Good Morning Vietnam is a more than usually human take on Americas most controversial war, an often poignant and always entertaining fictionalisation of the Vietnam years of DJ Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams). Cronauer is employed as the voice of the US Armed Forces radio in South East Asia, but it soon emerges that his idea of entertaining the troops and the Armys are poles apart. This isnt a biopic--director Barry Levinson doesnt give any detail of Cronauers life before Vietnam--instead its about Cronauer discovering a better understanding of the war, the... people and himself. Interspersed with the radio sequences is a gentle plot which follows Cronauer as he teaches English to some Vietnamese kids, falls for a local girl and narrowly misses being killed in a terrorist attack. However, it is the sheer frenetic genius of Williams largely improvised radio monologues that account for the films box office success. On the DVD: Good Morning Vietnam gets the special edition DVD with digitally remastered audio and picture. Extras include a couple of previews--both the theatrical and a teaser trailer--as well as a production diary which contains interviews with director Levinson, crew and the real Cronauer. But the best feature by far is the "Raw Monologues": introduced by Levinson, this featurette shows the process that Robin Williams went through to improvise the radio slots and is a valuable insight into the comedic talents of the films star.--Kristen Bowditch [show more]
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DJ Adrian Cronauer (an Oscar-nominated Robin Williams) causes uproar when he arrives in war-torn 1965 Saigon to take over the early morning radio show. His irreverent humour soon offends the top brass, in the form of Lt. Steven Hauk (Bruno Kirby), but Cronauer becomes a hit with the GIs. Meanwhile, Cronauer shows a more sober side to his character in his romance with Trinh, a local Vietnamese woman (Chintara Sukapatana).
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In 1965 there isn&39;t much for military personnel serving in Vietnam to smile about--that is until deejay Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) takes to the airwaves In GOOD MORNING VIETNAM which is based on a true story Cronauer is a nonconformist with a wicked sense of humor who is transferred from Crete to Saigon Outrageous and over the top Cronauer speaks in accents creates characters pokes fun at evertyone--including the President--and spins banned rock & roll tunes While his antics amuse the masses they also put him in hot water with his superior officers particularly Lt Steven Hauk (Bruno Kirby) who would prefer that the radio show be censored sanitized and completely noncontroversial Cronauer takes his show outside the radio station when he starts to teach Vietnamese locals English in an effort to meet pretty demure Trinh (Chintara Sukapatana) and befriends her brother Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran) who becomes an unlikely comrade in uncertain times Directed by Barry Levinson (DINER AVALON) the film features a tour-de-force performance from Williams who improvised much of the comedy used in the radio shows leading to a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor
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