Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Release date

1987-12-23

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III

Genre

Comedy, Drama, War

Budget

$13 000 000

Revenue

$123 922 370

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Director

Barry Levinson

Actors

Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Trần Thanh Tùng, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby, Robert Wuhl, J.T. Walsh, Noble Willingham, Richard Edson, Juney Smith
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Scenario

Mitch Markowitz

Producer

Mark Johnson, Larry Brezner

Operator

Peter Sova

Composer

Alex North

Artist

Audition

Louis DiGiaimo

Editing

Stu Linder
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• A free adaptation of the life story of radio host Adrian Cronauer (1938-2018).
• The original screenplay was written by Cronauer himself in 1979, but it was rewritten several times afterward. Initially, Cronauer envisioned it as a television series or part of the “Movie-of-the-Week” anthology, but then the script fell into the hands of Robin Williams (1951-2014), who realized it was perfect for him, after which Cronauer’s script was completely rewritten to fit Williams.
• In the radio shows hosted by his character, Robin Williams constantly improvised.
• Williams’ portrayal of Adrian Cronauer showed him in a somewhat different light than how things actually were. According to his biography, Cronauer himself claimed that the film was approximately 45% accurate. According to Cronauer, the film depicts him as an activist in the anti-war movement, while in reality he always protested solely against stupidity. Cronauer later became a lawyer and passed away in 2018. He was an active member of the US Republican Party and Deputy Director of the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign in 2004. Moreover, according to Cronauer himself, had he done even half of what Williams depicted, he would have been brought to trial and imprisoned.