"The project was eventually scrapped, due to disagreements between Williams, Levinson, and The Walt Disney Company, over the film's direction. Good Morning, Vietnam Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American comedy-drama war film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service, who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his ""irreverent tendency"". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. Most of Williams'"
"director ""was afraid that if Robin and I met, that Robin would somehow start to do an unconscious imitation of me, which would change his characterization."" Williams and Cronauer eventually met at the film's New York premiere. ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" was one of the most successful films of the year, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 1987. The film received outstanding reviews from film critics. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel of the review show ""Siskel and Ebert"" awarded the film ""Two Thumbs Up"", with Ebert giving the film a four out of four star review in the ""Chicago Sun-Times"". Richard"
"onscreen, but it had a great core"". He continued with other smaller roles in less successful films, such as ""The Survivors"" (1983) and ""Club Paradise"" (1986), though he said these roles did not help advance his film career. His first major break came from his starring role in director Barry Levinson's ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" (1987), which earned Williams a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film is set in 1965 during the Vietnam War, with Williams playing the role of Adrian Cronauer, a radio shock jock who keeps the troops entertained with comedy and sarcasm. Williams was"
"Kiều Chinh Kiều Chinh (born Nguyễn Thị Chinh; 3 July 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, humanitarian, lecturer, and philanthropist. She is known as one of the most legendary actors from Vietnam. In her career spanning over sixty years, Kiều Chinh received many accolades including an Emmy Award in 1996. Her internationally notable film roles were in ""Operation C.I.A."" (1965) and ""The Joy Luck Club"" (1993). Kiều Chinh is also a president, co-founder, and co-chair of the Vietnam Children's Fund. Kieu Chinh began her acting career in her South Vietnam, starting with a starring role in ""Hồi Chuông Thiên Mụ"" (""The"
"J. T. Walsh James Thomas Patrick ""J.T."" Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor. He appeared in many films, most notably ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" (1987), ""Backdraft"" (1991), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""Hoffa"" (1992), ""Nixon"" (1995), ""Sling Blade"" (1996), ""Breakdown"" (1997), ""Pleasantville"" (1998), and ""The Negotiator"" (1998). According to Leonard Maltin, he was known for portraying ""quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs"" in numerous films, and was described as ""everybody's favorite scumbag"" by ""Playboy"" magazine. Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He had three siblings: Christopher, Patricia, and Mary. From 1948-62, the family lived in West"
"Good as It Gets"" to Walsh's memory. The two had acted together in two films, ""A Few Good Men"" and ""Hoffa"". J. T. Walsh James Thomas Patrick ""J.T."" Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor. He appeared in many films, most notably ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" (1987), ""Backdraft"" (1991), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""Hoffa"" (1992), ""Nixon"" (1995), ""Sling Blade"" (1996), ""Breakdown"" (1997), ""Pleasantville"" (1998), and ""The Negotiator"" (1998). According to Leonard Maltin, he was known for portraying ""quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs"" in numerous films, and was described as ""everybody's favorite scumbag"" by ""Playboy"" magazine. Walsh"
"Richard Portnow Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American actor known for such films and television series as ""Good Morning, Vietnam"", ""Barton Fink"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Seven"", """", ""The Spirit"", ""Law Abiding Citizen"", ""Private Parts"", ""Fallen Arches"", ""Double Down"", ""Poolhall Junkies"", ""Spring Break '83"", ""The Sopranos"", ""Hannah Montana"", ""The Nanny"", ""Trumbo"", ""Oldboy"", ""Find Me Guilty"", ""Underdogs"" and ""Boston Legal"". Portnow was born in Brooklyn, New York. A veteran of stage, film and television, Portnow was named one of the ""Actors We Love"" from the actors' trade newspaper ""Back Stage West"" with the newspaper saying ""Portnow knows exactly how to"
"Vietnam (miniseries) Vietnam is a (1987) Australian TV mini-series, directed by Chris Noonan and John Duigan. It stars Barry Otto, Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Eadie. The series won the Logie Award for Most Popular Single Telemovie or Miniseries. Set in the 1960s through to the early 1970s, ""Vietnam"" is a mini-series about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war. The Goddard family live in Canberra - Public servant Douglas, Evelyn (Veronica Lang) and their son Phil and daughter Megan. Aged 15, Megan is now a rebellious teenager, infuriating her conservative parents whilst her older sibling Phil is a budding photographer. Australia"
