Born on the Fourth of July

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American film biographical film film war drama film

Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 biographical war drama film directed by Oliver Stone that chronicles the life of paralyzed Vietnam War veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic.

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Born on the Fourth of July canonical 17
Born on the Fourth of July (book) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
biographical film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
basedOn Born on the Fourth of July self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Born on the Fourth of July (book)

Ron Kovic autobiography ⓘ
castMember Caroline Kava ⓘ
Frank Whaley ⓘ
Jerry Levine ⓘ
Kyra Sedgwick ⓘ
Raymond J. Barry ⓘ
Tom Berenger ⓘ
Tom Cruise ⓘ
Willem Dafoe ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Richardson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Oliver Stone ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy David Brenner ⓘ
Joe Hutshing ⓘ
genre biographical drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasTheme anti-war movement ⓘ
patriotism and disillusionment ⓘ
veterans' rights ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Ron Kovic ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
narrativeFocus anti-war activism of Ron Kovic ⓘ
life of Ron Kovic ⓘ
paralysis of Ron Kovic ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
producer A. Kitman Ho ⓘ
Oliver Stone ⓘ
publicationDate 1989 ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-12-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtime approximately 145 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Oliver Stone ⓘ
Ron Kovic ⓘ
setInPeriod Vietnam War ⓘ
post–Vietnam War era ⓘ
stars Tom Cruise ⓘ

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Tom Cruise → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Kyra Sedgwick → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Tom Berenger → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Robert Richardson → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Robert Richardson → collaboratedOn → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Heaven & Earth → follows → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Oliver Stone → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Oliver Stone → directed → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Tom Sizemore → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Rocky Carroll → appearedIn → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
David Brenner → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
David Brenner → awardReceivedFor → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
David Brenner → workedOn → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Born on the Fourth of July (book)
Joe Hutshing → notableWork → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ
Joe Hutshing → workedOnFilm → Born on the Fourth of July ⓘ