Oliver Stone's award winning Born on the Fourth of July, based mostly on Ron Kovic's autobiography, consists of that seventeen moment segment that unfortunately portrays Mexican females as whores and prostitutes and Vietnam veterans as whore mongering alcoholics. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment As you can imagine, it took a lot of work to make Born on the Fourth of July suitable for broadcast on network television. the blunt dialogue that an angry, anguished, and helpless Kovic screamed at his distressed mother (Caroline Kava) about his complete disillusionment with life: ("We went to Vietnam to stop Communism! We shell women and children!That was the war. Communism, the insidious evil! They, they told us to go.Thou shalt not kill, Mom. When Ron Kovic is in the VA hospital, there's one scene where he wakes up in the middle of the night, and looks up and sees something, and screams. What did he see that made him scream? Answer: He doesn't see anything. He hears his blood dripping back into the makeshift machine the doctors have set up and realizes it isn't working properly. 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 BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Release Date: 1989 by Roger Ebert (December 20, 1989) For weeks now, we've been reading in the papers about public apologies by governments of the Eastern bloc. The Russians admit they were wrong to invade Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia. The East Germans tear down the Berlin Wall and denounce the secret luxuries of their leaders. The Poles and Hungarians say Marxism Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone) - "My Leg" - Tom Cruise Josh Busfield aka bitterphase 23.2K subscribers 181 The hospital equipment was out of date, the staff was underpaid, and, in one scene when Kovic was in jeopardy of losing his leg, a pump used to maintain the circulatory system in his leg broke while he lied upside down staring at his own vomit. A machine that appears to be filtering blood in his leg breaks and as the hospital doesn't have a spare machine so he might have to have his leg amputated. Later that night the machine miraculously turns back on which I suppose means his leg is saved. But then Ron lets out a blood curdling scream. Does anyone know why this is? Thanks Born of the fourth of july,rain man,jerry mcguire, interview with the vampire, and maybe eyes wide shut i felt he gave real good performances. Other than that i havent liked anything he did. Plus he is a scientology nutjob lol Reply reply More repliesMore repliesMore repliesMore replies presto_manifesto • Ronald Lawrence Kovic (born July 4, 1946) [1] is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the film of the same name which starred actor Tom Cruise as Kovic, and was co-written by Kovic and directed by Oliver Stone. [2] Kovic received the At one point, Kovic screams out for a suction pump that will drain a wound that might cost him his leg. He will never have feeling in the leg, but, God damn it, he wants to keep it all the same. Tom Cruise is a bad soldier and pays the price | Born on the Fourth of July | CLIP Born on the Fourth of July: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Tom Cruise, Bryan Larkin, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava. 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 for which he fought. Born on the Fourth of JulyRON KOVIC1976INTRODUCTIONPLOT SUMMARYTHEMESHISTORICAL OVERVIEWCRITICAL OVERVIEWCRITICISMSOURCES Source for information on Born on the Fourth of July: Literary Themes for Students dictionary. Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American epic biographical anti-war drama film that is based on the 1976 autobiography of Ron Kovic. Directed by Oliver Stone, and written by Stone and Kovic, it stars Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, and Willem Dafoe. Looking back, I didn’t understand most things. Rewatching Born on the Fourth of July was one of the most emotional and reflective experiences I have had since retiring from the US Army three years ago. Watching it as a combat veteran of a long, drawn-out, and seemingly forgotten set of wars, I looked back to who I was the first time I watched it. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. In “Born on the Fourth of July’s” best scene, young, wheelchair-bound Ron Kovic and another traumatically wounded Vietnam War vet sit in the dark of Kovic’s back yard, drinking a liberating Tom Cruise’s best moment of acting: the VA hospital scene from Born on the Fourth of July comments Best Add a Comment Johnny_Mc2 • 3 hr. ago
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