--- title: 'Born on the Fourth of July (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Oliver Stone' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 138 genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' - 'History' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 1989 · 138 min · Drama, War, History · United States ## Synopsis Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American 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. The film depicts the life of Kovic (Cruise) over a 20-year period, detailing his childhood, his military service and paralysis during the Vietnam War, and his transition to anti-war activism. It is the second installment in Stone's trilogy of films about the Vietnam War, following Platoon (1986) and preceding Heaven & Earth (1993). ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Ron Kovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-kovic), [Oliver Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stone) - **Director:** [Oliver Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stone) - **Producer:** [Oliver Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stone) - **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-richardson) - **Editor:** [Joe Hutshing](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hutshing), [David Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brenner) ## Cast - [Jason Gedrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-gedrick) as Martinez - [Tom Sizemore](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-sizemore) as Vet #1 - [Tom Berenger](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-berenger) as Gunnery Sergeant Hayes - [Daniel Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-baldwin) - [Delia Sheppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/delia-sheppard) - [Dale Dye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dale-dye) as an infantry colonel - [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe) as Charlie - [Kyra Sedgwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyra-sedgwick) as Donna - [James LeGros](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-legros) - [Holly Marie Combs](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-marie-combs) as Jenny - [William Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-baldwin) - [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise) as Ron Kovic - [Ron Kovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-kovic) - [Abbie Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbie-hoffman) as a student strike organizer - [Andrew Lauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-lauer) as Vet #2 ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q471159); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.