"review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 based on 16 reviews from critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of ""A-"" on an A+ to F scale. David Denby of ""New York"" magazine, stated that the film was ""a relentless but often powerful and heartbreaking piece of work, dominated by Tom Cruise's impassioned performance."" Richard Corliss of ""Time"", Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"", Gene Siskel of the ""Chicago Tribune"" and Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" also commended Cruise's performance. Vincent Canby of ""The New"
"Ron Kovic Ronald Lawrence ""Ron"" Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an American anti-war activist, writer, and former United States Marine Corps sergeant, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of his 1976 memoir ""Born on the Fourth of July"", which was made into the Academy Award–winning 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, 22 years to the day that he was wounded in Vietnam, and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. Kovic was born"
"Award-winning actress Jane Fonda has stated that Ron Kovic's story was the inspiration for the 1978 Vietnam War film ""Coming Home"" in which she starred. Interviewed: Ron Kovic Ronald Lawrence ""Ron"" Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an American anti-war activist, writer, and former United States Marine Corps sergeant, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of his 1976 memoir ""Born on the Fourth of July"", which was made into the Academy Award–winning 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20,"
"which won the Academy Award for Best Film and Cruise the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise portrayed real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic in 1989's ""Born on the Fourth of July"", which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actor, a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Cruise's first Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Cruise's next films were ""Days of Thunder"" (1990) and ""Far"
"Evans grew up in Los Angeles and graduated in 1989 from the private Crossroads School in Santa Monica. He earned a Young Artist Awards in 1998. He went on to produce, direct, write and act. Most notably, he acted as Ron Kovic's hippie younger brother in ""Born on the Fourth of July"", which won a 1990 Golden Globe Award, and John Lithgow's character's servile assistant in ""Ricochet"". 'The ""Daily Press""'s Kevin Thomas called ""Inside the Goldmine"", in which Evans starred in 1994, a ""meaningful look at a nihilist"" and ""the kind of film that could be made only by someone"
"in Santa Monica, California, during the fall of 1974 in exactly one month, three weeks and two days. It tells the story of Kovic's life growing up in Massapequa, New York, joining the United States Marine Corps right out of high school, going to Vietnam for two tours of duty, getting shot, finding himself paralyzed and in need of a wheelchair, and eventually starting a new life as a peace activist. 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"
"later he played opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama ""Rain Man"" (1988), and also appeared in the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture-winning romantic drama ""Cocktail"" (1988). In doing so Cruise became the first and only person as of 2014 to star in a Best Picture Oscar winner and a Worst Picture Razzie winner in the same year. His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989). For his performance Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for"
"movie yells at you for two hours and twenty-five minutes."" The film also received criticism for its dramatization of actual events, prompted by Kovic's declared decision to run for Congress as a Democratic opponent to Californian Republican Robert Dornan in the 38th congressional district. As a result, ""Born on the Fourth of July"" became Stone's first film to be publicly attacked in the media. Dornan criticized the film for portraying Kovic as ""[being] in a panic and mistakenly shooting his corporal to death in Vietnam, visiting prostitutes, abusing drugs and alcohol and cruelly insulting his parents"". Kovic dismissed his comments"
"2007, he appeared with his son, Roy, in an episode of ""House Hunters International"" set in Stockholm, Sweden. Rick Rossovich Rick Rossovich (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor best known as Ron ""Slider"" Kerner in the 1986 film ""Top Gun"". Rossovich was born Frederic Enrico Rossovich in Palo Alto, California. His brother, Tim, was a former professional football player and also an actor. He attended college at Sacramento State University. Rossovich is of Croatian descent. Rossovich has appeared in over 30 films, including: Rossovich also appeared in several TV series, including: He has also made guest appearances in"
