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I saw this short film in1973. It was a comedic Look at Los Angeles life during Vietnam. I can't remember the details but my overall reaction was that it was "roll on the floor funny." It did reflect 1971 quite well. I would buy a copy if it were available on DVD.

It did not win an Oscar that year. I did not see all the competition for that year but this one sticks in my mind as worthy of one.

Ken Greenwald is a very talented young man. I also recall him as an actor in a car rotary engine commercial. Regretfully,, he did not produce another film until about 2006.

Dan Murray

Ken Greenwald's Oscar nominated short film "Good Morning" blends humor, reality and drama as it tells the events that happens in an ordinary man's life (played by Vern Rowe). Waking up to face a brand new day with positivity and with good things happening isn't a possible reality, and in the already turbulent early 1970's with crisis going on in America and around the world, the man on the radio doesn't help with an almost jolly presentation of countless bad news, which easily kills the common man's smile, and it's all downhill from here as the man deals with apprarently simple daily tasks that all go wrong.

There's plenty of funny things in it, but seeing the overall mood of it all is what makes me look at it in a sad, disturbed manner as it's such a series of plausible situations happening, a reality in the 1970's and a wider perception of such reality in the decades to come, that it's impossible to not feel sympathy for the main character. But, to the ones who can see the bright side of everything, it's a delicious comedy, well-acted, well-written and well-directed. And I like to think every single being on Earth can feel something with it. 9/10.