Release Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $20.00, standard-definition digital download $14.99, high-definition digital download $20.00
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The high-definition debut of Good Morning, Vietnam is timed to the comedy movie’s 25th birthday.
The 1987 film earned Robin Williams (Old Dogs) an Oscar nomination for his role as an unorthodox deejay who is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station during the war. His humor makes him popular with the troops, to the chagrin of middle management, but soon his job is affected by the realities of the war around him.
Directed by Barry Levinson (You Don’t Know Jack), the movie also stars Forest Whitaker (Platoon), Bruno Kirby (Donnie Brasco) and J.T. Walsh (Pleasantville).
The other star in the drama-infused film is, of course, the soundtrack, including the Beach Boys’ “I Get Around,” James Brown’s “I Feel Good” and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World,” to name a few. These are worth 5.1 DTS-HD audio!
The Good Morning, Vietnam 25th Anniversary Blu-ray contains the following special features, which were all on the special edition DVD
- movie production diaries
- “How the Movie Came to Be”
- “Actor Improv”
- “Music of the Movie”
- “Origin of the Good Morning, Vietnam Sign-On”
- “Shooting in Thailand”
- “Overview of the Film a Year Later”
- raw monologues
- original trailer and teaser
Another drama film that earned Williams an Oscar nomination got its Blu-ray debut the same day: Dead Poets Society.
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