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Academy Award Film Editing 1990 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1990 · Winner
Academy Award Directing 1990 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1990 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1990 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1990 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Adapted Screenplay 1991 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor in a Leading Role 1991 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1990 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Score) 1990 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture 1990 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1990 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound 1990 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1990 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 1990 · Nominated
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Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Awards. Born on the Fourth of July. Jump to. 15 wins & 26 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1990 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. A. Kitman Ho. Oliver Stone. 1990 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Tom Cruise. 1990 Winner Oscar. Best Director. Oliver Stone. 1990 Nominee Oscar.
In February 1990, the film competed for the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival, but lost to the American film Music Box (1990) and Czech film Larks on a String (1969). That same month, the film garnered eight Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor ; its closest rival was Driving Miss Daisy ...
- December 20, 1989
- A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
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.
- Oliver Stone
- 235
- 3 min
Akira Kurosawa. The Honorary Award recipient with presenters George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. David Brenner and Joe Hutshing. Film Editing winners for Born on the Fourth of July. Billy Crystal's first hosting appearance at the Oscars.
Based on the true story of Ron Kovic (Cruise, in an Oscar-nominated performance), an idealistic young American proudly enlists during the Vietnam War and returns home a paraplegic. Struggling to overcome drug-addiction and depression, he turns his life around and becomes an outspoken critic of the war.
Jan 22, 1990 · Ron Kovic, the disabled veteran whose story was the basis for ''Born on the Fourth of July,'' received a standing ovation in accepting the film's fourth award, for best...
47th Golden Globes Awards (1990) - Movies from 1989. winner Best Picture - Drama; winner Best Director (Oliver Stone) winner Best Leading Actor Drama (Tom Cruise) winner Best Screenplay (Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic) nom. Best Original Score (John Williams) BAFTA 1991: British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Movies and Series from 1990)