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Cast and Crew

  • Abbie Hoffman Abbie Hoffman, Actor
  • Billie Neal Billie Neal, Actor
  • Bob Gunton Bob Gunton, Actor
  • Claudio Brook Claudio Brook, Actor
  • Daniel Baldwin Daniel Baldwin, Actor
  • David Herman David Herman, Actor
  • David Neidorf David Neidorf, Actor
  • Don Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Actor
  • Ed Lauter Ed Lauter, Actor
  • Frank Whaley Frank Whaley, Actor
  • Holly Marie Combs Holly Marie Combs, Actor
  • James LeGros James LeGros, Actor
  • Jason Gedrick Jason Gedrick, Actor
  • Jenna von Oy Jenna von Oy, Actor
  • John C. McGinley John C. McGinley, Actor
  • John Getz John Getz, Actor
  • Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Sedgwick, Actor
  • Lili Taylor Lili Taylor, Actor
  • Lucinda Jenney Lucinda Jenney, Actor
  • Michael Wincott Michael Wincott, Actor
  • Norma Moore Norma Moore, Actor
  • Oliver Stone Oliver Stone, Actor
  • Raymond J. Barry Raymond J. Barry, Actor
  • Stephen Baldwin Stephen Baldwin, Actor
  • Tom Berenger Tom Berenger, Actor
  • Tom Cruise Tom Cruise, Actor
  • Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore, Actor
  • Vivica A. Fox Vivica A. Fox, Actor
  • Wayne Knight Wayne Knight, Actor
  • Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe, Actor
  • William Baldwin William Baldwin, Actor
  • William Mapother William Mapother, Actor

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Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July

The second of three films by co-writer/director Oliver Stone to explore the effects of the Vietnam War (Platoon and Heaven and Earth are the others), Born On The Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who shocks his family by enlisting with the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War. Once he is overseas, however, Kovic's gung-ho enthusiasm turns to horror and confusion when he accidentally kills one of his own men in a firefight. His downfall is furthered by a bullet wound that leaves him paralyzed from the chest down. He returns home, spends an appalling, nightmarish stint in a veterans' hospital, and follows an increasingly disillusioned and fragmented path that ultimately leaves him drunk and dissolute in Mexico. However, Kovic somehow turns himself around and pulls his life together, becoming an outspoken anti-war activist in the process. The film is long but emotionally powerful; many consider it Stone's best work and Cruise's best performance. Both were nominated for Oscars, as was the film itself, but only Stone, who co-wrote the film with Kovic from the latter's book, won for Best Director. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

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