"free from the officers, regroup, and charge the hall again, though not successfully. In 1976, Ron delivers a public address at the Democratic National Convention in New York City, following the publication of his autobiography. Al Pacino expressed interest in portraying Ron Kovic after watching the Vietnam veteran's televised appearance at the 1976 Democratic National Convention and reading his autobigraphy. He also turned down starring roles in the Vietnam War-themed films ""Coming Home"" (1978) and ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979), the former for which Kovic would act as a consultant. Kovic met with Pacino in New York, where they discussed adapting the"
"protests. The monitoring of Lennon later concluded that he was not a dangerous revolutionary, being ""constantly under the influence of narcotics."" The U.S. Justice Department indicted Scott Camil, John Kniffen, Alton Foss, Donald Perdue, William Patterson, Stan Michelsen, Peter Mahoney and John Briggs—collectively known as the Gainesville Eight—on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the Convention. All were exonerated. Oliver Stone's film ""Born on the Fourth of July"", based on Ron Kovic's autobiography of the same name, depicts Kovic and fellow Vietnam Veterans Against the War activists Bobby Muller, Bill Wieman and Mark Clevinger being spat upon at the convention. The"
"– Drama, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The film opens in 1956 Massapequa, New York, with a 10-year-old Ron Kovic playing with his friends in a forest. On his Fourth of July birthday, he attends an Independence Day parade with his family and best friend Donna. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy's televised inaugural address inspires a teenage Ron to join the United States Marine Corps. After attending an impassioned lecture by two Marine recruiters visiting his high school, he enlists. His decision receives support from his mother, but upsets his father, an Armed"
"paralyzed in the Vietnam War. Kovic lives in Redondo Beach, California, where he writes, paints, plays the piano, and gardens. He has never married although he did have a relationship with Connie Panzarino (author of ""The Me in the Mirror""). Bruce Springsteen wrote the song ""Shut Out the Light"" after reading Kovic's memoir and then meeting him. Tom Paxton, the folk singer/political activist, wrote the song ""Born on the Fourth of July"", which is on his 1977 ""New Songs from the Briarpatch"" album, and met Kovic backstage at the Bottom Line Club in New York City the same year. Academy"
"Tom Sizemore Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (born November 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989), ""Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man"" (1991), ""Passenger 57"" (1992), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Natural Born Killers"" (1994), ""Strange Days"" (1995), ""Heat"" (1995), ""Saving Private Ryan"" (1998), ""Red Planet"" (2000), ""Black Hawk Down"" (2001), ""Pearl Harbor"" (2001), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the video game """", and playing Anthony Sinclair in the revival television series ""Twin Peaks"" (2017). Sizemore was born in Detroit,"
"Rick Rossovich Rick Rossovich (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor best known as Ron ""Slider"" Kerner in the 1986 film ""Top Gun"". Rossovich was born Frederic Enrico Rossovich in Palo Alto, California. His brother, Tim, was a former professional football player and also an actor. He attended college at Sacramento State University. Rossovich is of Croatian descent. Rossovich has appeared in over 30 films, including: Rossovich also appeared in several TV series, including: He has also made guest appearances in such TV shows as ""Tales from the Crypt"", ""Mad About You"", Murder She Wrote and ""Due South"". In"
"portray the difficulties of being a paraplegic. The insurance company responsible for the film vetoed the idea, believing that the drug would cause permanent incapacitation. Kovic visited the production daily and would often participate in rehearsals with Cruise. Kovic also appears in the film as a World War II veteran at an Independence Day parade who flinches in response to exploding firecrackers, a reflex that Cruise's character adopts later in the film. On July 3, 1989, following the end of reshoots, Kovic gave Cruise his Bronze Star Medal as a birthday present and in praise of his commitment to the"
