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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. IMDb 7.2 2 h 24 min 1990. X-Ray R. Drama · EPG · Compelling · Gritty. Available to rent or buy. HD.
Feb 5, 2014 · Born on the Fourth of July – A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone Dead Poets Society – Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas Driving Miss Daisy – Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck Field of Dreams – Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon My Left Foot – Noel Pearson. DIRECTING. Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone Crimes and Misdemeanors ...
Jul 29, 2015 · In his fourth decade as a box office attraction, he is still working to sell us on himself, and still refining the ever-changing recipe of bravado, sincerity, persistence, diligence, arrogance, and open-heartedness that he believes people want from him. Over the course of his 38-movie career, Cruise has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
Born on the Fourth of July is an American motion picture, directed by Oliver Stone and released in 1989. It is based on the autobiography of Ron Kovic (1946- ), a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was shot and paralysed during the Vietnam War. The film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, Kyra Sedgwick as Donna and Raymond J. Barry as Eli.
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Apr 7, 2014 · Born on the Fourth of July was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards, it won for director and editing. It was a commercial hit as well, grossing more than 160 million dollars worldwide. It begins with an idylic suburban American childhood in Massapequa, Long Island where Ron Kovic entered the world on July 4, 1946.
Born on the Fourth of July is een biografisch oorlogsdrama uit 1989 onder regie van Oliver Stone. Hij baseerde het verhaal op dat uit de gelijknamige autobiografie van Vietnamveteraan Ron Kovic, met wie hij dit samen bewerkte tot filmscenario. De film werd genomineerd voor acht Academy Awards, waarvan het die voor beste regie en beste montage daadwerkelijk won. Born on the Fourth of July kreeg ...
Summary. The second film in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam trilogy, "Born on the Fourth of July" is based on the autobiography of Ron Kovic (played in the film by Tom Cruise), a good kid whose patriotism takes him to Vietnam in the late 1960s and brings him back home paralyzed from the chest down and burdened with the guilt of having accidentally ...
