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good morning vietnam | Year: 1988 Classification: Drama Directed: - Barry Levinson Actors/Actresses: - Forest Whitacker - Robin Williams Maybe RW's best! Na Nu Na Nu. Robin williams brings high energy to this film and welcome entertainment to boys and men who are risking their lives in a foreign land. This movie came out at a time when most vietnam movies were gut wretching excursions into hell. You can't get the same feel now, since better vietnam war movies have been made, the feelings towards that war have evolved. But when this movie first appeared, as Cronauer started going off where he shouldn't go, there was always present a certain feeling of dread for his safety. That tension balanced with the tremendous comedy created a unique experience. The only comparison I can make is when in a MASH tv episode, Hawkeye goes off and gets stranded. You know that the writers will never kill off Hawkeye and Alan Alda, their star. You can't have the same tension between comedy and dread as was created in GMV. The writers could kill off Cronauer. We knew it. That robin williams could pull this off and make this double edged sword work has always amazed this fellow suburban chicagoan. A very rare example where a war theme is so One thing about this movie is that it is probably one of the best movies of the 80-s. Another true fact is that Barry Levinson, Robin Williams and late J.T. Walsh will be remembered in 40 years time primarily because they made GMV!. It IS very funny (do not be tempted to watch in any other language but original!) yet is a very serious film - definetely not Arnold and Dolf type. It brings to attention just another side if Nam war but not only. A delicate but nonetheless impressive show of characters under the strain of another "...for the sake of the nation..." crusade. No Vietnam theme is complete without GMV and it certainly deserves buying a DVD player just to have this single movie in collection - bacause you'll play it over and over again. It is not enough to put together light, film, camera and a few actors to make a movie. It takes talent, luck and some majic to make real one. These guys had all three of it. A dope movie! Thank you, Touchstone... Gooooood Moooooorning Amazonnnn!!!! Robin Williams, one of my favorite actors, is great as the crazy DJ who shakes things up for the soldiers of Vietnam. With his ability to do so many voices, love the Cronkite, and also his talent to convey some of the most diverse emotions, Robin Williams leads the movie. William's character is a radio dj, as I mentioned, who seems in his own world, and happy with it. Yet, with the violence of vietnam but also it's appeal, which to him is the Vietnamese people themselves, he is torn. One of the more uplifting stories about Vietnam this movie is very good and very funny, as only William's, even early in his career, can be. Buy Good Morning Vietnam at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Good Morning Vietnam Search with the Priority Search Engine on Good Morning Vietnam This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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