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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.
1989 – Born on the Fourth of July - (co-screenwriter with Oliver Stone). Directed by Oliver Stone. [16] Kovic also has a brief cameo appearance in the film as a wheelchair-using soldier in the opening parade scene, who flinches as firecrackers explode, something Tom Cruise's Kovic will also do later in the film.
Cohan and his sister Josie in the 1890s. Cohan was born in 1878 in Providence, Rhode Island, to Irish Catholic parents.A baptismal certificate from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (which gave the wrong first name for his mother) indicated that Cohan was born on July 3, but he and his family always insisted that he had been "born on the Fourth of July!"
Born on the Fourth of July, published in 1976, is the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line from George M. Cohan 's patriotic 1904 song, " The Yankee Doodle Boy " (also known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy").
In 1990, Townsend won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for the film Born on the Fourth of July. He shared this award with Oliver Stone. In 2012 Clayton was nominated for the Producers Guild of America Award as Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for Bridesmaids. [2]
The Fourth of July isn't just America's birthday. It's also the birthday of figures including actors and musicians and some well-known scoundrels. Star-Spangled Birthdays: 31 Famous Americans Born ...
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (/ ˈ s aɪ z m ɔːr /; November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor.Born in Detroit, he started his career with supporting appearances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Lock Up (1989), and Blue Steel (1990).
We've got 16 famous people and celebrities born on July 4. Tom Cruise may have starred in the Oscar-winning 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July , but he missed it being his actual birthday (July ...