"the 90th Academy Awards. Hiep Thi Le Hiep Thi Le (; February 18, 1971 – December 19, 2017) was a Vietnamese-American actress and restaurateur. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ""Heaven & Earth"" (1993). Le was born in Da Nang, South Vietnam. In 1978, her father became a refugee who defected from Vietnam to British Hong Kong. When Le was 9 years old, she fled Vietnam with her mother and sister. We were told by my mom that we had to go look for Dad, and that he had gone to someplace called 'America', which"
"hook an audience with every character"". He graduated with a BA degree as a speech and theater major from Brooklyn College. Portnow played the role of defense attorney Harold ""Mel"" Melvoin on the Emmy-winning HBO series ""The Sopranos"" (1999), the lawyer for Uncle Junior. Portnow appeared in Matthew Charles Santoro‘s sci-fi film ""Higher Power"" which was released in 2018. Richard Portnow Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American actor known for such films and television series as ""Good Morning, Vietnam"", ""Barton Fink"", ""Kindergarten Cop"", ""Seven"", """", ""The Spirit"", ""Law Abiding Citizen"", ""Private Parts"", ""Fallen Arches"", ""Double Down"", ""Poolhall"
"Blood"" (1982), which stars Sylvester Stallone in the iconic role of John Rambo, a Vietnam vet who comes into conflict with a small town police department. Such films as ""Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol"" (1972) and ""The Ninth Configuration"" (1979) were innovative in depicting veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, before this syndrome became widely known. In ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989) Tom Cruise portrays disenchanted Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic who, wounded in action and wheel-chair bound, leads rallies against the war. A more recent example is Bruce Dern's portrayal of a down-and-out veteran in the film ""Monster"""
"died on July 18, 2018, at his home in Western Virginia at the age of 79. Adrian Cronauer Adrian Joseph Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018) was a United States Air Force Airman 1st Class and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film ""Good Morning, Vietnam"". Cronauer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 12 as a guest for a Pittsburgh-area children's amateur hour. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped found the forerunner of"
"such films as ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" (1946) and ""The Men"" (1950). However, films featuring Vietnam veterans constitute a much larger genre. The first appearance of a Vietnam veteran in film seems to be ""The Born Losers"" (1967) featuring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack. Bleaker in tone are such films as ""Hi, Mom!"" (1970) in which vet Robert De Niro films pornographic home movies before deciding to become an urban guerrilla, ""The Strangers in 7A"" where a team of former paratroopers blow up a bank and threaten to blow up a residential apartment building, ""The Hard Ride"" (1971)"
"The Hanoi Hilton (film) The Hanoi Hilton is a 1987 Vietnam War film which focuses on the experiences of American prisoners of war who were held in the infamous Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi during the 1960s and 1970s and the story is told from their perspectives. It was directed by Lionel Chetwynd, and stars Michael Moriarty, Ken Wright, and Paul Le Mat. The film portrays fictional characters, not specific American POWs. It earned less than $1 million in its initial theatrical release, but a Warner Bros. Home Entertainment VHS release gained a cult following, especially among veterans. A DVD"
"with Betty Friedan, Stevie Wonder and Barbara Trent. Alexandra made feature guest appearances to talk about her film on The Today Show with Bryant Gumbel, The PBS News Hour with Charlayne Hunter Gault, and The KTLA Morning News with Regis Philbin. During three years of filming in Vietnam, Alexandra interviewed several former enemies of the U.S., who occupied high seats of power. They included Phạm Văn Đồng, and Lê Đức Thọ, a politician and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973. Lê Đức Thọ declined the award. Alexandra"
"nominated. ""USA Today""s Andrea Mandell said, ""Hong Chau was snubbed... a nomination many had assumed was a lock given the strength of her performance as a Vietnamese refugee."" Hong Chau Hong Chau (born 1979) is an American actress of Vietnamese descent. She is known for her appearance in the US film ""Downsizing"" (2017) as Vietnamese amputee and political activist Ngoc Lan Tran. For her performance, she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture at 75th Golden Globe Awards and several awards for best supporting actress. Before ""Downsizing"", she appeared in the US television series"
