Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Barry Levinson
Written by	Mitch Markowitz
Story by	Adrian Cronauer
Produced by	Larry Brezner Mark Johnson
Starring	Robin Williams Forest Whitaker
Cinematography	Peter Sova
Edited by	Stu Linder
Music by	Alex North
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23) (United States)
Running time	121 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million[2]
Box office	$123.9 million[2]

Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war comedy 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 an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) DJ 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 DJ Adrian Cronauer.^[3]

Most of Williams's performances portraying Cronauer's radio broadcasts were improvisations. The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures (under its Touchstone Pictures banner) to critical and commercial success; for his work in the film, Williams won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2000, the film ranked number 100 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs" list, containing 100 movies considered the funniest in American cinema.