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Apr 9, 2012 · Born on the Fourth of July, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD, will be released in celebration of Universal's 100th Anniversary. In honor of its centennial anniversary, Universal Pictures proudly ...
Full awards and nominations of Born on the Fourth of July. Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava ... War. Drama Young Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War as a teen, but he becomes an embittered veteran when he is paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returns to an ...
Tom Cruise (born July 3, 1962, Syracuse, New York, U.S.) is an American actor who emerged in the 1980s as one of Hollywood’s most popular leading men, known for his clean-cut good looks and versatility. Tom Cruise in Top Gun (1986), directed by Tony Scott. Dustin Hoffman (left) and Tom Cruise in Rain Man (1988).
Born On The Fourth Of July. The true story of Marine Ron Kovic: paralyzed during the Vietnam War, he struggles to understand his sacrifice and becomes an articulate anti-war activist. Winner of two Oscars, including Best Director for Oliver Stone. 1,548 IMDb 7.2 2 h 24 min 1990. X-Ray R.
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High School Student (uncredited) Delia Sheppard. ... Protesting War Widow (uncredited) Christopher Robin Smith. ... FBI Agent - Republican National Convention (uncredited) E. Lee Smith.
Born on the Fourth of July, published in 1976, is the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line from George M. Cohan 's patriotic 1904 song, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (also known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy").
Born on the Fourth of July is a film about the things that many wish to overlook as being facts of war and the fact of fighting on behalf of one's country. This is a film about the dirty details that are inconvenient regardless of the side you are on. Ron Kovic, a real man who wrote the book upon which the film is based, is a paraplegic from ...