"behalf of peace, to be able to reach such a great number of people."" On April 8, 2009, Kovic joined British MP George Galloway to launch Viva Palestina USA, an American branch of Viva Palestina. Kovic planned to co-lead with Galloway a humanitarian relief convoy to the Gaza Strip in early July 2009. On December 6, 2009 Kovic spoke honoring Bruce Springsteen at the 32nd annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. On December 22, 2009, Kovic, Oliver Stone, and friends celebrated the 20th anniversary of the 1989 film release of ""Born on the Fourth of July"" at a dinner"
"the Tucson Film Festival, on October 9, 2015, which was presented by the Arizona Underground Film Festival. Distribution was scheduled for 2016 by Osiris Entertainment. Evans wrote and published a novella titled ""Gold Star"" in April 2013. Josh Evans (film producer) Joshua C. Evans (born January 16, 1971) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, author and actor best known for his role in ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989). Evans was born in New York City to actress Ali MacGraw and producer Robert Evans. He has one son with his wife Roxy Saint. Evans‘ mother was of Hungarian-Jewish and Scottish"
"Award for Best Picture and ""Born on the Fourth of July"". Stone won the Academy Award for Directing for both films. Both films were told from the perspective of Americans. ""Platoon"" was based on Oliver Stone's own experience in Vietnam and ""Born on the Fourth of July"" was based on the experiences of veteran Ron Kovic. After ""Platoon"", Hayslip would stand outside movie theaters in San Diego, where she lived at the time, and hand out fliers. ""I am not against the movie,"" Hayslip said, ""But I want them to know that 3 million of my people died in that"
"were ""Born on the Fourth of July"" and ""Heaven & Earth"", each dealing with different aspects of the war. ""Platoon"" is a semi-autobiographical film about Stone's experience in combat; ""Born on the Fourth of July"" is based on the autobiography of US Marine turned peace campaigner Ron Kovic; ""Heaven & Earth"" is based on the memoir ""When Heaven and Earth Changed Places"", in which Le Ly Hayslip recalls her life as a Vietnamese village girl drastically affected by the war and who finds another life in the USA. Stone also directed the acclaimed ""Wall Street"", which won Michael Douglas an"
"York City, Combs attended Beekman Hill Elementary and then the Professional Children's School. In an interview when she was in Sydney, Australia, for Supanova Expo, she said that she was a certified scuba diver at 13. When she was 14 years old, Combs landed her first major role in ""Sweet Hearts Dance"" (1988), a comedy drama film directed by Robert Greenwald. She played Debs Boon, the daughter of Wiley Boon (played by Don Johnson) and Sandra Boon (played by Susan Sarandon). Her next major role was in Oliver Stone's ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989), a film adaptation of"
"Gojko Mitić Gojko Mitić (; born June 13, 1940 in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin. He is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes, rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with ""The Sons of Great Bear"" (1966), Mitić starred in 12 films of this type between 1966 and 1984. He contributed to the popular image of Native Americans in German-speaking countries. In an attempt to move away from his"
"John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series ""Welcome Back, Kotter"" (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) and ""Grease"" (1978). His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), and he has since starred in films such as ""Get Shorty"", ""Broken Arrow"", ""Face/Off"", ""Swordfish"", ""Be Cool"", ""Wild Hogs"", ""Hairspray"", and ""The Taking of Pelham 123"". Travolta was nominated for"
"Milan Gutović Milan ""Lane"" Gutović (, born 11 August 1946) is a Serbian actor, cabaret performer, and television personality. He is best known for his role as Srećko Šojić. Gutović was born on 11 August 1946 in a Belgrade suburban neighborhood of Umka. He graduated from the Belgrade Academy for theater, cinema, radio and television and became a member of Yugoslav Drama Theatre in 1967. Gutović has worked in both the film industry and the theatre. He has acted in the films ""Tesna koža"" (Tight Skin), ""Sedam i po"" (Seven and a Half), ""The Battle of Sutjeska"" (Sutjeska), and ""Bela"
"Street"" and ""Platoon"" were directed by Oliver Stone. In 1988, Stone asked Sheen to star in his new film ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989), but later cast Tom Cruise instead. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen did not take a lead role in Stone's subsequent films, although he did have a cameo role in """". In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased """", the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie ""Grizzly"". In 1988, he starred in the baseball"
