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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