Good Morning, Vietnam

"The wrong man. In the wrong place. At the right time."

1987 2h 1m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 3,117

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Synopsis

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A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

“The wrong man. In the wrong place. At the right time.”

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Cast

Robin Williams
Adrian Cronauer
Forest Whitaker
Edward Garlick
Tom T. Tran
Tuan
Chintara Sukapatana
Trinh
Bruno Kirby
Lt. Steven Hauk
Robert Wuhl
Marty Lee Dreiwitz
J.T. Walsh
Sgt. Major Dickerson
Noble Willingham
Gen. Taylor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Barry Levinson
Writers: Mitch Markowitz
Languages: English, Vietnamese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 9.5× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Barry Levinson, shot by Peter Sova. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alex North. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stu Linder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker and Tom T. Tran carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The wrong man. In the wrong place. At the right time.".

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The take

Barry Levinson directs. Peter Sova behind the camera. Alex North scores. Stu Linder cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Vietnamese.

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1Made its money back 9.5× over at the box office.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Vietnamese.
4Directed by Barry Levinson, shot by Peter Sova. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alex North. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Stu Linder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker and Tom T. Tran carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The wrong man. In the wrong place. At the right time.".
9IMDB entry: tt0093105 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "dying and death", "vietnam war", "rock 'n' roll", "vietnam".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Sova
Original score: Alex North
Editing: Stu Linder
Production design: Roy Walker
Costume design: Keith Denny
Makeup / hair: Mike Lockey
Stunt coordinator: Clive Curtis
Runtime: 121 min · 2h 1m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $13,000,000
Box office: $123,922,370
Return: 953% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

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r96sk2021-05-07
★ 7/10
Good, if a little underwhelming. Robin Williams (Adrian) is in strong form, while it's amusing to see a less experienced Forest Whitaker (Edward) in a rather dorky role. 'Good Morning, Vietnam' all makes for satisfactory viewing thanks to Mr. Williams' humour, even if I didn't have a great deal of interest in the plot et al.
Wuchak2023-05-29
★ 6/10
An unseen side of the Vietnam War Airman Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is a DJ in Saigon, 1965. While Cronauer is a hit with the troops he incurs the wrath of his superiors for what they consider irreverent and subversive tendencies. When he's off the air, Cronauer pursues a cute Vietnamese woman (Chintara Sukapatana) while befriending her brother (Tung Thanh Tran). Forest Whitaker plays Cronauer's friend at the station while J.T. Walsh and Bruno Kirby play his nemeses. Based on the real-life story, "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987) came out when Vietnam films were popular. While categorized as a war comedy, it's more of a war drama with amusing touches, mostly due to Williams' antics. It was a box office hit when released and hailed by critics. Roger Ebert, for instance, gave it a perfect rating. I didn't see it until a couple of nights ago, far removed from the hoopla of the period, and found it decent and somewhat amusing, but a tad overrated. Nevertheless, there's an unexpected twist in the third act and the movie is a necessary companion-piece to movies like "Platoon" (1986) in that it provides the non-grunt, political side of the infamous conflict. For instance, the story takes place just before the troop levels were beefed up to 385,000 in 1966, which would escalate to 536,000 by 1968. The film runs 2 hours, 1 minute, and was shot in Thailand. GRADE: B-