dasharatham ( malayalam : ദശരഥം ) is a 1989 malayalam drama film written by a. k. lohithadas and directed by sibi malayil .

it stars mohanlal , rekha , murali , nedumudi venu , sukumaran , karamana janardanan nair , sukumari , kaviyoor ponnamma , k. p. a. c. lalitha and jayabharathi .

the music was composed by johnson .

the film deals with the subject of artificial insemination .

a. k. lohithadas won the kerala film critics award for best scriptwriter .

this is widely regarded as one of the best films from the writer-director duo lohithadas-sibi malayil .

dasharatham was the first malayalam movie officially dubbed and released in marathi .

it released in marathi as mazaa mulga ( meaning : my son ) .

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just watched # dasharatham . @ mohanlal sir at his best . especially emotional scenes . i am a kannadiga who admired ur masterpiece ! ! # respect
dasharatham : mohanlal delivered a mesmerising performance in the movie , which dealt with the subject of surrogacy . he played rajeev menon , a rich o… | pinteres…
@ kannuraan i was also plannin to watch rithu , but not yet decided . . sakudumbam shyamala ond . . so athu kanano ennum doubt , then # dasharatham
@ nimishhalkar # dasharatham is a clasic 1989 mohanlal flm wch dlt wit de subject of surrogacy ! p . s mohanlal ' s acting at its bst ! mst wac ! urltoken
dasharatham movie is all about rajiv menon ( mohnalal ) who is born into riches and who is an alcoholic womanizer with absolutely no aim in life . with no parents . . .
agashadoothu rt @ aashkey : not really ! . rt @ sadu _ arun # dasharatham rt @ aashkey : can anyone tell me the most tear jerking mallu movie ever ? . .
@ ashwinkgopal and how about # dasharatham ? it ' s my all time favorite . . . so natural . . . so perfect . . . again it ' s a villianless movie . . .
sibi malayil and lohitadas formed such a prolific combo in the eighties and nineties to pull of so many successful heartbreaking tearjerkers like thaniyavarthanam , bharatham , kireedom . dasharatham is one another gem in that elite list . its one pair , that we really wished , shouldn’t have split up as they never found such critical or commercial success individually after parting ways . johnson’s music once again proves a great asset to a movie with both the song ‘ mantharacheppundo’ and its theme version adding soul and depth to dasharatham .
very few writers could leave lump in our throats consistently at the end of their movies end like lohitadas did with almost his every other script . just like kireedom , bharatham or amaram , dasharatham also reminds you how much we miss the great writer today .
“redbus created a huge market for online bus ticketing , not even seen as a market by the big players , and helped create several other companies along the way , ” said dasharatham bitla , founder and chief executive of bitla software , which also develops bus travel management software .
siddharth menon is a playback singer and film actor from mumbai , india . menon has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band thaikkudam bridge . his rendition of
mandaracheppundo
from the movie dasharatham for a musical show
music mojo
in the malayalam channel kappa tv topped the music charts .
24 years ago , dasharaham told a unconventional story that was much ahead of its time . the concept of renting a womb , artificial insemination etc did not sit well with the audience back then and the movie did not get the success it deserved . but today dasharatham is a movie that a lot of us love watching many a time and also confounds us at the fact that we had such ace film makers in the past who could create such fresh and innovative stories .
i ' m tamil . malare kinda gets played here often on most crappy speakers , so i kinda know well it can get screwed up . i do like the song quite a bit much tho ! i ' ve seen limited malayalam films - dasharatham , munnariyippu and a few nivin pauly movies . i ' m not a big fan of ar rahman ( and my favorites of him are not really the popular ones - see my reply to aornic ) , but his songs get played around often and i kinda know them well as well .
dasharatham which released in 1989 told the story of a rich reckless young man , rajiv menon , who is alcoholic and has no aim in life . he gets attached to his friend’s children during their family’s stay at his house and decides to rent a womb and get a child through artificial insemination . the character might look crazy on paper but mohanlal’s awe - inspiring portrayal gives rajiv menon a whole different dimension on screen . when he tells nedumudi venu – ‘thommiye eniku tharumo’ or tells karamana janaardhanan – ‘njan avanu oru adi kodukatte uncle’ , mohanlal amuses us with his innocence .
from tamil star surya to malayalam actor ganesh , one common thing a lot of them use to say about mohanlal is that even his fingers and fingernails can act . in dasharatham’s climax , when mohanlal rests his hand on sukumari’s shoulder and tells her - ” annie mone snehikunna pole maggieku enne snehikaamo’ , you could just watch his fingers and you would understand what they all mean . mohanlal’s terrific acting quite ably supported by the ever versatile sukumari and a hauntingly beautiful background score makes sure lohitadas’s well scripted climax is one that viewed by many of us multiple times and which stays with you for long anytime you watch it .
there is a general notion that even if you don’t have a great script or character for mohanlal , if you can cast him as a drunkard throughout a movie , you could have wonderful returns . hello is a fine example of this where the makers produced a huge hit just at a time when mohanlal was having flops and siddeeq too tried the same with the recent ‘ladies and gentlemen’ . there are few actors in the business who could match up to mohanlal’s flamboyance when he acts drunk . in dasharatham too , he just sizzles on screen as you see in several instances like his introduction scene where he asks random people in the bar to give him a company , when he gets out and walks into the glass door and when he gets into the jeep and searches for the steering .
dasharatham movie is all about rajiv menon ( mohnalal ) who is born into riches and who is an alcoholic womanizer with absolutely no aim in life . with no parents to guide him and with the family business being run by a trusted manager pillai ( karamana janardanan nair ) , rajiv is free to waste his life and money on drinks and debauchery . a close friend scariah ( nedumudi venu ) with his wife and children come over to stay at rajiv’s palatial house for a week . soon rajiv gets attached to one of scariah ' s children and decides that he wants to have a child of his own , but neither does he want to get married nor does he want to adopt a baby . good friend , guide and philospher dr . hameed ( sukumaran ) advises rajiv to rent a womb . they come across a former football player chandradas ( murali ) who is in dire need of money for an operation , his wife annie ( rekha ) agrees to give birth to rajiv’s child through artificial insemination . both charandas and annie aren’t happy about the decision – it’s clearly a desperate solution to their financial needs .
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rajeev , an orphan eccentric millionaire , has his own strange taste towards everything . with less knowledge about family relationships , he struggles hard to achieve his aim to become a father without marrying .
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rajeev menon ( mohanlal ) is a wealthy orphan , a spoilt rich brat who grew up to be an eccentric millionaire . while his trusty manager ( karamana janardhanan nair ) takes care of his vast estates , rajeev drowns his days in alcohol . his lack of values stems from bitter childhood memories of his mother deserting his father . his eccentricities vary from picking up drunken brawls with strangers to wanting to experience ' interesting ' things in life like being handcuffed by the police . winds of change gush into his lonely life when he agrees to play host to his friend scaria ' s ( nedumudi venu ) family for the vacation . scaria ' s brood of mischievous kids take a liking to rajeev . as they tear his palatial house down , they also make him realize what he ' s been missing in life . once they leave , he feels a void in his existence which he intends to fill by adopting a child . when he is denied adoption due to his wayward ways , his friend dr . hameed ( sukumaran ) suggests artificial insemination as a way of . . .
the film was released on 19 october 1989 and has a running time of 154 minutes .
i just happened to watch this movie . loved the storyline , the direction and every character . the songs are brilliant too . it is so heart touching and beautifully portrayed . an underrated movie , this truly deserves a 10 . the storyline and mohanlal ' s character feels so real . a must watch malayalam movie and my all time favorite actor is at his best . most actors in the movie have showed a brilliant performance . the direction is amazing and the song is extremely beautiful . watch it if you haven ' t already !
