Good Morning, Vietnam

Year:

1988

Duration:

121 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | War

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Barry Levinson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-01-15

Filming Locations: Bangkok, Thailand

Earnings

Budget: $13,000,000

Opening Weekend: $194,308 (USA) (27 December 1987)

Gross: $123,922,370 (USA)SEK 8,725,754 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Chintara Sukapatana

Robin Williams

Adrian Cronauer

Forest Whitaker

Edward Garlick

Tung Thanh Tran

Tuan

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

Dan Stanton

Censor #1 (as Dan R. Stanton)

Don Stanton

Censor #2 (as Don E. Stanton)

Danny Aiello III

MP #1

James McIntire

Sergeant #1 at Jimmy Wah's

Peter Mackenzie

Sergeant #2 at Jimmy Wah's

No Tran

Vietnamese Student

Hoa Nguyen

Vietnamese Student

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 (as Jonathan Mac Leod)

Gregg T. Knight

Convoy Soldier

Ralph Tabakin

Chaplain Noel

Sangad Sangkao

Viet Cong Leader in Jungle

Vanlap Sangko

Viet Cong Leader in Jungle

Mark Johnson

Mr. Sloan (uncredited)

John Marshall Jones

MP #2 (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Williams says the common Vietnamese surname "Nguyen" on the air, he mispronounces it. It is pronounced as "Win" in actuality. It is unknown as to whether Williams purposely mispronounces the name comedically or if he actually did not know how it was pronounced.

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Robin Williams's portrayal of Adrian Cronauer has led to confusion as to the beliefs of the real Cronauer. Cronauer has said that the film is about 45 percent accurate, according to a biography on Robin Williams. Cronauer has said that the film misrepresented him to make him seem anti-war, when he was, in his own words, "anti-stupidity". In fact, today Cronauer - who is now a lawyer - remains an active Republican and was a vice-chairman of the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. Furthermore, Cronauer has also said that if he'd done half the things Williams did in the film, he would've been court-martialed and sent to Fort Leavenworth.

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Robin Williams ad-libbed all of Adrian Cronauer's broadcasts.

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Goofs

The ribbons on SMaj Dickerson's uniform shirt are out of order. Also his ribbons indicate he was awarded the Purple Heart twice yet none of his campaign ribbons show any Battle Stars.

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The studio gramophones are Garrard 401s, with S.M.E. Series II pickup arms. These would never have been used in an AFRTS Radio Station. They would have used U.S.-made gramophones. Proof that this film was made partly in England.

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When Adrian is in the restaurant, he puts in his mouth green lettuce. As the shot moves to the left, white noodles are hanging out of his mouth.

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Quotes

Edward Garlick: What will you do, sir? What will you do? What will you do with your time?

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Adrian Cronauer: I'm sayin' I'm through, Ed. I'm tired of people tellin' me what I can't say. "This news isn't official." "That comment is too sarcastic." I can't even make fun of Richard Nixon and there's a man who's screaming out to be made fun of!

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Lt. Steven Hauk: First of all, don't make fun of the weather here, and don't say the weather is the same all the time here. Because it's not. In fact, it's two degrees colder today than yesterday.

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Faq

Q

Why didn't Cronauer's superiors want him playing rock n' roll?

A

Because they probably believed, like many people in the 1960s, that rock was a subversive genre of music and that the soldiers fighting in Vietnam would become subversive or insubordinate if they listened to it. Cronauer, who had a history of angering superiors, decided to ignore that rule because he felt that, things being as tense as they were during the war, the soldiers needed some sort of release from the death, destruction, and general tension felt throughout their ranks. Cronauer's use of humor was also frowned upon as being subversive.

Q

Was Adrian Cronauer a real person?

A

Yes. More info can be found on him here, although the article is quite short. The film takes great liberties with the story, as films like this often do.

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