About this product

Product Information

A drama based on the true story by Ron Kovic of a young soldier who returns from Vietnam paralysed.

Product Identifiers

ProducerOliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho

EAN5050582531299

eBay Product ID (ePID)62877252

Product Key Features

ActorRaymond Barry, Kyra Sedgwick, Willem Dafoe, Frank Whaley, Byron Keith Minns, Jerry Levine, Tom Cruise

Film/TV TitleBorn on the Fourth of July

DirectorOliver Stone

LanguageEnglish

Run Time138 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2007

FormatHD DVD

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJohn Williams

Production DesignerBruno Rubeo

AwardsBest Director 1989 - Oliver Stone

Additional InformationOliver Stone returned to the subject of Vietnam with this wrenching true account of the experiences of Ron Kovic, played by Tom Cruise. A patriotic kid from a small town, he volunteers eagerly to serve in Vietnam. After being disillusioned by the duplicity of military bureaucracy, he's paralyzed from the chest down by a bullet in the spine. He returns home, bitterly alienated from an uncomprehending family, facing a long and painful rehabilitation. But slowly, with the help of friends like Donna (Kyra Sedgewick), he begins to think differently about the war--and about himself.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - Rating: B, New York Times - Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1989" List, Time Out - A compelling, elegiac film, particularly encouraging after the simplified morality of Platoon., USA Today - ...Cruise sets himself apart from the rest by proving with stunning ferocity that the most popular guy at the movies can also be a fine actor..., Variety - Tom Cruise, who takes Kovic from clean-cut eager teen to impassioned long-haired activist, is stunning., Film4 - A compelling, elegiac film, particularly encouraging after the simplified morality of Platoon., Rolling Stone - ...Tom Cruise gives an astounding, deeply felt performance...

ScreenwriterOliver Stone

Costume DesignerJudy L. Ruskin

AuthorRon Kovic

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

EditorDavid Brenner

Movie/TV TitleBorn On The Fourth Of July

Director of PhotographyRobert Richardson