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the bestest climax ever made in malayalam . none could beat this till date . mohanlal - you are quite astonishing !
during the final portions of the movie where he visits murali’s house and asks to hold his son for one last time , later when he tells annie – ‘ninniloode njan puthiyathu palathum padikkan thudangukayaanu’ and in the closing scene with sukumari , mohanlal makes a wonderful transition as his character learns some new lessons in life and he just tugs at our heartstrings with his brilliant and effortless acting .
‘namuku gramangalil chennu rapaarkam , athikalathu munthirithoppukalil poyi munthirivalli thalirthu poovidukayum mathalanarakam pookukkayum cheytho ennu nokkaam…’ solomon ( mohanlal ) tells sofia ( shari ) this and asks her to check bible for the rest of the lines . a proposal in malayalam cinema has never been so beautiful before or after . padmarajan’s 1986 movie – ‘namuku parkaan munthiri thoppukal’ released with [ … ]
“ഞാൻ വല്ലപ്പോഴും ഇത്തിരി കുടിച്ചിരുന്നത് എന്തെങ്കിലും ആഘോഷങ്ങളൊക്കെ ഉണ്ടാകുമ്പോഴാണ് . . ഇപ്പോ ഞാൻ കുടിക്കുന്നത് സ്വസ്ഥതക്കു വേണ്ടി ആണ് . ഞാൻ തനിച്ചായിരുന്നപ്പോ എനിക്ക് സ്വസ്ഥത ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു . എന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിലും ചിന്തയിലും ഒക്കെ അപ്പോ സിനിമ മാത്രമേ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുള്ളു . എല്ലാം പോയി . . i lost everything everything . . ” i think udayananu tharam has one of mohanlal’s most underrated performances since 2000 . the more restrained or subtle mohanlal is in a [ … ]
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at first annie just wants to get over with the 9 month pregnancy period , handover the baby and move on with life . the usually rash and immature rajiv is now a changed man , reading up books on pregnancy , child birth and making sure that annie stays in an atmosphere that is cheerful , beautiful and is taken care of by nurses , provided with the best diet and so on to ensure the birth of a healthy and happy baby . he is completely taken up by the thought of having a child , the thought of finally having someone he can call his own . but by the time of the child’s birth annie gets emotionally attached to the life that’s taking shape in her womb and refuses to part with the baby . how the two ultimately resolve their conflicting interests forms the climax of the film .
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for the uninitiated , imagine toying with the concept of ' artificial insemination ' in the 80s and that too during a period when the indian society was still overcoming the british raj hang over and the pangs of conservatism ! surely the efforts , if not the movie ' dasaratham ' itself needs to be lauded for it is indeed a brave attempt . considering that the lohi - sibi - lal were at the helm of affairs it was destined to stand out as a jewel in indian cinema .
watching the movie for the first time , i was blown away by the audacity of lohi to even come up with a story that could well have had the conservatists demanding for his execution ! i am pretty certain that the movie would have met with a fair amount of consternation at that time but eventually it prevailed over these impediments to give us one of the most touching films . clearly the golden period of malayalam cinema also meant that lohi was at his writing peak and thank goodness for it .
the most telling aspect of ' dasaratham ' is the treatment rendered to the script by lohi and sibi . had the same movie been made in tamil , i am certain it would be vulgar , obscene and highly objectionable . there is not a moment in the movie where you sense any vulgarity or obscenity and that according to me is perhaps the usp of the movie performances notwithstanding . in this sense i feel this also sibi ' s best directorial venture to date . he could have easily crossed the line and made it crass but instead he decided it should a classic ! kudos to sibi .
coming to the performances - lal is just phenomenal . he underscores his genius in this cult classic . he brings to the table his entire repertoire of acting skills and displays the whole range of emotions in his own inimitable restrained style . to show case comic skills and the ability to emote they way he did in the climax is just top notch . the body language of lal especially in the climax just before he asks sukumari to be his mom is brilliant , the trembling hand before he asks sukumari the question is etched vividly to this day in my mind . lal shines like an incandescent light throughout the movie .
murali ( expected ) and rekha ( surprisingly ) have turned in performances that would leave the movie goers at the end of the movie on their feet and clapping . murali is without doubt a jewel in the actors guild but highly underrated for reasons beyond my comprehension . the helplness portrayed by these actors in varyiing degrees of the movie is highly commendable . nedumudi venu is brilliant as usual .
the film is to be watched , admired and celebrated as a classic for a long time to come .
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omewhere in 2006 when phanindra sama and his friends approached the indus entrepreneurs ( tie ) for support to incubate their raw business solution as a venture , it introduced them to their first mentor , anand rajaram , himself a successful entrepreneur and a seed investor .
the first advice he gave to sama and his teammates made a lasting impression on the minds of these aspiring entrepreneurs and led them to build one of the most successful ecommerce ventures in the country .
rajaram told them he often felt surprised and laughed at people who spend a lot of money on t - shirts with logos of well - known brand to earn respect from others . instead , they should buy clothes that give comfort .
the moral of the story for the team was to be careful about their spending habits . it should be need - based , instead of massaging egos and earning respect . till date , not just sama but most of the team management prefer to travel by buses when going to neighbouring cities to do jobs that can wait for the time spent on a night’s travel .
rajaram , who spent his initial years at wipro working closely with its founder chairman azim premji , used to tell the redbus founding team stories on how the latter never compromises on the value system and never takes short - cuts like bribery to get work done .
aybe , we could have grown a little faster by getting work done by paying a bribe but that was never meant to be long - lasting , ” says sama , the co - founder and chief executive of pilani soft labs , which owns the redbus platform .
the company , recently acquired by south african media giant naspers through its indian subsidiary , ibibogroup , for around $ 120 million ( around rs 790 crore today ) , has since grown at a scorching pace to establish a virtual monopoly in the bus ticketing market in india .
it commands a whopping 65 per cent market share in this segment , issuing 12 million bus tickets a year , with a gross merchandise value ( gmv ) of around rs 600 crore . the platform developed by sama and his two other colleagues , charan padmaraju and sudhakar pasupunuri , initially as a not - for - profit initiative , today supports 1 , 200 bus operators belonging to 24 states , apart from the road transport corporations of five states .
“redbus is the dominant online bus ticket aggregator , with a well - recognised brand among bus travellers , as demonstrated by its market share , growth , quality of traffic and conversation rates , and with deep relationships among major luxury bus operators , ” said nitin nayar , managing director , warburg pincus india .
“further , redbus is developing proprietary data to strengthen its long - term lead . user reviews on the consumer side , and custom analytics to help operators plan routes and offer dynamic pricing will ensure all participants continue to be engaged with the platform , even as the market becomes more competitive , ” nayar added .
hat made redbus grow at such a past pace ? sama says there are many factors . from the external point of view , it could be the sheer luck of identifying the right opportunity at the right time .
“when we started this , internet was not that big . we were perhaps slightly ignorant , because nobody else believed that even so many number of bus tickets could be sold though internet . otherwise , somebody else would have started , ” says sama .
for sama and his friends , the idea of developing an online bus ticketing platform came out of their personal need , to address an issue most bus passengers face .
it started after sama failed to get a bus to his home city during the durga puja time in 2005 . when he proposed an idea to develop this platform , his other two co - founders who were staying in the same flat liked it very much . they started taking the help of a few other techies ( in fact , initially seven of them had started working on developing the platform ) , who were staying in the same flat . the idea was to empower bus operators by providing this as an open source platform . but it never clicked , as not many were ready to take it even as free . at this juncture , someone suggested they approach tie .
s advised by their mentor , sama and his team had to first identify the market opportunities for their venture . they decided to start with karnataka . there was no study done to evaluate this industry . at that stage , they did not have funds to appoint anybody to do it . so , they decided to do it themselves .
