Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Born on the Fourth of July
- Who's watched: G [M was in the room looking at the TV for awhile, but not watching...she evetually napped.]
- Mentions: *1*
- Commentary: It was on sale, I thought, sight unseen, I'd be glad I owned it...what can I say?!? I'm glad I watched it. It was one of the last few in a long line of Vietnam War movies (including the obscure) I make it a point to watch. I thought I'd want to watch this one more than once. Not really. I would have liked to have seen it when it first came out and Tom Cruise wasn't . I think I would have appreciated his performance more. For some reason, as I watched this, I was continually reminded of Risky Business. I kept having to remind myself that it is based in 'truth' because it was acted for melodrama, which was distracting to the story. I doubt that I'll ever watch it again. I may pass it off to someone.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Tom Cruise Ron Kovic Willem Dafoe Charlie Kyra Sedgwick Donna Raymond J. Barry Mr. Kovic Jerry Levine Steve Boyer Frank Whaley Timmy Caroline Kava Mrs. Kovic Cordelia Gonzalez Maria Elena Ed Lauter Legion Commander Stephen Baldwin Billy Vorsovich Bob Gunton V.A. Dr. #1 Lili Taylor Jamie Wilson
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1989
Directed by Oliver Stone.
Labels: biography2, bob-gunton, dramaD, oliver-stone, period6, political5, tom-cruise, war2, willem-dafoe
