Born on the Fourth of July [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents ; an A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan production ; an Oliver Stone picture ; produced by A. Kitman Ho & Oliver Stone ; screenplay by Oliver Stone & Ron Kovic ; directed by Oliver Stone.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Universal 100th anniversary [ed.]; Blu-ray + DVD [version]
Includes feature film (2 hrs, 25 min.) in two media versions: DVD and Blu-ray. Based on the book by Ron Kovic. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Special features: feature commentary with writer/director Oliver Stone; NBC news archives: back story-Born on the Fourth of July; 100 years of Universal: Academy Award winners; 100 years of Universal: the '80s. Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger.
Summary:
Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
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