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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).
Synopsis. A story of innocence lost and courage found. 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 he fought for. Remove Ads. Cast.
Dec 20, 1989 · Taking ''Born on the Fourth of July,'' Mr. Kovic's fine spare memoir about this coming of age, published in 1976, Oliver Stone has made what is, in effect, a bitter, seething postscript to his ...
The film includes various types of social intolera. Positive Role Models. Ron Kovic grows up as the quintessential "All-Amer. Violence & Scariness. Graphic acts and results of physical violence are. Sex, Romance & Nudity. The film includes discussion of impotence (due to. Language.
Born on the Fourth of July. A blatant deconstruction of American iconography, Born on the Fourth of July operates more elegantly as a repudiation of masculinity. The movie asks what it really means to be an American, but it’s also asking—with unexpected rawness and vulnerability, given that the director is Oliver Stone—what it means to be ...
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1990 Winner Oscar. Best Director. Oliver Stone. 1990 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Oliver Stone. Ron Kovic. 1990 Nominee Oscar. Best Cinematography.
