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Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American epic biographical anti-war drama film that is based on the 1976 autobiography of Ron Kovic. Directed by Oliver Stone, and written by Stone and Kovic, it stars Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, and Willem Dafoe.
Jan 5, 1990 · Born on the Fourth of July: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Tom Cruise, Bryan Larkin, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava. The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
In the mid 1960s, suburban New York teenager Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) enlists in the Marines, fulfilling what he sees as his patriotic duty. During his second tour in Vietnam, he accidentally kills...
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A film like Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July" is an apology for Vietnam, uttered by Stone, who fought there, and Ron Kovic, who was paralyzed from the chest down in Vietnam. Advertisement. Both of them were gung-ho patriots who were eager to answer their country's call to arms.
Oliver Stone's Academy Award -winning masterpiece, based on a riveting true story, stars Tom Cruise as an eager volunteer for the Vietnam War who becomes a paralyzed and...
Ron Kovic's is a child during a summer in Massapequa, New York. He plays war in the woods, attends a Fourth of July parade, plays and wins at a local neighborhood baseball game, and watches President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, which later inspires him to enlist in the Marines.
Paralyzed from the chest down, US Marine Ron Kovic returns home from Vietnam and finds renewed purpose protesting the war he once proudly fought. Watch trailers & learn more.
Overview. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Oliver Stone's Academy Award -winning masterpiece, based on a riveting true story, stars Tom Cruise as an eager volunteer for the Vietnam War who becomes a...
About this movie arrow_forward Oliver Stone's Academy Award -winning masterpiece, based on a riveting true story, stars Tom Cruise as an eager volunteer for the Vietnam War...
