Born on the Fourth of July(Movie, 1989)

Name: Born on the Fourth of July
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1989
Duration: T02:25:00
Rating: 3.5

| 2h 25min | Genres: Drama, War

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 734 votes)

Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American epic 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). Producer Martin Bregma... ()

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Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Director National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound

About Born on the Fourth of July

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Philippines

Plays in: Asia

Based on the work of: Ron Kovic ("Born on the Fourth of July")

Made by: Universal Pictures, Ixtlan

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 30 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Burmese (MY), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/20/1989

Appearing Characters: Ron Kovic

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Holly Marie Combs, Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, John Getz, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Daniel Baldwin, John C. McGinley, Bob Gunton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, James LeGros, Oliver Stone, Sean Stone, Mike Starr, R. D. Call, Alan Toy, Dale Dye, Brian Tarantina, Richard Poe, David Warshofsky, Ed Lauter, Delia Sheppard, Edie Brickell, Abbie Hoffman, Ron Kovic, Caroline Kava, Beau Starr, Edith Diaz, Richard Grusin, Jason Gedrick, Anne Bobby, Reg E. Cathey, Josh Evans, Lili Taylor, David Herman, Andrew Lauer, Bryan Larkin, Jessica Prunell, Mark Moses

Director: Oliver Stone

Producer: Oliver Stone

Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic

Film Editor: Joe Hutshing, David Brenner

Director of Photography: Robert Richardson

Composer: John Williams

Production Designer: Bruno Rubeo

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Geboren am 4. Juli"

"Né un quatre juillet"

"Born On The 4th Of July"

"Született július negyedikén"

"Nato il 4 luglio"

"Urodzony 4 Lipca"

"Nascut pe patru iulie"

"Född den 4 juli"

Keywords: biography, desert, fourth of july, vietnam veteran, anti war, 1960s, based on true story, drunkenness, post traumatic stress disorder, 1950s, 1970s, based on memoir or autobiography, vietnam war, wheelchair

Budget: 14,000,000 USD

Revenue: 161,001,698 USD (= 1,150%)

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