Good Morning, Vietnam [25th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: Barry Levinson Barry Levinson

Overview

The film begins in 1965, when disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is assigned to take over the AFR's Saigon radio broadcasts. In contrast to the dull, by-rote announcers that have preceded him, Cronauer is a bundle of dynamite, heralding each broadcast with a loud "Goooooood morning, Vietnaaaaam," playing whatever records tickle his fancy (even those not officially sanctioned by his hidebound superiors), and indulging in wild flights of improvisational fancy. Cronauer's immediate superior Lt. Hauk (Bruno Kirby), whose own notions of humor are puerile and pathetic, jealously attempts to dethrone Vietnam's favorite rock jock. Fortunately, Cronauer's popularity is such that he enjoys the full protection of the higher-ups. But when Cronauer, after experiencing the horrors of war first-hand, insists upon telling his listeners the truth instead of the official government line, he is instantly replaced by the unfunny Hauk and must struggle to get back on the air.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/17/2012
UPC:	0786936820973
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	R
Source:	Touchstone / Disney
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	8,946

Special Features

Production diary; Raw monologues; Original theatrical trailer; Original theatrical teaser trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Forest Whitaker	Edward Garlick
Tung Thanh Tran	Tuan,Vietnamese Student
Chintara Sukapatana	Trinh
Bruno Kirby	Lt. Steven Hauk
Robert Wuhl	Marty Lee Dreiwitz
J.T. Walsh	Sgt. Major Dickerson
Noble Willingham	Gen. Taylor
Richard Edson	Pvt. Abersold
Juney Smith	Phil McPherson
Richard Portnow	Dan 'The Man' Levitan
Floyd Vivino	Eddie Kirk
Cu Ba Nguyen	Jimmy Wah,Vietnamese Student
Dan Stanton	Censor #1,Censor #2
Danny Aiello III	MP #1
James McIntire	Sergeant #1 at Jimmy Wah's
Peter Mackenzie	Sergeant #2 at Jimmy Wah's
Uikey Kuay	Vietnamese Student
Suvit Abakaz	Vietnamese Student
Panas Wiwatpanachat	Vietnamese Student
Lerdcharn Namkiri	Vietnamese Student
Hanh Thi Nguyen	Vietnamese Student
Tuan Lai	Vietnamese Student
Boonchai Jakraworawut	Vietnamese Student
Joe B. Veokeki	Vietnamese Student
Wichien Chaopramong	Vietnamese Student
Kien Chufak	Vietnamese Student
Prasert Tangpantarat	Vietnamese Student
Tim O'Hare	Convoy Soldier
John Goyer	Convoy Soldier
Louis Hood	Convoy Soldier
Christopher Mangan	Convoy Soldier
Kenneth Pitochelli	Convoy Soldier
Jonathan MacLeod	Convoy Soldier
Greg Knight	Convoy Soldier
Ralph Tabakin	Chaplain Noel
Sangad Sangkao	Viet Cong Leader in Jungle
Vanlap Sangko	Viet Cong Leader in Jungle
John Marshall Jones	MP #2
Danny Aiello	MP
Louis DiGiaimo	Actor
Marie Rowe	Actor
Alex North	Composer

Technical Credits

Mitch Markowitz

Barry Levinson	Director
Larry Brezner	Producer
Louis DiGiaimo	Casting
Clive Winter	Sound/Sound Designer
Mitch Markowitz	Screenwriter
Mark Johnson	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Humor and war often make strange bedfellows but sometimes humor can have a therapeutic effect for postwar sentiments of anger, frustration and loss, especially in the case of the bitterly divisive Vietnam conflict. In the tradition of Hogan's Heroes and M.A.S.H. came Barry Levinson's Good Morning Vietnam, a pithy blend of satirical comedy and tragedy. Robin Williams gives a career-best caliber performance as the charismatic disc jockey, Adrian Cronaeur. Backed by an eclectic cast inclunding Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl and character actors extraordinaire Noble Willingham and the late J.T. Walsh, Williams spins a dazzling, if not headspinning comedic web. This film is an important and derisive look back on the catastrophic military and political debacle that was Vietnam. Williams' wildly improvisational performance warranted an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. His scathing but hilarious carryings-on at the expense of the U.S. military is tempered by some dramatic and touching interactions with Vietnamese natives. Williams is engaging, bitingly sarcastic and heartwarmingly human all at once. Although awkwardly sequenced at times, Levinson's picture was a stupendous critical and financial success.