| Uniform Title |
Born on the fourth of July (Motion picture : 1989) |
| Title |
Born on the fourth of July. |
| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Studios, ©2005. |
| ©1989 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (138 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Studios : 8235878. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. |
| Based on the 1976 autobiography of the same name by Ron Kovic. |
| Special features: Feature Commentary with Director Oliver Stone ; From the NBC News Archives - Backstory: Born on the Fourth of July. |
| Credits |
Directed, written and produced by Oliver Stone ; produced by A. Kitman Ho. |
| Performers |
Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Willem Dafoe. |
| Summary |
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Regions 2, 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English, Hungarian. Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
Academy Award for Best Director - Oliver Stone ; Best Film Editing - David Brenner and Joe Hutshing, 1990. |
| Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama ; Best Director - Oliver Stone ; Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama - Tom Cruise ; Best Screenplay - Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic. |
| Subjects |
Kovic, Ron -- Film adaptations |
| Vietnam Veterans Against the War -- Drama |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects -- Drama |
| Paraplegics -- Drama |
| War casualties -- Drama |
| Disabled veterans -- Drama |
| War -- Psychological aspects |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| War films |
| Social problem films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Stone, Oliver director, screenwriter, producer. |
| Ho, A. Kitman producer. |
| Cruise, Tom, 1962- actor. |
| Sedgwick, Kyra actor. |
| Barry, Raymond J., 1939- actor. |
| Dafoe, Willem actor. |
| Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kovic, Ron. Born on the fourth of July. |
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