In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: "Good Morning, Vietnam", which is a 1987 American war comedy-drama film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robert Williams as Airman Second Class Adrian Cronauer, a radio DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Service, who arrives in Vietnam to host a radio show, whose irreverent humour, his playing of rock and roll music, and his reading of censored news makes him hugely popular with the troops but an annoyance to his immediate superiors Lt. Steven Hauk (played by Bruno Kirby) and Sgt. Major Dickerson (played by J.T. Walsh). Loosely based upon the experiences of real life AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer, the film conveys a rollercoaster of emotions for the main character, Adrian Cronauer, as he struggles to balance doing wants he wants to do - to give his fellow troops on the front line of the Vietnam War some entertainment and light relief - with the harsh reality of seeing war up close up and being drawn into personal relationships with those on both sides of the war. The film also stars Forest Whitaker as Private Edward Garlick, Robert Wuhl as Marty Lee Dreiwitz, Noble Willingham as Gen. Taylor, Chintara Sukapatana as Trinh, as well as other great actors and real people who give wonderful, believeable, and emotional performances.
