Born on the Fourth of July

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, a World War II veteran. Ron goes to his prom, and dances with Donna before leaving for basic training.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Biography, Drama, War
Country:United States
Produced By:A. Kitman Ho, Joseph P. Reidy, Oliver Stone, Lope V. Juban Jr., Clayton Townsend
Directed By:Oliver Stone
Written By:Ron Kovic, Oliver Stone
Cast:William Baldwin, David Warshofsky, David Herman, Bruce MacVittie, Sean Stone, Pamela S. Neill, Dean Mauro, Chris Walker, Lucinda Jenney, E. Lee Smith, William Mapother, John William Galt, Willie Minor, William Wallace, Mark Moses, Craig Taylor, Brian Tarantina, Kevin Harvey Morse, John C. McGinley, Henry Strzalkowski, Vivica A. Fox, Josh Evans, Ed Lauter, Kevin Watkins, Richard Haus, R.D. Call, Holly Marie Combs, Chris Pedersen, Melinda Renna, Chuck Pfeiffer, Theresa Bell, Ran Barker, Ivan Kane, Beau Starr, Íce Mrozek, Nick Nicholson, Damien Leake, Ben Wright, Gale Mayron, Norman D. Wilson, Peter Benson, Daniel Baldwin, Luv Adele Gaerlan, Claude Whitscell, Bud Sabatino, Frank Cavestani, Steven Novak, Dean Denton, Richard Panebianco, Michelle Hurst, Jenna Von Oÿ, Rocky Carroll, Dale Dye, Berto Spoor, Kyra Sedgwick, Jodi Long, David Neidorf, Jessica Prunell, Raymond J. Barry, Frank Girardeau, Jack McGee, Karen Newman, Byron Minns, Willem Dafoe, Paul Sanchez, Claude Brooks, John Achorn, Jayne Haynes, Wayne Knight, Tom Sizemore, John Falch, Anne Bobby, Tony Frank, Peter Crombie, Eagle Eye Cherry, Tom Berenger, Alan Toy, Joseph P. Reidy, Anthony Pena, Johnny Pinto, Jerry Levine, Abbie Hoffman, James Le Gros, Caroline Kava, Oliver Stone, John Del Regno, Richard Poe, Markus Flanagan, Jake Weber, Corkey Ford, Stephen Baldwin, Cordelia González, Cody Beard, Sean McGraw, J.R. Nutt, Amanda Davis, Michael Smith Guess, Ron Kovic, Rick Masters, Bob Gunton, Mark Miller, Erika Geminder, Jamie Talisman, Paul Abbott, Mark Edward Walters, Rob Camilletti, Réal Andrews, Michael McTighe, Billie Neal, Edith Diaz, Bryan Larkin, Norm Wilson, Samantha Larkin, Geoff Garza, Stacey Moseley, Don Wilson, Elbert Lewis, Bill Allen, Sami Chester, Michael Wincott, Jason Gedrick, Norma Moore, John Getz, Andrew Lauer, Mike Starr, Frank Whaley, Begonya Plaza, Elizabeth Hoffman, Reg E. Cathey, Tom Cruise, Annie McEnroe, Lili Taylor, Delia Sheppard
In Theaters:Jan 05, 1990
Runtime:2 hours 25 minutes
Production:Ixtlan
Budget:$14,000,000
Box Office:$70,001,698
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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