"popularity of the sign-on slogan ""Gooooood Morning, Vietnam"" (which was initiated by Adrian Cronauer and later became the basis for the film ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" starring Robin Williams). Among the notable people who were AFVN disc jockeys were Don L. ""Scotty"" Brink, Lee Hansen, Les Coleman and Pat Sajak and Denny Woytek. Harry Simons hosted the ""GO Show"" at both AFVN Saigon and Danang in 1968 and 1969. Simons along with broadcaster Mike Bates created and produced a 10-hour radio documentary (""AFVN: The GI's Companion"") as a tribute to AFVN and to honor all Vietnam Veterans. It aired and streamed"
"starring film role in ""Popeye"" (1980), Williams starred in numerous films that achieved critical and financial success, including ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" (1987), ""Dead Poets Society"" (1989), ""Aladdin"" (1992), ""The Birdcage"" (1996), and ""Good Will Hunting"" (1997). He also starred in widely acclaimed films, such as ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), ""Moscow on the Hudson"" (1984), ""Awakenings"" (1990), ""The Fisher King"" (1991), ""One Hour Photo"" (2002), and ""World's Greatest Dad"" (2009), as well as box office hits, such as ""Hook"" (1991), ""Mrs. Doubtfire"" (1993), ""Jumanji"" (1995), and the ""Night at the Museum"" trilogy (2006–2014). Williams was nominated four times for"
"Hiep Thi Le Hiep Thi Le (; February 18, 1971 – December 19, 2017) was a Vietnamese-American actress and restaurateur. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ""Heaven & Earth"" (1993). Le was born in Da Nang, South Vietnam. In 1978, her father became a refugee who defected from Vietnam to British Hong Kong. When Le was 9 years old, she fled Vietnam with her mother and sister. We were told by my mom that we had to go look for Dad, and that he had gone to someplace called 'America', which we interpreted was the"
"In Love and War (1987 film) In Love and War (1987) is a Vietnam war-based thriller/drama television film starring James Woods and Jane Alexander. It was directed by Paul Aaron. The film is based on the true story of James Stockdale and Sybil Stockdale. James Stockdale, a highest-ranking naval officer, was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, whilst Sybil Stockdale became a co-founder, and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League of Families, a nonprofit organization that worked on behalf of American Vietnam-era Missing in Action and Prisoner of War Families. The film's screenplay"
"the Best Supporting Actress award at the 3rd Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China. In 2017, Gan starred in the historical romance drama ""General and I"". Gan Tingting Gan Tingting (; born 5 February 1986), also known as Bobo Gan, is a Chinese actress. Gan is noted for her performance in the Vietnam-China movie ""Hanoi, Hanoi"", for which she won Best Actress award at the Golden Kite Awards. She is also known for the television series ""All Men Are Brothers"" (2011), ""New Treasure Raider"" (2016) and ""General and I"" (2017). Gan was born and raised in Wuhu, Anhui. She"
"with subtle flourishes and delightful finishing touches."" In another review a few days later, the paper added - ""Especially fine are Nicholas Eadie as Phil, beginning as a finely crafted ordinary bloke and ending as a man who has experienced too much, and Nicole Kidman as the little sister who grows up. It is their relationship, brother and sister, which holds the whole thing together."" TV Week Logie Awards, 1988: Australian Film Institute Awards, 1987: Original broadcast: Channel 10, 23 February 1987 – 27 April 1987. ""Vietnam"" aired in the UK in 1988. Vietnam (miniseries) Vietnam is a (1987) Australian"
"at the University of Texas at Austin. The difficulties of working while wearing an ao dai link the dress to frailty and innocence, she wrote. Vietnamese writers who favor the use of the ao dai as a school uniform cite the inconvenience of wearing it as an advantage, a way of teaching students feminine behavior such as modesty, caution, and a refined manner. The ao dai is featured in an array of Vietnam-themed or related movies. In ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" (1987), Robin Williams's character is wowed by ao dai-clad women when he first arrives in Saigon. The 1992 films ""Indochine"""
"Adrian Cronauer Adrian Joseph Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018) was a United States Air Force Airman 1st Class and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film ""Good Morning, Vietnam"". Cronauer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 12 as a guest for a Pittsburgh-area children's amateur hour. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped found the forerunner of the university's college radio station WPTS-FM. Cronauer chose to enlist instead of waiting on the draft"
"day and night getting to know each other. The next morning they begin to explore the Viet Cong's underground tunnel network at Củ Chi. Led by Lieutenant Vic Hollowborn (Michael Pare) along with Platoon Sergeant Mike Heaney (Brad Schmidt) Corporal Dan Green (Wilson Bethel) and Privates Peter Harris (Mitch Eakins), Carl Johnson (Erik Eidem), Terence Verano (Rocky Marquette), Jonathon Porterson (), Dean Garraty (Adrian Collins), Samuel Graybridge (Brandon Fobbs), Jim Lidford (Nate Parker) and Bob Miller (Jeffery Christopher Todd). Armed with nothing more than bayonets, pistols, grenades and flashlights, the US soldiers take to the tunnels in search and destroy"
