Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam
Directed byBarry Levinson
Written byMitch Markowitz
Produced byLarry Brezner
Mark Johnson
StarringRobin Williams
Forest Whitaker
CinematographyPeter Sova
Edited byStu Linder
Music byAlex North
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release dates
  • December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23) (United States: limited)
  • January 15, 1988 (1988-01-15) (United States: wide)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[1]
Box office$123,922,370[1]

Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war-comedy-drama movie. It was written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. It is set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War.

It stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service. Co-stars include Forest Whitaker and Robert Wuhl. The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer.[2] Most of Williams' radio broadcasts were improvised. Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Cast

  • 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IMDb: Box office and business for Good Morning, Vietnam Retrieved 2012-04-17
  2. ↑ Urgent Communications, March 1, 2005: "The Real Life of Adrian Cronauer" Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-04-17

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