Born On The Fourth Of July
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oliver Stone
Tom Cruise
Willem Dafoe
Raymond J Barry
Kyra Sedgwick
Caroline Kava
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
True story of Ron Kovic, a Marine wounded in Vietnam, covering his life from childhood in New York, through his 1964 enlistment and tour of duty in Vietnam, to his harrowing stay at a veterans hospital in the Bronx and eventual transformation into a well-known anti-war activist.
Director
Oliver Stone
Cast
Tom Cruise
Willem Dafoe
Raymond J Barry
Kyra Sedgwick
Caroline Kava
Tom Sizemore
Tom Berenger
John William Galt
Peter Benson
Samantha Larkin
Lili Taylor
Geoff Garza
Byron Minns
Bruce Macvittie
Richard Haus
Willie Minor
Sami Chester
Keri Roebuck
John Pinto
Jamie Talisman
John Del Regno
Lucinda Jenney
Jerry Levine
Joy Zapata
Amanda Davis
Ryan Beadle
Karen Newman
Chris Walker
Edie Brickell
R.d. Call
Ellen Pasternack
Mel Allen
Richard Grusin
Chuck Pfeifer
Dale Dye
Greg Hackbarth
Dan Furnad
David Carriere
Ken Osborne
Cordelia Gonzalez
Jessica Prunell
Holly Marie Combs
Sergio Scognamiglio
Anthony Pena
David Neidorf
Claude Brooks
Jason Klein
Stacey Moseley
Frank Girardeau
Chris Pederson
William Baldwin
Wayne Knight
Richard Panebianco
Cody Beard
Sean Mcgraw
Mike Starr
Rick Masters
Norma Moore
Bob Gunton
John Falch
Lane R Davis
Philip Amelio
Frank Whaley
Kevin Harvey Morse
Elbert Lewis
Seth Allen
Bill Allen
Don Wilson
Frederick H Geise
Andy Lauer
Bob Tillotson
Harold Woloschin
Phil Shirey
Joseph Reidy
Annie Mcenroe
Ed Lauter
Bill Wallace
Jimmy L Parker
Markus Flanagan
Paul Sanchez
Ben Wright
Vivica A. Fox
Gale Mayron
Daniel Baldwin
Oliver Stone
Alan Toy
Christopher W Mills
Ed Jupp
Michael Mctighe
James Legros
Billie Neal
Peter Crombie
Real Andrews
Pia Fernandez
Jason Gedrick
Brian Tarantina
David Warshofsky
Anne Bobby
Michael Compotaro
Richard Lubin
Damien Leake
John C. Mcginley
Robert Camilletti
Mark Moses
Edith Diaz
Corkey Ford
Frank Cavestani
Bryan Larkin
Rocky Carroll
Stephen Baldwin
Josh Evans
Eduardo Ricardo
Begona Plaza
Norm Wilson
Jenna Von Oy
Paul Sanchez
Elizabeth Hoffman
Lorraine Morin-torre
Jake Weber
Paul Abbott
Jack Mcgee
Michael Smith Guess
Sean Stone
Erika Geminder
John Getz
Jodi Long
Pamela S Neill
Mike Miller
Kevin Mcguire
Chip Moody
Tim Morrison
David Herman
J R Nutt
William Knight
Richard Poe
Reg E. Cathey
Tony Frank
Abbie Hoffman
Melinda Ramos Renna
Kristel Otney
Jayne Haynes
Beau Starr
Liz Moore
Lisa Barnes
Ivan Kane
Michael Sulsona
Michelle Hurst
Michael Wincott
William Mapother
Crew
Bill Abbott
Paul Adler
Fran Allgood
Joe Alonsabe
Gil Arceo
Wynn Arenas
Frankie Avalon
Parry Bacmante
Francisco Balangue
Banong Balicas
Enrico Balicas
Rene Balicas
Richard L Barlow
Ed Barrera
Jane Bartelme
Donah Bassett
Lon Bender
Paul Benz
Martha Beresford
Tana Bishop
Brad Blake
Bill Bradford
Risa Bramon Garcia
Bradley Breitbarth
David Brenner
Edie Brickell
Chris Brigham
David A Brink
Dale Caldwell
Kateri Cale
Ben Canalita
Donald C Carlson
Robert Carlson
Budd Carr
Jana Carroll
Frank Cavestani
Adrienne Chappell
Don Clark
Bonnie Clevering
George M. Cohan
Dean Coke
Jane Comendador
Mitzie Corbin
Pierre Cour
Rodell Cruz
William Curtin
Carrie Antoinette Daccardi
Robert Dawson
Jimmy Deknight
David Delina
Luther Dixon
Don Donigi
Dale Dya
Dale Dye
Bob Dylan
Mark Ebenhoch
Jun Ella
Mark Fabert
Jeff Flach
John Fogerty
Ulysses Formanez
Ricky Francisco
Max Freeman
Bernardo Gabilo
Paul Gadd
John E Gallagher
Robert "rock" Galotti
S H Gant
Eusebio Garcia
Gary Gegan