"of Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit for Channel 4, was partially shot at Beckton Alps while it was still a dry-ski slope. In the final hour or so of ""Full Metal Jacket"", Stanley Kubrick's 1987 movie portraying the Vietnam War, Matthew Modine (Private Joker), Adam Baldwin (Animal Mother) and their platoon go into Huế, a Vietnamese city, to clear it of Viet Cong and snipers. Kubrick had the whole gasworks selectively demolished and the art department then dressed the 'set' with latticework and appropriate advertising hoardings to make it believable. At one point the soldiers enter a building to flush"
"in the Vietnam War. Woods won a Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actor for the role in 1983, also earning nominations in 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, and 2012, multiple ""Soap Opera Digest"" Award nominations, and four MVP trophies from ""Soap Opera Update"". Vietnam War-veteran Bo arrives in the fictional city of Llanview, Pennsylvania, in November 1979, following his brother Clint (Clint Ritchie) from their native Texas. Clint had secured the chief editing position at Llanview's flagship newspaper, ""The Banner"", replacing the ailing husband and editor for ""Banner"" publisher Victoria Lord Riley (Erika Slezak), Joe Riley (Lee Patterson). Somewhat unlucky"
"(and Worst) War Movies of All Time"", ""Popular Mechanics"", characterized ""Bat*21"" as the ""Best Vietnam War Movie."" Bat*21 Bat*21 is a 1988 American war film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William C. Anderson, novelist and retired United States Air Force colonel. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is a dramatization based upon the rescue of a U.S. signals intelligence expert shot down behind enemy lines in Vietnam. The film stars Gene Hackman and Danny Glover with Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson and Joe Dorsey in supporting roles. During the last"
"that era. It was not until some years later that he was able to elicit interest in the proposal which became the film ""Good Morning, Vietnam"". The movie was based on his experiences as a Saigon-based DJ during the Vietnam War, where he served from 1965 to 1966. His program was known as the ""Dawn Buster"". According to Cronauer, other than the film's portrayal of him being a radio host, very little of the film reflects his experiences, except the bombing of a restaurant which Cronauer witnessed from nearby. A subsequent special program on National Public Radio about the role"
"stunt team, as well as Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung; the wire fu and wuxia films of Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Yuen Woo-Ping and Tsui Hark; the gun fu, heroic bloodshed and Triad films of Chow Yun-Fat, Ringo Lam and John Woo; and the girls with guns films of Michelle Yeoh and Moon Lee. Actors from the 1950s and 1960s, such as John Wayne, Steve McQueen, and Lee Marvin, passed the torch in the 1970s to actors such as Bruce Lee, Tom Laughlin, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, and Sonny Chiba. In the 1980s, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover"
"Papillon Soo Soo Papillon Soo Soo (born Papillon Soo Lam in 1961) is an English-Chinese model and actress, born to French and Chinese parents. Papillon Soo Soo appeared as Pan Ho in the 1985 James Bond film ""A View to a Kill"", the first of the three films that she has appeared in. She is best known for playing the role of the Da Nang hooker who uttered the famous ""Hey baby, you got girlfriend in Vietnam? Me so horny. Me love you long time,"" and ""Me sucky sucky"" lines in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film ""Full Metal Jacket"". The lines"
"The Iron Triangle (film) The Iron Triangle is a 1989 film about the Vietnam War shot in Sri Lanka and directed by Eric Weston. The story is based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong Soldier. This unique fact gives the movie a different perspective than many of the other movies about the Vietnam war and makes black and white distinctions about who were the ""good guys"" and ""bad guys"" a little more complicated. The film stars Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday, Jim Ishida, and Ping Wu. Each character helps bring to life the struggle"
"One of the first major films based on the Vietnam War was John Wayne's pro-war film, ""The Green Berets"" (1968). Further cinematic representations were released during the 1970s and 1980s, including Michael Cimino's ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978), Francis Ford Coppola's ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979), Oliver Stone's ""Platoon"" (1986) – based on his service in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, Stanley Kubrick's ""Full Metal Jacket"" (1987), ""Hamburger Hill"" (1987), ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989), and ""Casualties of War"" (1989). Later films would include ""We Were Soldiers"" (2002) and ""Rescue Dawn"" (2007). The war also influenced a generation of"