Movie
Good Morning, Vietnam
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-12-23
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer
- Forest Whitaker as Edward Garlick
- Tom T. Tran as Tuan
- Chintara Sukapatana as Trinh
- Bruno Kirby as Lt. Steven Hauk
- Robert Wuhl as Marty Lee Dreiwitz
- J.T. Walsh as Sgt. Major Dickerson
- Noble Willingham as Gen. Taylor
- Richard Edson as Pvt. Abersold
- Juney Smith as Phil McPherson
- Richard Portnow as Dan 'The Man' Levitan
- Floyd Vivino as Eddie Kirk
Crew
- Barry Levinson - Director
- Mitch Markowitz - Writer
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