“we went to kalasipalyam ( a place in bangalore from where most private buses operate ) and checked shop by shop . they gave some information but that was based more on guess . so , we tried to find the most repetitive number . that’s how we did the survey , ” recalls sama .
thus , the team gave shape to a company known for its flagship redbus platform . sama virtually built a sector that was almost non - existent and created the market and the demand .
edbus created a huge market for online bus ticketing , which was not even seen as a market by the big players and helped create several other companies along the way , ” he added .
redbus and sama never looked back since then . with an initial funding of just rs 2 . 5 crore from seedfund in 2007 and a subsequent round by inventus of around rs 8 crore ( rs 80 million ) , the company started growing at a scorching pace from the first year .
from just rs 50 lakh of gmv in the first year ( it’s for six months as the company started in august ) to rs 5 crore ( rs 50 million ) in the second year and rs 30 crore ( rs 300 million ) in the third year . the gmv had hit rs 600 crore ( rs 6 billion ) in 2012 , when the company last publicly disclosed the figure .
apart from giving birth to the online bus ticketing industry , redbus engine today runs on most of the competing online bus ticketing platforms . the bus ticketing platforms of the competitions such as makemytrip , expedia and urltoken share the revenues with it for every ticket booked using its platform .
and that is what sama believes in . “in internet , there is space for only one company in every field of internet . for example , we only have one popular search engine , one popular social platform . so there is always a big race to become that large company because all of them know that unless they become large , they will become smaller and smaller and die one day , ” concludes sama .
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only the genius of mohanlal could pull this off ! the complexity of the lower caste kathakali artist kunikuttan ' s character earning for his father ' s acceptance and grieving over his estranged son has been performed extremely graciously by him . this is perhaps one of the greatest characters he has ever performed ! and rightfully so he received his 3rd national award for best actor with this !
this particular scene is considered as one of the most heart wrenching scenes in malayalam movie history . a distraught rajiv menon ' s emotions have been brought to life by mohanlal to create an extremely emotional climax to the classic .
sethumadhavan is perhaps one of the most unforgettable performances by the stalwart ! the angst of shattered dreams as well as the gravity between the father ( brilliantly portrayed by another maestro - thilakan ) and the aspiring police officer son is showcased brilliantly in this sibi malayil masterpiece . this movie fetched him his first national award !
manichitrathazhu is a landmark movie in malayalam cinema on many fronts . the look of fear is evident on dr . sunny ' s face as he tries to comfort a worried nakul is depicted with ease by mohanlal . to stand out considering that shobhana has provided one of the best performances as a mentally unstable ganga in this technical masterpiece is a feat in itself . dr . sunny is as fondly remembered just as ganga is feared by the malayalis all around the world .
this movie shows the versatility of mohanlal . gifted with one of the finest comic timings , he makes you laugh clinching your stomach and then he makes you cry .
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sethu madhavan in chenkol . one of the best movies in which a character grows and matures in front of your eyes . i consider this as mohanlal ' s the most powerful character in malayalam . not poetic , not heroic , but the simple frustration of a common man due to the circumstances he is thrown into . just watch the below scene . the first time i saw this , i was mesmorized . i didnt see
lalettan
. i only saw sethu . i dont know if there exists one with english subtitle though . if anyone wants to know , i will translate when free : )
the film revolves around t . p . balagopalan ( mohanlal ) , a middle class post - graduate salaried person , who wants to build himself and also needs to take care of his extended family members . the film went over factors influencing kerala of the 1980s such as widespread unemployment , poverty , and the poor economy .
the film is the story of a doctor played by mohanlal , who unknowingly kills his junior played by vineeth in medical college ragging , while he was a senior student and that incident always haunting his guilty mind and his reciprocation towards vineeth ' s poor family . ultimately he helps vineeth ' s sister parvathy to become a doctor .
it tells the tale of balan ( mohanlal ) who ' s on the lookout for revenge against raju ( salim ghouse ) for the murder of balan ' s wife .
' s perspective . how , in the absence of his elder brother , bharath takes the responsibility of the family and hides his griefs is the core of the story .
the story is about convict sathyanathan ( mohanlal ) sentenced to death following multiple murders ( of two adult men and two girl - children ) he has committed and his subsequent prison life till death .
) as a once respected dance teacher turned a drunkard after his wife ' s death at the kerala kala mandiram .
the film deals with the relationship between siblings unnikrishnan ( mohanlal ) and meenakshi ( vinduja menon ) who have an almost 30 year age difference between them .
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he plays the role of a jeep driver who finds his childhood friends to prove his innocence after 30 yrs .
its a movie dealing with alcoholism , mohanlal plays the role of raghunandan a tv show host an alcoholic .
oh ! my god…there will be a big list . he is one of the best and the most complete actor the country has ever scene . during the 80’s and 90’s often termed as “golden age of malayalam cinema” , there are so many characters that he has performed where nobody can match with him .
there are also movies where his screen presence is just for 15 minutes or even less than that and that one small portion will speak about his acting excellence . these are some of them ,
mohanlal the complete actor and he acting in malayalam industry around 3 decades . there are many unforgettable role are there and he is very flexible actor and he can suite any role . some of best roles played by mohanlal is sethumadhavan in kireedam , its hurt touching movie and its about father son relationship . onother strong character played by mohanlal is aaduthomma in sphadikam , its ever green action movie and thomma one of the strong character . vishnu in chithram is make every one cry , only mohanlal can act there character in malayalam industry .
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this is one of the cult classic film of mohanlal . a . k . lohithadas won kerala film critics award for best script writer . the movie is partly adapted from the korean movie the surrogate woman .
one of many finest hours in malayalam cinema . very few actors can pull of childishness and sincere vulnerability with equal elan and depth like lalettan . as for the final scene it ; s one of the most heart breaking in indian cinema .
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nothing beats stuff ( of decent / good enough production and mastering ) that you are intensely familiar with .
when i demo ' d the orpheus , i listened to tracks i had known for at least a decade by artists like pink floyd , nine inch nails and prince .
beyond that , i even find stuff like k - pop ( slick production , overly processed vocals ) to be a good test of how headphones perform on different types of music . the hd800 butchers k - pop , especially female groups because of the shrill vocal production , but the omni and elear accentuate the low end and mids to make the sound have more body to it while taming the highs . the he - 500 is more towards the omni and elear ' s end of the spectrum . whenever i mention how a headphone performs on
electropop
in my reviews , i usually just mean k - pop but am too self - conscious to mention it on video .
beyond that , binaural recordings and stuff like this ( not a binaural recording but similar in feel ) are great for testing soundstage and imaging . due to using these , i found that the hd800 was a clear winner in all headphones that i ' ve reviewed in these categories .
edit : i ' d also like to highlight
dreams
by fleetwood mac . hell , the entire rumours album is a great test for audio equipment .
i was on the fence between the hd650 and he - 400i , but then i put on
the chain
and suddenly the sennheiser wasn ' t an option any more .
so the elear isn ' t the hd800 killer ? ( i got badly carried away by innerfidelitys - wall - fame ) .
it is for my tastes , overall . but it ' s apples and oranges really .
what do you think would suit my tastes tho ( my reply to op has what i love for now ) ? and i kinda love headphones that demolish autotune / huge modulation in voice in exchange for magic when it comes to acoustic and 70s and a little bit of synthetic music . i do like electronic and pop , but the daft punk and backstreet boys kinda stuff . and if i am right , minority by green day should sound better on elear than 800 or is it the other way around ?
and eager about the hd598 review . i have one , just curious to learn what i ' m missing out from high end headphones . . if possible please compare the 598 against hd600 and hd800 , ( i know mine is gonna be crushed , but still curious )
all the ones you mentioned are better on the elear , especially if you like indian soundtracks by the likes of ar rahman where there ' s a lot going on .
i ' ll review the hd598 in the near future , need to do an iem on loaner first . i can already tell you that it ' s warmer than the hd800 . the soundstage is comparable to the elear and hd600 in my view , even though i heard from people that the 598 has a wider soundstage than the hd600 .
