Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American biographical anti-war drama film that is based on the 1976 autobiography of Ron Kovic. Directed by Oliver Stone, and written by Stone and Kovic, it stars Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, and Willem Dafoe. The film depicts the life of Kovic (Cruise) over a 20-year period, detailing his childhood, his military service and paralysis during the Vietnam War, and his transition to anti-war activism. It is the second installment in Stone's trilogy of films about the Vietnam War, following Platoon (1986) and preceding Heaven & Earth (1993).
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Directed by Oliver Stone
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$161,001,698
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1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Bar, Desert, Drunkenness, Fourth Of July, Literary, True Stories, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Wheelchair
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Född den 4 juli
SE
Nascut pe patru iulie
RO
Nato il 4 luglio
IT
Né un quatre juillet
CA, FR
Született július negyedikén
HU
Urodzony 4 lipca
PL