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Whistle Stopper - Good Morning, Vietnam (Special Edition)
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List Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby
Directed By: Barry Levinson
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788853654
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0788853651
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-01-10
Running Time: 121
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Summary: Actor Tung Thanh Tran
Comment: Actor Tung Thanh Tran, now known as Tom Tran, became an engineer in the Chicago area, married, and has three beautiful girls. I am waiting for the day he returns to the silver screen. He has a unique and special talent as a dramatic actor.
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Summary: Robin Williams in one of his best!
Comment: What a great movie! I've had this movie on VHS for years and was so very glad to find it on DVD. It truly is one of Robin Williams best movie roles. The movie is funny, tender, and touching. This movie also was my introduction to Forest Whitaker as an actor. How could you go wrong here..Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker in Good Morning Vietnam.
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Summary: Great movie classic
Comment: I have probably watched this movie more than 20 times, and still laugh as though it was the first time watchin it. A story about a disc jocky in VietNam doing his best to entertain soldiers throughout while walking a fine line of what is authorized by his command.
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Summary: Says it all about Viet Nam and US war mentality
Comment: We don't need to go to church to get the golden rule--watch this movie and it will be etched in your soul. Robin Williams is brilliant. This is a film that should be seen by everyone--should be required viewing in schools. How do we see our military? Are they human beings? Cranauer thinks so. He also thinks the native Vietnamese and the Viet Cong are human beings. Straight up philosophy. Cranauer has the audacity to tell it like it is from his first words broadcasted over the raido, "Good morning, Vietnam!" Make it part of your DVD-brary.
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Summary: Classic Williams
Comment: Good Morning, Vietnam stars Robin Williams in the type of role he plays best, as the hilarious, irreverent, and nonconformist military disc jockey Adrian Cronauer. Based (extremely) loosely on a true story, the movie takes place in 1965, where Cronauer injects life and humor into the hellish existence of GIs fighting the Vietnam War. To the enjoyment of the troops and the fury of his superiors, he fills the airwaves with rapid-fire hilarity, mocks Nixon, plays rock music, and defies the overzealous military censors with "unofficial" news reports. Williams' performance is brilliant, and as he would later demonstrate again with films like Dead Poets Society and Patch Adams, the role suits him perfectly.
The movie is so effective because it combines humor with poignancy as Cronauer's spirited humanity clashes with the regimented military life, the horrors of war, and the dehumanizing effects of conflict. He forges relationships with the Vietnamese people he comes into contact with, but heartbreakingly comes up against the barriers of cultural differences and political divides.
In one of the most unforgettable scenes, he dedicates Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" to one of the young GIs headed off to the nightmare of battle. With painful irony, the song mingles with images of the brutal reality of the war. In a sense, the scene encapsulates the discord between Cronauer's insistence on maintaining his humanity and the inhuman world that surrounds him.
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When the U.S. Army engages irreverent, nonconformist radio deejay Adrian Cronauer, it unleashes a secret, if unpredictable, weapon: laughter. Academy Award(R) winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, GOOD WILL HUNTING, 1997) shakes up 1965 Saigon in the role that garnered him his very first Oscar(R) nomination. Imported by the military to host an early a.m. radio show, Cronauer (Williams) blasts the formerly serene, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.s love him, but the top brass is up in arms. Riddled with sidesplitting comic salvos, bittersweet bombshells, and hot '60s rock 'n' roll, this landmark film chronicles one man's raucous Saigon adventures amidst a world gone mad. Featuring all-new bonus material that includes hilarious outtakes from Robin Williams' "raw" monologues, this Special Edition of GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, scores a direct hit every time you watch.
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