no doing ar rahman well is not a criterion for headphones for me . my favorite arr albums are not very popular ( ayutha ezhuthu , new , uyire / dil se , may maadham , kangalal kaidhu sei , boys , guru , shivaji the boss ) . as a matter of fact i hate most ar rahman songs that came after 2007 ( but it ' s nice to see him being popular abroad ) . his songs are played around here often and just kinda know them well , so i use it when testing my headphones . but i do love indian voices like shreya ghoshal ' s ( especially barso re ) , hariharan and chitra and indian classical music and instruments like sitar , mridangam , etc . .
my major preferences are pink floyd , michael jackson especially those 2 albums i mentioned , followed by the songs i specifically mentioned for testing like summertime sadness , alphabeat , minority , that soundstage bubbles song , those sound tracks and artists like sarah jarosz ( especially ring them bells ) , mariah carey , daft punk , etc . . so yep quite a lot of genres . in your elear review , i guess you mentioned hd800 does focused songs like pink floyd better and that kinda got me , but i do listen to chunky songs like minority as well . i do listen to other electronic / dubstep but they are hardly a priority for me .
my tracks kept changing with new gear . my first one was kryptonite , the sound magic e10 did that song some real good justice , drums were very punchy . then when i got my vsd3s , i knew songs with lots of female vocals , dubstep and 70s classics . three particular songs i thought i knew end to end was bet my life by imagine dragons , dreams by beck and the right time by the corrs . but now hd598 s came and my current test tracks ( including what i obtained from my vsd3s ) are
michael jackson - man in the mirror ( emotion , feel , mids and highs . . became my most favorite after hd598 came )
enrique iglesias - why not me , disclosure ft sam smith - latch , the script - walk away ( bass quality and coherence with rest of spectrum ) .
michael jackson - blood on the dance floor . ( the chorus around 3 . 15 ) michael jackson - butterflies ( the backgroud female vocals that come around the later part of the song ) - ( both for testing if any mids is being submerged / compressed and fighting for room , and testing choruses brings out the best in mids )
s . o . a . d - b . y . o . b , and some raps like eminem - lose yourself ( check how effortlessly i can make out the lyrics , lesser the effort better the headphones . they flow like butter out of my hd598 )
norah jones - don ' t know why , bjork - quiet , cranberries - zombie , lana del ray - summertime sadness ( extremely quiet masters , show how contrasting sounds your headphone can produce especially when it played after alphabeat ) . . will show if your source is under driving your headphones .
metallica - nothing else matters , avenged sevenfold - hail to the king , mariah carey - always be my baby ( coherence , ease of understanding lyrics especially in hail to the king , feel and continuity ) . i also use always be my baby as sub bass nsturality / existence if any test ( 12 to 22 seconds )
the corrs - toss the feathers , cma - fragments of the past , audiomachine - breath and life , baptiste thirty - dreams ( non vocal music ) .
soundtracks - hans zimmer ( especially inception ) , thomas newman , james horner ( this guy ' s my most favourite ) , james newton howard . . american beauty soundtrack is pretty amazing to test stuff .
quite a bit of v shaped , bass head or dubstep tracks . skrillex - bangarang ( feat . sirah ) , benny benassi ft . gary go - cinema ( skrillex remix )
sennheisers test tracks of hd800 or orpheis . . found them somewhere on youtube and they were damn impressive even on my vsd3s .
this malayalam song is one of my favorites , so i kinda know it pretty well .
some videos from the net like ads ( they have some really epic music ) and some live stage performances like world of dance for testing emotion , stage feel , realism and sub bass quality / existence . soundstage as well to an extent , but realism > too much soundstage in this case .
i listen to a looot of genres - vocals , instrumentals , orchestras , live videos , short films , lots of ads and adventure videos like devinsupertramp and music from 70s classic 8 / 90s pop to modern hip hop , dubstep , electronica , metal , etc and am open to trashing my old collection and moving to newer ones . fortunately i ' ve never had to trash much other than some chris brown , justin bieber and the likes stuff . but my favorites wavered a lot before settling on the 70s greats of pink floyd ( shine on you crazy diamonds , crying song , us and them , brain damage ) , the doors ( the end , riders in the storm ) , eagles and queen . so much feel , coherence and complexity , yet simple . and exceptional talent . if these felt spot on on any headphone , it ' ll be my end game . and i also find michael jackson ' s invincible ( especially speechless , heaven can wait and break of dawn ) and dangerous ( could there be anyone who doesn ' t like this album ? ) albums to be incredibly good for enjoying and testing . they have all tests in one package . they sound good on anything decent , but they keep scaling as the equipment quality increases . none of my headphones keep me contended with these and give me one big reason to go down the rabbit hole .
i wouldn ' t be surprised if all other songs got replaced from this list with my next headphone , except those 4 70s greats and invincible and dangerous . the soundtracks i mentioned are pretty deep as well .
i also listen to some ar rahman music on new headphones , not because i ' m a fan or anything , just because i know them pretty well and his songs are mastered very well . they are decent but nothing special to test for me .
and sometimes you can confirm your headphone is excellent if it shows how horrible some music / mastering is . lot of people say rhcp sounds bad on good headphones , but to me songs like scar tissue and hey oh sound just fine on all my gear . . i haven ' t tried californication yet tho ! ! . i have certain youtube tracks that have pretty bad mastering , random jumping and popping of music and my hd598 show them clearly well , like a magnifying gslass . kinda makes me feel very good about them .
i think quite a lot of songs above could be used for testing imaging and timbre , but i ' m newbie when it comes to audio , and i don ' t know musical instruments any good . so can ' t comment on that .
and yes , one song will never make it for me . i never get excited for reviews stating about 10 - 15 minute experiences , except if for pink floyd , doors or eagles .
i like your style man - also i like your comments on the songs , im only 1 quater through but lovin most so far .
they ' ve put out apologies with albums for not sounding as good as they wanted , albums that years later are still held in exceptional regard for their quality . they ' re studio perfectionists . . .


good morning , vietnam is a 1987 american military comedy-drama 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 ' radio broadcasts were improvised .

the film was a 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 .

the film is number 100 on the list of the " american film institute 's 100 funniest american movies " .

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good morning , vietnam cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of good morning , vietnam actors includes any good morning , vietnam actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each good morning , vietnam actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of good morning , vietnam have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
actor robin williams in character as air force disc - jockey adrian cronauer in director barry levinson ' s 1987comedy drama ,
good morning vietnam .
as
good morning , vietnam
takes place two decades ago , one of walker ' s first tasks was to import vintage props and materials .
just how much of the fresh , cheeky williams brilliance was going up the chimney can now be seen in ' ' good morning , vietnam . ' '
actor robin williams , who died on monday , got his breakout movie role in
good morning vietnam ,
a fictionalized account of adrian cronauer ' s stint in vietnam as an air force disc jockey .
adrian cronauer , left , shown in a 1987 photo , talks with army times about actor and comedian robin williams , who portrayed cronauer in the 1987 movie
good morning vietnam .
real - life ' vietnam ' dj recalls williams ' portrayal actor robin williams , who died on monday , got his breakout movie role in
good morning vietnam ,
a fictionalized account of adrian cronauer ' s stint in vietnam as an air force disc jockey . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
in looking for a suitable location to film
good morning , vietnam
levinson and johnson , accompanied by production designer roy walker , explored many possible sites before settling on the bustling capital .
in working together on
good morning , vietnam ,
robin williams and his lovely co - star , like their celluloid counterparts , learned to communicate with each other without the benefit of a shared language .
what you end up with in
good morning , vietnam
is a peculiar hybrid - - a robin williams concert movie welded clumsily onto the plot from an old danny kaye picture . and neither half works .
there is no stock footage in ' good morning , vietnam , '
emphasizes mark johnson .
everything in the film , including the montage sequences that resemble old newsreel material , was created especially for this movie .
