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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.
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").
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.
Cruise was nominated four Academy Awards for his Best Actor playing Sergeant Ron Kovic in the biographical anti war film Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and a sports agent in romantic sports drama Jerry Maguire (1996) and Best Supporting Actor playing a chauvinist motivational speaker in the epic drama Magnolia (1999).
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). The appearances led to more prominent roles in films like Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Striking Distance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), and The Relic ...
12. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), former U.S. president. Fun fact: Coolidge is the only U.S. president born on the Fourth of July.
Those who have seen Tom Cruise's 1989 movie "Born on the Fourth of July" may recognize this name — Vietnam veteran and antiwar activist Ron Kovic is the man Cruise portrayed. He was born in ...
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