Good Morning Vietnam!?

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Good Morning Vietnam!?

Unread post by cavm151 » February 5th, 2015, 10:30 pm

I watched "Good Morning Vietnam", with Robin Williams. He was hilarious. As a movie representing US forces in 1965 Vietnam, I was expecting to see M151s. No way. Not even M38A1s. They used M38s or prior jeeps; I can't tell one from the other. They had keys for the starter ignition; no foot starter. Note: the movie was filmed in Thailand. At least they did the right continent.The jeep did have a 2N xxxx number, which wouldn't be too far off for 1965. My M151A1 is a '67, with a 2P xxxx number.
FYI; I submitted the earlier post where they used M151s for a WWII movie, "In Harms Way". I expect from a non-collector point of view, one jeep looks like another, but the M151 stands out with it's horizontal grill.
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Re: Good Morning Vietnam!?

Unread post by SEABEE62 » February 6th, 2015, 10:08 am

MOVIES WITH CORRECT EQUIPMENT ???? HA !!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Seabee ( Great movie tho...)
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Re: Good Morning Vietnam!?

Unread post by rickf » February 6th, 2015, 10:42 am

There were a lot of things wrong in that movie. Here is a little history from the man himself. http://www.homeofheroes.com/DG/07f_cronauer.html. I know there was a video from a veterans dinner where he explained his signature opening line but I have not been able to find it. It was a bit different then what was shown in the movie. :roll:

Found the video!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8FkXRgA4Sg
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Re: Good Morning Vietnam!?

Unread post by cavm151 » February 6th, 2015, 12:10 pm

Thank you for the video of the real Conrad A. That was a real wake up for what Hollywood presents vs. reality. War movies and westerns are not written by historians or on the ground veterans, but people who's experience is watching other war movies or westerns. Thanks to the Military Vehicle Preservation Association publication in their February/March of criticism of the movie "Fury", for lack of realism of military SOP. It pains me to no end to watch movies about the military, with their lack of accuracy or realism.
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Re: Good Morning Vietnam!?

Unread post by rickf » February 6th, 2015, 12:36 pm

There are some movies with an eye towards authenticity. You can never make it totally real without being there. In the movie "We were soldiers once" Mel Gibson brought ion General Hal Moore as a technical adviser on the sets to give him advice on what was missing and how things went. One of the things Moore told him in the scene at the base when they were mounting to leave was "Where are the piss houses? there are no piss houses". Gibson put them in. I know a lot of people do not like Gibson but he is a stickler for authenticity in his movies. He also consulted with Joe Galloway on the details. You can't get any more into detail than that.
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Unread post by Bill, Idaho » February 13th, 2015, 10:22 pm

I must agree about Mel Gibson.
From a first hand account, I thought he got the details in "The Patriot " pretty close as well.

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