everyone thinks they’re a comedian . or , at least , they do behind the ranks in saigon , vietnam in the 1987 film “good morning , vietnam . ” adrian cronauer ( played by a 36 - year - old robin williams ) is flown in from the isle of crete , to be a radio dj and provide a much - needed morale boost for the american troops . but there’s a war at the radio station when adrian’s quips fail to make some of his superiors laugh . things get political when adrian learns hard lessons about whose side he’s really on during the vietnam war . it’s been 25 years since this bunch of wisecracks teamed up for “good morning , vietnam” and our friends at urltoken find out where they are now . photos : see all the pics of ' good morning , vietnam’ – where are they now 25 years later
recognizing its value as a motion picture property , brezner and client robin williams engaged markowitz to write the screenplay and then approached the team of producer mark johnson and director barry levinson about bringing
good morning , vietnam
to the screen .
stepping off the plane in bangkok , where principal photography on
good morning , vietnam
took place , both the cast and the british - american crew had an immediate
sense of place ,
as the temperature registered near 110 degrees .
make no mistake about it : mr . williams ' s performance , though it ' s full of uproarious comedy , is the work of an accomplished actor . ' ' good morning , vietnam ' ' is one man ' s tour de force .
good morning , vietnam made him a movie star . he’d done some movies but they hadn’t worked on a popular basis . the audiences knew adrian cronauer was the role robin was destined to play . the moment it opened he was a movie star .
the first time i met him was a luncheon just before we went to bangkok for four months to film good morning , vietnam . it was a transformative film for barry [ levinson , who directed ] , for robin [ williams ] and for me .
in a strange , subtle way , “good morning , vietnam” is not so much about war as it is about stand - up comedy , about the need that compels people to get up in front of the room and try to make us laugh - to control us .
good morning , vietnam was comedian robin williams’s breakthrough film that transformed him into a major star . loosely based on the true - life experiences of adrian cronauer as a broadcaster for armed forces radio during the vietnam war , the film not only portrays cronauer’s battle with the military censors , but also shows the deadly consequences when censorship is applied in an arbitrary fashion .
robin williams is the heart and soul of everything this film is , finding a perfect balance between his frantic comedy and weighted dramatics . if you ' re going to watch ' good morning vietnam ' , you ' re going to watch it for robin williams and robin williams alone .
biography ,
and there was a morning man there by the name of reeves cordick and he sort of owned morning drive - time radio . my conception of what a good morning show should sound like was pretty much what cordick did , so i deliberately fashioned and modeled my show on that .
once he was stationed in vietnam , cronauer tried to duplicate the sound of stateside radio by including top 40 hits with his comic monologues which were usually pre - recorded . however , unlike the character in the film who gets shipped stateside early , cronauer served his full 12 - month tour in vietnam .
robin williams was finally given a showcase for his extraordinary improvisational skills in this , the first comedy set in vietnam . based on the story of real - life armed forces radio disc jockey adrian cronauer , good morning , vietnam begins in 1965 , as cronauer ( williams ) arrives in saigon , imported because his comedic broadcasts have proven a huge morale - booster . . . read more
rounding out the cast is a quartet of actors who are alumni of levinson ' s previous film
tin men ;
bruno kirby , j . t . walsh , richard portnow and ralph tabakin lend their considerable talents and professionalism to
good morning , vietnam
as cronauer ' s fellow servicemen .
unaware of how fertile the land was , walker and his co - workers planted a rice field in the area surrounding their constructed community of huts . the rice grew in so quickly , though , that the
good morning , vietnam
team had to harvest the crop and replant before shooting could begin .
' good morning , vietnam ' is not an easy film to label ,
concludes mark johnson .
audiences will discover that although it is set against a serious backdrop , it has great humor . i find the co - existence of these two elements in one movie to be very exciting .
from the very inception of the project ,
remarks producer larry brezner ,
the dream was to make ' good morning , vietnam ' as a metaphor for the war . in early 1965 , no one was taking the vietnam situation very seriously , but by the end of the year , the number of troops had increased by the thousands . 1965 was the year that jekyll became hyde .
for the final week of shooting , the
good morning , vietnam
unit moved to phuket , a lush tropical island located at the southern tip of thailand . it was in the remote area that roy walker and his associates built the vietnamese village that appears in the film as tuan and trinh ' s home .
it ' s not necessarily the situation that has to be funny , but what the characters do and say in the situation that produces laughter ,
comments levinson .
the humor in ' good morning , vietnam ' stems from robin williams ' characterization of a radio d . j . and his outrageous behavior on the air .
make no mistake about it : mr . williams ' s performance , though it ' s full of uproarious comedy , is the work of an accomplished actor . ' ' good morning , vietnam ' ' is one man ' s tour de force . making ( air ) waves - good morning , vietnam , directed by barry levinson ; written by mitch markowitz ; director of photography , peter sova ; edited by stu linder ; music by alex north ; production designer , roy walker ; produced by mark johnson and larry brezner ; released by touchstone pictures in association with silver screen partners iii . at loews 84th street six , at broadway ; cinema 2 , third avenue at 60th street .
one of the most poignant elements in
good morning , vietnam
is the relationship that develops between adrian cronauer and trinh , the vietnamese girl who captivates the outgoing disc - jockey with her beauty and shyness . as captured by levinson , the scenes between cronauer and the young woman serve as a sensitively - drawn framework around a picture of growing ugliness and violence .
the advance press has suggested that his new movie ,
good morning , vietnam ,
will change all that . and the movie does live up to part of its billing : it gives us a lot of robin williams . but it hardly delivers on the promise of giving us the pure , undiluted williams - - williams at his best . what ' s more , it ' s not even close to being his best movie . it ' s not even close to being good .
but while he’s assaulting the microphone , levinson is doing something fairly subtle in the movie around him . he has populated “good morning , vietnam” with a lot of character actors who are fairly complicated types , recognizably human , and with the aid of the script they set a trap for williams . his character is edged into a corner where he must have human emotions , or die .
robin williams delivers his quintessential comedic performance as army dj adrian cronauer . deployed to vietnam to host a morning radio show , cronauer ' s hilarious rants are a hit with the troops in the field but a headache for his by - the - book superiors .
located at the center of mui ne , good morning vietnam is an authentic italian restaurant that offers a wide range of superior quality foods at reasonable prices . the natural decor , the well spaced tables and chairs , the pleasant atmosphere and an extensive menu make the restaurant a treat . the restaurant specializes in pizza made fresh from wood fired oven , pasta home made and classic , home made italian desserts , ice cream and italian coffee . the menu varies from imported meats to local seafoods and fish . in addition , a good selection of imported red and white wines exquisitely complements the menu . it opens everyday from morning to late evening , free delivery is available .
robin williams was finally given a showcase for his extraordinary improvisational skills in this , the first comedy set in vietnam .
playing with your emotions until the very end ,
good morning , vietnam
is the type of film that will have you thinking a certain way about something until it is completey turned around into something different . beginning as a comedy about a dj who has come to vietnam to run a radio station in hopes to lighten the mood of troops in the war and to give a quirky version of the serious news to people around the country . although it is the reason he is brought in , it may also be the reason they want him to leave . one thing leads to another and the film does a total 180 , turning into an all out drama where robin williams gives one of his best performances ever . extremely well - written , well - directed , and superbly acted by everyone ,
good morning , vietnam
is easily one of the best films i ' ve ever seen robin williams in .
good morning , vietnam [ dvd ] [ 1988 ] : urltoken robin williams , forest whitaker , tung thanh tran , chintara sukapatana , bruno kirby , robert wuhl , j . t . walsh , noble willingham , richard edson , juney smith , richard portnow , floyd vivino , peter sova , barry levinson , stu linder , ben moses , harry benn , larry brezner , mark johnson , mitch markowitz : dvd & blu - ray
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
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i know there are other ways to read this material . “good morning , vietnam” works as straight comedy and as a vietnam - era “mash , ” and even the movie’s love story has its own bittersweet integrity . but they used to tell us in writing class that if we wanted to know what a story was really about , we should look for what changed between the beginning and the end . in this movie , cronauer changes . war wipes the grin off of his face . his humor becomes a humanitarian tool , not simply a way to keep him talking and us listening .
in the role of tuan , the young vietnamese boy who is befriended by cronauer , is tung thanh tran . an eighteen - year - old refugee who escaped from saigon with his family in 1979 , tran was discovered in chicago , where he was attending high school and working part - time in a vietnamese community center . returning to his roots to act in
good morning , vietnam
was an experience the fledgling actor will not soon forget .
the film is distinctive for being hollywood ' s first vietnam comedy and among the first movies to treat the vietnamese themselves as real people .
had come out . vietnam was still considered box - office poison , and not only that - i ' m doing a comedy ! nobody could envision how you could do anything that ' s going to be humorous about vietnam . i think they saw it as some kind of goody comedy , like abbott and costello in vietnam - a service comedy .
regardless , scenarist mitch markowitz ( who had written for the
this is the perfect role for robin ,
says producer mark johnson , who also takes to the boards in
good morning , vietnam
as adrian cronauer ' s compatriot sloan .
nobody else works with the inventiveness , the quickness and the zaniness of robin williams . when he sat down in the control booth to do the scenes involving cronauer ' s broadcasts , we just let the cameras roll . he managed to create something new for every single take .
