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Born on the Fourth of July

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7.0/10 • 1.8K

1989-12-202h 25m

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A true story of innocence lost and courage found.

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.

Directors
Oliver Stone
Editors
Joe Hutshing

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  1. Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise

    Ron Kovic

  2. Raymond J. Barry

    Raymond J. Barry

    Mr. Kovic

  3. Caroline Kava

    Caroline Kava

    Mrs. Kovic

  4. Holly Marie Combs

    Holly Marie Combs

    Jenny

  5. Kyra Sedgwick

    Kyra Sedgwick

    Donna

  6. Tom Berenger

    Tom Berenger

    Sergeant Hayes

  7. Rob Camilletti

    Rob Camilletti

    Tommy Finnelli

  8. Stephen Baldwin

    Stephen Baldwin

    Billy Vorsovich

  9. Mark Moses

    Mark Moses

    Doctor

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kevin2019

Feb 28, 2025

10/10

"Born on the Fourth of July" is a powerful, worthwhile, and highly recommended film which shows the real social and familial challenges Ron Kovic faced when struggling to come to terms with the devastating after effects of war and the reality of how the contentious conflict changed him as a person and redefined how he perceived the world. He became dependant on alcohol for a time, but during a sojourn in Mexico while the continuing conflict in Vietnam was becoming more protracted by the day - it eventually becomes overrun by serious lapses in judgement which results in the ongoing deaths of many more innocent people - he has an epiphany of sorts and upon his return home he joins the anti-war movement and this fact - how this initially staunch supporter of the war embarked upon an extremely personal journey and became active in attempting to bring the war to an end by becoming an incredibly vocal anti-Vietnam demonstrator - is the most startling aspect of his often deeply emotional story which is yet another in the growing collection of insightful and invaluable first hand accounts detailing the damaging long term horrors wrought by the Vietnam war.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$14,000,000.00
Revenue
$161,001,698.00
Keywords
vietnam warvietnam veteranpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)1970swheelchairbiographybased on true storybased on memoir or autobiographydesertfourth of julyanti wardrunkenness1950s1960s