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GOOD MORNING, VIET NAM

Air Date/Released Friday, January 15, 1988
Station/Studio Touchstone / Buena Vista

Adrian Cronauer, new morning DJ for Armed Forces Radio in 1965 Saigon, introduces Top-40 Rock & Roll and humor to the G.I.s. Unfortunately, that doesn’t sit well with the established management of the military station, and Cronauer quickly butts heads with his commanding officers. Complicating matters, Adrian becomes involved with a local Vietnamese girl and her younger brother. Unknown to him, the boy is a member of Saigon’s VC underground. The real-life Adrian Cronauer describes the film as 45 percent accurate, and unlike Robin Williams’ portrayal, he did not tell jokes on the air.

In a scene depicting Cronauer sampling a Vietnamese soup dish, Robin Williams goes into some extemporaneous gyrations while reacting to the hot and spicy treat, including imitating a hyper Curly Howard.


Cast: Robin Williams (Adrian Cronauer), Forest Whitaker (Edward Garlick), Tung Thanh 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), 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), Don Stanton (Censor #2), Danny Aiello III (MP #1), James McIntire (Sergeant #1 at Jimmy Wah's), Peter Mackenzie (Sergeant #2 at Jimmy Wah's), No Tran, Hoa Nguyen, Uikey Kuay, Suvit Abakaz, Panas Wiwatpanachat, Lerdcharn Namkiri, Hanh Hi Nguyen, Tuan Lai, Boonchai Jakraworawut, Joe B. Veokeki, Wichien Chaopramong, Kien Chufak, Prasert Tangpantarat (Vietnamese students), Tim O'Hare, John Goyer, Louis Hood, Christopher Mangan, Kenneth Pitochelli, Jonathan MacLeod, Gregg T. Knight (Convoy soldiers), Ralph Tabakin (Chaplain Noel), Sangad Sangkao, Vanlap Sangko (Viet Cong in Jungle), Mark Johnson (Mr. Sloan), John Marshall Jones (MP), Richard Nixon (archive voice)

Crew: Barry Levinson (Director), Mitch Markowitz (Writer), Larry Brezner, Mark Johnson (Producers), Harry Benn, Ben Moses (Co-Producers), Peter Sova (Director of Photography), Stu Linder (Film Editor), Pieter Hubbard, Bruce Lacy (Sound Editors)
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