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the time of ' ' good morning , vietnam ' ' is 1965 . adrian cronauer ( robin williams ) , an armed forces radio disk jockey previously stationed in crete , lands in saigon to breathe a little life into the local programming . until cronauer ' s arrival , the afr saigon station has depended largely on the music of mantovani and percy faith and helpful hints on how to withdraw books from the army ' s lending libraries , interrupted from time to time by sanitized newscasts .
we found this hotel via hostelbookers . it had good reviews and seemed to be in a convenient location and it lived up to its description . rooms were good and clean , the breakfast was basic but good ( coffee unlimited , which is important for me ! ) and the girl on reception couldn ' t have been more helpful . we booked a trip to the cao dai temple and cu - chi tunnels through the hotel and i would recommend that trip and this hotel to anyone .
' ' good morning , vietnam , ' ' directed by barry levinson ( ' ' diner , ' ' ' ' tin men ' ' ) succeeds in doing something that ' s very rare in movies , being about a character who really is as funny as he ' s supposed to be to most of the people sharing the fiction with him . it ' s also a breakthrough for mr . williams , who , for the first time in movies , gets a chance to exercise his restless , full - frontal comic intelligence .
just months after james mccloughan was deployed to vietnam , his courageous actions over two days of close - combat would earn him the nation’s most prestigious military award .
what is inspired about “good morning , vietnam , ” which contains far and away the best work williams has ever done in a movie , is that his own tactics are turned against him . the director , barry levinson , has created a character who is a stand - up comic - he’s a fast - talking disc jockey on armed forces radio during the vietnam war , directing a nonstop monologue at the microphone . there is absolutely no biographical information about this character . we don’t know where he comes from , what he did before the war , whether he has ever been married , what his dreams are , what he’s afraid of . everything in his world is reduced to material for his program .
our first treat the following morning was a cyclo ride . the indian bicycle rickshaw leads with the cyclist , with the passengers seated on high behind him with a restricted view ; the vietnamese have reversed this arrangement , leading with the passenger almost at ground level and the cyclist power unit behind . this may be better from the sightseeing point of view , but is somewhat unnerving at the height of the morning rush hour .
as a heads up…vietnam has wifi everywhere ! i’m currently writing this blog whilst on a bus to the airport for the next leg of our journey . . . .
the 196th infantry brigade lost 1 , 188 soldiers in vietnam , a number that would have been undoubtedly higher if not for the lives mccloughan is credited with saving .
on the dvd : good morning vietnam gets the special edition dvd with digitally remastered audio and picture . extras include a couple of previews - - both the theatrical and a teaser trailer - - as well as a production diary which contains interviews with director levinson , crew and the real cronauer . but the best feature by far is the
raw monologues
: introduced by levinson , this featurette shows the process that robin williams went through to improvise the radio slots and is a valuable insight into the comedic talents of the films star . - - kristen bowditch
the uber - exec’s dna is all over many of hollywood’s biggest hits and success stories . at paramount he oversaw “star trek , ” “raiders of the lost ark , ” “terms of endearment , ” and “beverly hills cop . ” at disney he handled “good morning , vietnam , ” “three men and a baby , ” “who framed roger rabbit , ” and “pretty woman . ” he produced “the little mermaid , ” “aladdin , ” “the lion king , ” and “beauty and the beast , ” the first animated film to be oscar - nommed for best picture .
in 1965 , an unorthodox and irreverent dj named adrian cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the u . s . armed services radio station in vietnam .
it ' s gonna be hot and wet ! that ' s nice if you ' re with a lady , but it ain ' t no good if you ' re in the jungle .
in 1965 , military d . j . adrian cronauer was sent to vietnam to build morale . his strategy : keep ' em laughing . his problem : staying out of trouble .
this is the soundtrack to the film . the music is mainly us hits and from circa 1965 . there are lots of good tracks on this cd . . . including beach boys them james brown and some of adrian cronauer ' s humour which is very irreverent . if you have the film or want to buy it then you must get this cd as its good driving music . recommend .
during the eleven year span from the release of good morning , vietnam till the release of patch adams , robin williams was one of the biggest movie stars around . he was in eight films that reached $ 100 million domestically . he was also in more than a few bombs during that time , while his star power eventually declined when people grew a little tired of the repetitiveness of his schtick . it is this second point that is the most troubling for me . when looking back at his older work , will i be reminded of what made robin william a big star ? or will it feel stale and dated ? more . . .
had this originally in cassette tape ! bought cd as sticking filler for hubby . he loves it ! can ' t beat robin williams when he was on top form . good value & arrived on time .
academy award - winner robin williams shakes up 1965 saigon in the role the critics agree he was born to play - irreverent , nonconformist deejay adrian cronauer . imported by the army for an early a . m . radio show , cronauer blasts the formerly staid , sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid - fire humour and the hippest tunes from back home . the g . is love him - but the top brass is outraged ! riddled with sidesplitting comic bombshells and studded with hot ' 60s hits , the film depicts cronauer ' s raucous saigon adventures amid a world gone mad . good morning vietnam is a direct hit - the classic robin williams comedy !
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when told this , sondheim responded :
oh my god . i mean , don ' t make me cry on camera ! talk about selflessness . gee whiz . that ' s what a good teacher is .
at the outset of the vietnam war , the eleven military radio stations that were located throughout southeast asia comprised the armed forces vietnam network . with facilities that rivaled nbc studios in new york , the afvn signal became the soldier ' s lifeline , featuring a mixture of eclectic music ( everything from country and western ballads to the soulful sounds of james brown ) and information regarding the status of the war .
within a year of accepting work as a coach and teacher at a michigan high school , mccloughan found himself drafted into the army , sent to basic training and deployed to vietnam from march 1969 to march 1970 .
after a walking tour all morning we needed something other then local food . we ordered a large cold beer and the swordfish tartar to start . server was helpful in ordering just the type of pizzas we all wanted . food was great and quick . so happy . . .
we went to gmv for dinner on our last night in hoi an . we absolutely recommend a meal here if you are local food
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! the serves were big and the food authentic and beautiful . service was good too
, earned reviews that were even remotely good . unfortunately , there are only a few smaller releases that are worth checking out , so it ' s a pretty shallow week as well . as far as pick of the week is concerned ,
though mr . williams is the film ' s life as well as its conscience , mr . levinson knows how to present the star without exploiting him to a point of diminishing returns . ' ' good morning , vietnam ' ' surrounds mr . williams with an especially strong cast of supporting actors , including two recruits from ' ' tin men . ' ' they are bruno kirby , as a polka - loving officer who longs to replace adrian cronauer as the station ' s star disk jockey ( ' ' in my heart i know i ' m funny , ' ' he says after his first disastrous broadcast ) , and j . t . walsh , as a sergeant major who ' s offended by cronauer ' s loose ways with regulations .
the trio of talents were immediately excited at the prospect of doing a movie that used the dramatic backdrop of the vietnam war as a setting for a behavioral comedy about a group of characters who are thrown together by circumstance .
good morning , vietnam
is truly robin williams at his best . as anarchic dj adrian cronauer in 1965 saigon , he makes sure that you never stop laughing . i really liked what he did with the tape of richard nixon ' s speech , and then his comment about the bombing of a restaurant . most amazing is that he ad - libbed the whole thing ( but hey , that ' s robin williams ) . maybe cronauer wasn ' t that wacky in real life , but every one of williams ' comments makes the movie worthwhile . the soundtrack even includes his monologues ( you ' ll go crazy over the imitation of lyndon johnson , and the commentary from
roosevelt e . roosevelt
) . a comedy classic in every sense .
the hotel is located at the quiet end of the street . the room was clean and nice . the staff were friendly and helpful . breakfast on the top floor has a good view of the river . overall , happy with the hotel .
levinson serio - comedy about vietnam is first and foremost a star vehicle for comedian robin williams , who gives a manic , highly - charged performance as the real - life dj adrian cronauer in the early years of the war .
