Born on the Fourth of July
Tom Cruise is Vietnam vet Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning, true story drama. Follows Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the war, to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left and emerged as a brave new voice for the disenchanted - becoming an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist.
1989Rating: M, contains violence, offensive language & sex scenes138 minsUSA
DramaWar
- Director:
- Oliver Stone ('Platoon', 'Wall Street', 'The Door', 'JFK', Natural Born Killers', 'Nixon')
- Cast:
- Tom CruiseRaymond J. BarryCaroline KavaTom BerengerFrank WhaleyJerry LevineStephen BaldwinWillem Dafoe
Born on the Fourth of July | Awards
Best Director and Best Editing at the 1990 Academy Awards. Best Movie (Drama), Director, Actor (Cruise) and Screenplay at the 1990 Golden Globes.