Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Movie · 145 min. · United States
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 environment vastly different from the one he left, and struggles before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted.
Direction Oliver Stone
Cast Tom Cruise · Willem Dafoe · Raymond J. Barry · Caroline Kava · Kyra Sedgwick · Bryan Larkin · Stephen Baldwin · Bruce McVittie · Tom Sizemore · Vivica A. Fox · Frank Whaley · Jerry Levine · Lili Taylor · Tom Berenger · James Legros · William Baldwin · Holly Marie Combs
Soundtrack John Williams
Screenplay Oliver Stone · Ron Kovic
Cinematography Robert Richardson
Original title Born on the Fourth of July
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