Frederick H Geise
Floyd Gentry
Scott Gershin
Fred Giese
Avram D Gold
Alice Green
Florence Green
Kathryn M Greige
Robert J Grindrod
Doug Gruden
Jon Guerra
Firmo Guina
Paris L Gutierrez
John Harrington
Jerry Henery
Julie Herrin
Derek R. Hill
Wendell Aber Hill
A. Kitman Ho
Hilda Hodges
Chris Hogan
Sandy Hollis
Billy Hopkins
Michael R Hoskinson
Kelly Householder
Joe Hutshing
Sharon Ilson
Thomas Jirgal
David N Johnson
Jeannie Ione Johnson
Richard L Johnson
Ed Johnston
Lope V Juban Jr.
Joseph A Kee
Victor Kempster
Bruce Kerner
Jack Kerner
A Catherine King
Jeff Klein
James Knox
Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic
Stephen M Krajca
Amy Levy Lancaster
Charles P Lancaster
Mark Lanza
Mark Lapointe
Rodney Lay
F Valdes Leal
Donald J. Lee
Heidi Levitt
Stacy Lewis
Stephen Lim
Lynn Lockwood
Jean M Longwell
Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez
Lito Mabalot
Manny Macapagal
Carol A Maguire
Tod A Maitland
Susan Malerstein-watkins
Henry Mancini
Travis M Mann
Arthur Manson
William Mapother
Ed Marshall
Joe Mayer
Susan Mayes
Joe Mccabe
David Mcgrath
Jeff Mcgrath
Don Mclean
Don Mclean
Johnny Mercer
Ken Metcalfe
Jim Miller
Michael Wayne Miller
Alvin Milliken
Michael Minkler
Michael Minkler
Mark Miranda
Derrick Mitchell
Julie Monroe
Robert W Moreno
Tim Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Andrea Morse
Maggie Murphy
Bill Neal
William H Neff
Roland Neveu
Jeff Nightbyrd
T. J. O'mara
Sandra Palacios-plugge
James Palmer
James Palmer
Mike Parsons
Gavino Payawal
Reinhart Peschke
Philip C Pfeiffer
John Phillips
Toby F Phillips
Gustavo Pimentel
Gustavo Pimentel
Craig H Pittman
Melody Platt
Andre Popp
Perez Prado
Theresa Purcell
Will Purcell
Celebrado Raymundo
Crispin Rebolledo
Joseph Reidy
Joseph Reidy
Chris Renna
Dan Rich
Robert Richardson
Robert Richardson
Wello Rivas
David M Roberts
William Robinson Jr.
Joey Romero
Leroy Roper
George Rosales
Bruno Rubeo
Marco Rubeo
Mayes C. Rubeo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Director
Best Editing
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Picture
Best Score
Best Sound
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 20, 1989
Wide Release in United States January 5, 1990
Released in United States on Video August 9, 1990
Released in United States February 17, 1990
Released in United States February 18, 1990
Released in United States September 1991
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in West Berlin) February 17, 1990.
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in East Berlin) February 18, 1990.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 19-28, 1991.
Began shooting October 11, 1988.
Climactic scene at the 1976 Democratic Convention was reshot at the Forum in Inglewood, California with 6,000 extras at a cost of roughly $500,000. Scene was originally shot in Dallas January 1989, with 600 extras.
William R Mapother is probably some relation to Tom Cruise, since Mapother is his real last name.
Abbie Hoffman has a cameo role; film is in memoriam to Abbie Hoffman.
Released in United States Winter December 20, 1989
Wide Release in United States January 5, 1990
Released in United States on Video August 9, 1990
Released in United States February 17, 1990 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in West Berlin) February 17, 1990.)
Released in United States February 18, 1990 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in East Berlin) February 18, 1990.)
Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 19-28, 1991.)
