in the film, Williams won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2000, the film ranked number 100 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs" list, containing 100 movies considered the funniest movies in American cinema.

Cast

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  • Robin Williams as Airman Second Class Adrian Cronauer
  • Forest Whitaker as Private First Class Edward Montesquieu "Eddie" Garlick
  • Tung Thanh Tran as Phan Duc To (Phan Dục Tô), aka Tuan
  • Chintara Sukapatana as Trinh (Trịnh)
  • Bruno Kirby as Second Lieutenant Steven Hauk
  • Robert Wuhl as Staff Sergeant Marty Lee Dreiwitz
  • J. T. Walsh as Sergeant Major Phillip Dickerson
  • Noble Willingham as Brigadier General Taylor
  • Richard Edson as Private Abersold
  • Richard Portnow as Sergeant Dan 'The Man' Levitan
  • Floyd Vivino as Private Eddie Kirk
  • Juney Smith as Sergeant Phil McPherson
  • Dan Stanton as Censor #1
  • Don Stanton as Censor #2

References

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  1. ↑ "Good Morning, Vietnam". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Good Morning Vietnam (1987)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ Barthold, Jim (March 1, 2005). "The Real Life of Adrian Cronauer". Urgent Communications. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

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