: good morning , vietnam ! hey , this is not a test . this is rock and roll . time to rock it from the delta to the dmz ! is that me , or does that sound like an elvis presley movie ? viva da nang . oh , viva , da nang . da nang me , da nang me . why don ' t they get a rope and hang me ? hey , is it a little too early for being that loud ? hey , too late . it ' s 0600 what ' s the
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stand for ? oh , my god , it ' s early . speaking of early , how about that cro - magnon , marty dreiwitz ? thank you , marty , for
silky - smooth sound . . .
inspired show about vietnam . at the time , the network passed on the idea - the time was not yet right for a comedic take on the war , which had only ended a few years earlier . adrian j . cronauer , whose experiences as a dj in saigon in 1964 - 65 were the basis for the eventual film , had joined with producer ben moses , who had known cronauer in vietnam , to develop the idea into a feature - length script .
it hardly delivers on the promise of giving us the pure , undiluted williams - - williams at his best . what ' s more , it ' s not even close to being his best movie . it ' s not even close to being good .
as we weren ' t very hungry , so two of us shared a pizza and it was pretty good . half pepperoni and half ham and pineapple with a thin crust . easy to find and worth the effort . reasonably priced so we would recommend .
i tried to find good rating hotel with swimming pool with view in ho chi min . whenever i stayed in ho chi min i always stays no pool hotels . here this mb hotel is awesome ! good view and amazing swimming pool ! in fact pool is very small . but nobody use so i owned all ! ! ! restaurant in the 11th floor is also great ! french manager did it cery well ! he said he stayed here 3 years . this is a paradise in old town of ho chi min city
this is not quite as good as i remember it from the cinema at the time . some of the conflicts with authority seem clichéd and the attitude to the vietnamese borders on patronising . but , what is just as good as i recall , and must be the real reason for buying the film , is robin williams hilarious stream of consciousness broadcasting to the troops . so it is a bit like the marx brothers on film ; sitting through the plot to get at the comedy ( but the music in this is great )
i found the hotel to be very clean and quaint . the staff very helpful andattenttive at all times . the only drawback would be that the ensuite in the room was to small . overall a very good hotel and i would have no problem recommending to other travellers
dear customer , thank you for your good comment about the food . we are sorry for serving the main course too fast , but when the restaurant is busy the kitchen try to speed up all the dishes in order to not let the customers wait long . . .
we had a really nice stay at the millenium boutique hotel for 3 nights . the hotel is pretty new and modern , beds are so comfortable . the staff was so friendly and helpful and all of them spoke english really good ! thank you for these relaxing days !
regardless of what he felt like politically , he recognized the fact nobody seemed to recognize during vietnam , which was that there ' s a difference between the people who are making the policy and the people who are carrying out that policy , the military .
dear ms karolina , thank you for coming and have reported about tasty pizza . regarding the seafood picture on the menu , whenever we missed a good quality picture , we used some not made in our restaurant as we thought the picture is necessary to show which . . .
we chose this place as fancied some italian food . our experience of the food here is very good as the pizza and pasta dishes we had were very nice , in fact one of the best pizzas i’ve had . main issue is the service , not very . . .
we were encouraged to try this place by fellow travelers . there was nothing wrong with the food and i guess if you live in asia , the italian food could be considered pretty good . but , if you tasted genuine italian food , then it misses a bit . . . .
booked through hostelworld , where the map shows the wrong location . i was concerned that place would be hard to find , but the location where the bus from phnom penh dropped us was just very close to the alley ( clean and well lit - lots of hotels / hostels here ) leading to phan lan 2 . reception staff were very friendly and helpful . rooms ok - ac worked fine . shower was good , but managed to spray most of the bathroom when in use - these one room toilets and showers are pretty common in cambodia and vietnam .
first of all , as far as i know , it ' s the first film that began to show americans in vietnam as they really were instead of a bunch of murderers and rapists and baby - killers and dope addicts and psychotics . that was sorely needed at the time .
i stayed two time at this hotel in may 2017 and i was not disappointed . check in was quick and we got a free room upgrade . the hotel is new ( about 2 yo if remember correctly ) and very clean . the restaurant is on the top floor with a great view on the city and the river . breakfast was good , but not enough vietnamese dishes . the pool bar on the roof is nice and the service is good . location is not bad , but about 15 minutes walk from main attractions in the city . the hotel is at the end of a dark dead end , but the area seems safe .
the movie took many historical liberties . in the movie , williams ' character becomes friends with a vietnamese boy who turns out to be a viet cong terrorist . eventually , the fictional adrian cronauer is forced to leave vietnam before the end of his tour . none of which happened in real life .
when you watch this movie you begin to realise the extent of rw ' s talents . his comedic energy and timing is remarkable , and more so because his ability to draw you into his character with that skill is something that so many actors don ' t have . he will make you laugh and cry , within one short rollercoaster ride , in one scene . that mesmerising talent clearly came at a price . he was nominated for the oscar for his portrayal of adrian cronhaur and like us doubtless many feel he should have won . he had drawn on experience of entertaining servicemen something he did repeatedly throughout his career when there were wars and places he had been told not to risk going to . a testament to his soul . a film which was probably met with resistance by the great american powers that be , good morning vietnam will forever be a true classic , and a terrific reminder of war , what goes on behind it , and the efforts of those who want to make a difference .
bruno kirby as steven hauk “that is not what we program , here ! ” lieutenant steven hauk means well , he thinks he’s a funny , politically correct guy . he even has two jokes that “reader’s digest” might publish . but when adrian waltzes onto the show , hauk’s failed attempts at comedy fall flat compared to adrian’s more natural gags . in fact , when hauk takes over during adrian’s suspension , servicemen listeners practically boycott the show in order to get adrian back on the air . poor hauk , if adrian hadn’t showed up , they wouldn’t have known what they’d been missing . bruno kirby perhaps best remembered as pete clemenza in “the godfather part ii , ” bruno kirby’s non - intended comedic performance in “good morning vietnam” made him ideal for the role of jess in “when harry met sally…” ( 1989 ) , best friend to harry burns played by comedian billy crystal . he and billy teamed up again in 1991 for the cult classic “city slickers . ” in 2003 , kirby married the actress lynn sellers , but he sadly passed away in 2006 due to leukemia - related illness .