"Born to Fight (1989 film) Born to Fight (aka Nato per combattere) is a 1989 action film, starring Brent Huff, John van Dreelen, Werner Pochath and Mary Stavin. The film was shot on Philippines due to low budget in 1988 and is the third time − after ""Strike Commando 2"" (1988) and ""Cop Game"" (1988) − when Brent Huff worked with director Bruno Mattei. Super tough Vietnam Veteran Sam Woods (Huff) is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape. When Wood returned to rescue his friends, he found"
"Kirk Bovill Kirk Bovill (born January 17, 1961) is an American actor, writer, voice-over artist and producer. His film credits include ""Vice"", ""20th Century Women"", ""Free State of Jones"", ""Get on Up"", ""Contraband"", ""Texas Killing Fields"", ""White Lightnin'"", ""The Butterfly Circus"", and ""God Bless America"". Bovill was born in Wayne, Nebraska, the son of Judy Bovill, a teacher, artist, and writer, and Ron Bovill, a college professor, coach, writer, and former actor, who filmed national Wells Fargo commercials in the 1970s as Mark Twain. After attending Aurora High School, he headed off to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where"
"Clifton Powell Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor, who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in ""Ray"" (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. Powell has appeared in more than one hundred films, beginning in the 1980s. His credits include ""Menace II Society"" (1993), ""Dead Presidents"" (1995), ""Why Do Fools Fall in Love"" (1998), ""Rush Hour"" (1998), ""Next Friday"" (2000), and its 2002 sequel, ""Friday After Next"", ""Woman Thou Art Loosed"" (2004), and ""Ray"" (2004). He played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the"
"for over 30 years. Gomboc was commissioned in 2011 by the Australian Film Institute to design a statuette for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. In 1993 Gomboc was Western Australian Citizen of the Year in the Art Culture and Entertainment category. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for services to art. Ron Gomboc Ratimir Marijan ""Ron"" Gomboc is an Australian sculptor. Gomboc was born in 1947 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia and received his early schooling in the town of Novi Vinodolski, Croatia. At the age of 13 he emigrated to Australia with his parents."
"at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, seconding the nomination of draft resister Fritz Efaw for Vice President of the United States. ""Time"" magazine described the scene as one of the few poignant moments of the convention and many in the audience were brought to tears. On July 12, 1977, Kovic was arrested with 191 students and supporters during the Gym protests at Kent State University. In 1979, Ron Kovic gave a speech at The Libertarian National Convention which nominated Ed Clark for President. In 1988, Kovic was a Jesse Jackson delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. In"
"has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. The release date and director of each film are indicated in parentheses. Joe Hutshing Joe Hutshing is an American film editor who grew up in San Diego, California and is best known for working multiple times with film director, Oliver Stone and well as with film director Cameron Crowe (who is also from San Diego, California). Hutshing graduated from the University of Oregon in 1980. Hutshing has received Academy Awards for the films ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989) and ""JFK"" (1991); both were directed by Oliver Stone. His"
"and ""Private Practice"". Getz also appeared in ""The Fly"" (1986) and ""The Fly II"" (1989) as Stathis Borans, a science magazine editor who pays a heavy price for his curiosity. Also in 1989, he played a Marine Corps Major in ""Born on the Fourth of July"". In 1991, Getz appeared as the unpleasant boyfriend of professional women in ""Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"" and ""Curly Sue"". In 1990, Getz appeared as a crime boss in the Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez spoof ""Men At Work"". In 1994, he appeared in the film ""Playmaker"", starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Rubin."
"(2001), ""Invincible"" (2001), ""Funny Games"" (2007), ""The Incredible Hulk"" (2008), ""Arbitrage"" (2012), ""Broken"" (2012), ""Selma"" (2014) and ""600 Miles"" (2016). He also starred as Cal Lightman on the Fox series ""Lie to Me"" and as Jim Worth in the Sky Atlantic series ""Tin Star."" Roth was born in Dulwich, London, the son of Ann, a painter and teacher, and Ernie, a Fleet Street journalist, painter, and member of the British Communist Party until the 1970s. His father was born in New York with the surname ""Smith"", but changed his surname to the German/Jewish ""Roth"" in the 1940s, ""partly through solidarity"