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it ' s funny in retrospect , because now it seems such a commercial project . before we made it , i talked to some people who went , ' my god , making a film about vietnam , that ' s like a death wish . ' of course , this was before
the hai van pass is probably best known to many of us from the top gear special in vietnam , but it is certainly pretty spectacular , particularly when looking back over da nang bay ( which both the french and the americans used to offload men and materials ) . we paused at the summit to take in the view .
within several days of taking over his dawn show , adrian cronauer has become the biggest , most controversial personality in vietnam . out the window have gone mantovani , percy faith , bing crosby and perry como , to be replaced by the raucous laments and urgent innuendoes of james brown , martha reeves and the vandellas and wayne fontana , among others .
the movie , which opens today at the loew ' s 84th street sixplex and cinema 2 , is very much a star vehicle , but it ' s an exceptionally strong one . mitch markowitz ' s screenplay , based loosely on the experiences of a real - life vietnam disk jockey , skids over a melodramatic subplot that would be fatal to any other movie .
she recalled bringing her work to her teacher :
' ms . rains , i wrote this sentence . is this good enough ? ' and she said , ' well , it can be better . ' and i said , ' well , i ' m not sure how to make it better . ' and she said , ' well . let ' s think through this . '
on day two we visited hoa lo prison situated in hanoi city , again this costs 30 , 000vnd to enter . the prison is a great way to get some historical culture about vietnam , it gives you a tour of the buildings including prisoners cells which is very creepy , explains the history of the prison and the story of usa troops who were incarcerated there .
rains said ,
i think that approach that says , ' we need to make everybody feel good , ' at the expense of honest accomplishment , actually diminishes students ' self - esteem . i ' ve told students , ' when i tell you to do this again and again , you should see that as a compliment , because it means i know you can do this better . '
once levinson establishes that cronauer is an embattled genius , the movie loses whatever starch it might have had . and after cronauer is temporarily suspended for reporting a news story that hadn ' t first been screened by the military , the film ' s tone shifts from irreverent to serious and suddenly the subject becomes
how i went to vietnam and had my consciousness raised .
just got this album it was listed as having 3 discs with a total of 60 tracks when in reality it is only one disc with nineten tracks most of which don ' t seem to bare with the music that i accociate with the vietnam era . it was agood job it only cost £2 . 08p so not a great deal of money lost , but still irksome .
the next morning we were summoned from the arms of morpheus at an early hour ( one of the many benefits of being billeted near the anchor ! ) and were taken round a floating market ( mainly for wholesale ) where the various boats advertise their fruit and vegetable wares by hanging samples on poles , and then to a noodle - making factory ( this is basically the same process as making rice paper , at which i failed so lamentably ) before being returned to shore and our guides .
having finished with the basic ‘tourist visiting sights’ part of the holiday , we set off the following morning for a cruise on the mekong river . we embarked after a 3 - hour drive from ho chi minh city and spent a pleasant day trundling slowly along the waterway , as small villages and the occasional larger settlement came into , and passed from , view . we paused at one of them for a wander along a fruit - tree laden route while our village host fashioned crickets and grasshoppers out of reeds .
actor robert pattinson shot to superstardom as smoldering vampire edward cullen in the smash hit
twilight
series . but he ' s been warding off typecasting ever since , with challenging roles in such films as
cosmopolis ,
maps to the stars
and
the lost city of z .
his latest film is
good time ,
in which he plays a gruff and manipulative bank robber . michelle miller reports .
robin williams received an oscar nomination for giving here what is essentially a stand - up comedy performance . he plays a motormouth disc jockey sent to vietnam to entertain the gis , but , in the event , adds rather more salt , pepper and hot sauce to the place than the military brass would have preferred . based on the case of a real us armed forces dj , the film is distinctive for being hollywood ' s first vietnam comedy and among the first movies to treat the vietnamese themselves as real people . the movie loses its way , however , whenever it tries to get serious , but when williams is behind the studio mike , it offers a decent showcase for his virtuoso talents . if williams is not to your taste , there ' s still the superb 1960s soundtrack to enjoy .
lower floor rooms if you ' ve got old joints : ) ) rooms 103 , 203 , 303 , 403 have windows looking out to the alley . 102 , 202 , 302 , 402 are the smaller rooms . rooms good enough for 3 people . flat screen tv , ref available . towels are a bit thin but manageable . no cnn or bbc on cable . i need the blue slippers explained to me : ) love this place !
all this seems compulsory and condescending . and the flat , soft - focus view levinson takes in shooting these scenes , with their concentration on the quaint vietnamese villagers , comes across as too uncomplicated , too tidy . looking at levinson ' s shots of both the countryside and the city , you can ' t help but think that the worst has happened - - that he ' s turned vietnam into a suburb .
set in saigon in 1965 , the movie introduces us to adrian cronauer ( williams ) , an air force disc jockey who ' sbeen flown in from another assignment to a post at the center of the escalating conflict in vietnam . the character is based on a real deejay who ran afoul of the military authorities in saigon because of the on - air liberties he took with regard to matters of style and language and musical taste .
a new disc jockey is shipped from crete to vietnam to bring humor to armed forces radio . he turns the studio on its ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn ' t g . i . enough . while he is off the air , he tries to meet vietnamese especially girls , and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio .
is a more than usually human take on americas most controversial war , an often poignant and always entertaining fictionalisation of the vietnam years of dj adrian cronauer ( robin williams ) . cronauer is employed as the voice of the us armed forces radio in south east asia , but it soon emerges that his idea of entertaining the troops and the armys are poles apart . this isnt a biopic - - director barry levinson doesnt give any detail of cronauers life before vietnam - - instead its about cronauer discovering a better understanding of the war , the people and himself . interspersed with the radio sequences is a gentle plot which follows cronauer as he teaches english to some vietnamese kids , falls for a local girl and narrowly misses being killed in a terrorist attack . however , it is the sheer frenetic genius of williams largely improvised radio monologues that account for the films box office success .
we spent so much time together during filming . we did everything together . robin would get up in the morning and say ,
we have to do yesterday’s work all over again . i’ll pay for it .
i’d say , “what are you talking about ! it worked great . ” spent so much time together after that . we were great personal friends . we would vacation together — his place in tahoe and traveling together — me and my wife , robin and marsha [ garces ] , barry and diana [ rhodes , levinson ' s spouse ] .
though behind - the - lines sabotage is on the rise , and huge numbers of additional troops are arriving daily , the programming of the saigon station reflects a prescribed sunniness that has less to do with the increasingly grim reality of vietnam than with that of a giant rec room for pre - teens of the 1950 ' s . at the top of the charts in this never - never land : ' ' around the world in 80 days . ' '
a new disc jockey is shipped from crete to vietnam to bring humor to armed forces radio . he turns the studio on its ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn ' t g . i . enough . while he is off the air , he tries to meet vietnamese especially girls , and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio . written by john vogel
, starring robin williams – was a peculiar melange ( 13 april , 10pm ) . made to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of that war , it opened with cronauer musing on america’s catastrophist domino theory , which held that “if vietnam did fall to the communists then the next one would be laos , and the next one would be cambodia , and the next one would be thailand , and eventually the communists would attack pearl harbor . . . ”
a new disc jockey named adrian cronauer ( robin williams ) is shipped from crete to vietnam to bring humor to armed forces radio . he turns the studio on it ' s ear and becomes wildly popular with the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn ' t g . i . enough . while he is off the air , he tries to meet vietnamese especially girls , and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio .
this was enlivened by our gamble on 3 hours being sufficient time for a 40 - minute flight ( phu quoc to ho chi minh city ) , baggage collection and changing terminals . it turned out that our inbound flight to phu quoc was delayed , followed by floating about in a holding pattern over ho chi minh city . it was only due to some sterling efforts on the part of vietnam airlines staff that we made it to the gate for the london flight 15 minutes before take off !
if the film were merely a playground for williams - - and if williams were in good form - - it might have been tolerable . but when williams has to play a scene in which cronauer makes contact with real soldiers and is forced to realize just how much he means to them and how petty his battles have been compared with the hardships endured by these brave boys , then you think ,
enough !
it ' s one thing to want to turn robin williams into a star - - it ' s another to turn him into bob hope .
radio funny man adrian cronauer ( robin williams ) is sent to vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers . after setting up shop , cronauer delights the g . i . s but shocks his superior officer , sergeant major dickerson ( j . t . walsh ) , with his irreverent take on the war . while dickerson attempts to censor cronauer ' s broadcasts , cronauer pursues a relationship with a vietnamese girl named trinh ( chintara sukapatana ) , who shows him the horrors of war first - hand .