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Basic information

Chinese film title

Born on July 4th

English film title

Born on the Fourth of July

Director

oliver stone Oliver Stone

Screenwriter

. ..... (book)

oliver stone Oliver Stone ... (screen play)&;

Ron Kovic .....(screenplay)

Actor

Tom Cruise Tom Cruise ... Ron Kovic

Bryan Larkin ... Young Ron

Raymond J. Barry ... Mr. Kovic

Caroline Kava ... Mrs. Kovic

Josh Evans .....Tommy Kovic

Seth Allen .....Young Tommy

Jamie Talisman .....Jimmy Kovic

Sean Stone .....Young Jimmy

Anne Bobby .....Suzanne Kovic

Jenna von O? ... Young Suzanne

producer

a. kitman ho ... producer

Lope v. Juban Jr. producer: phillipines

Joseph p. Reid ... associated producer. (as Joseph Reidy)

oliver stone Oliver Stone ... producer

Clayton Townsend ... Associated producer

Photography: robert richardson Robert Richardson ... Hotography)

editing film:

David Brenner

Joe Hutshing ... (co-editor)

film length 145 min

country/ Region USA

White Language English

Color Color

Mixing 7 mm 6-Track Dolby SR

Level

Australia: Micheland: 16 Norway: 15 Sweden: 15 France: u Spain: 13 USA: r Canada: r UK: 18. West Germany: 16 Canada: 18+South Korea: 18 Chile: 18 Argentina: 16 Finland: K-14 Singapore: M18 New Zealand: R13

The production cost is $14,. (estimated)

shooting date

May 1988-November 1988

[ Edit this paragraph] Production and distribution

Production company

Ixtlan Corporation [USA ]

Distribution company

CIC Vídeo [Brazil] ...

Columbia TriStar [Brazil] ... (Brazil) (DVD)

Image Entertainment Inc. [USA] ... (USA) (laser disc)

MCA Universal Home Entertainment MCA/ Universal Home Video [USA] ... (USA) (laser disc)

United international pictures (UIP) [UK] ... (26) (UK) (dramatic)

Universal Home Entertainment [USA] ... (USA) (DVD)

Universal Pictures [USA] ... (26) (USA) (theatrical)

Warner Home Video [USA] ..... (USA) (DVD)

other companies

ADR voice services ... voice casting

astrosheet metal ... metal manufacturing

big time picture company ... post-production e. Diting facilities

Bonhard's nursery ... Greenery

Charlie Wright Ltd ... Wigs

Cinema Research Corporation [USA]. ... optics

Gala Catering Inc. [USA] ... Catering

JDH Sound [USA] ..... adr facility, L.A.

Lone Star Parade Floats ... Parade Floats

Lori Marsound ... Re-recording facilities

MCA Records [USA] Soundtrack

NBC News Archives [USA] ... Historical News Footage

Nicolaucasting ... Extras casting

Warriors Inc. [USA]. Military technical advisor

release date

USA

December 2, 1989

Australia

February 8, 199

Argentina

February 15, 199 < France

France

February 21st, 199

Sweden

February 23rd, 199

West Germany

March 1st, 199

Austria

Austria

199. Therlands

March 2, 199

UK

March 2, 199

Finland

Finland

March 16, 199

Hungary

April 19, 199

. July 31, 199 (Davao)

[ Edit this paragraph] Synopsis

Lang Kavik was originally a promising officer, but he lost his legs in the Vietnam War. He began to give up on himself and often took it out on his family. After he left his hometown, he looked at himself and found out how many lives this war had taken, and for whom only? Unable to forgive his motherland, he decided to oppose the war and questioned the country that betrayed him ...

Lang Keweike liked to fight with his friends in the Woods when he was young, and he dreamed of becoming a real man one day. On July 4, 1956, Lang was riding on his father's shoulder to watch the parade of American Independence Day, which made him very excited. Once, Lang's girlfriend Donna gave him a baseball cap, and Lang won the game with a confident smile on his face.

growing up, Lang admires and yearns for the president's speech full of war fanaticism, and an impulse of challenge and sacrifice sprouted in his heart. In an interstate wrestling match, Lang was thrown down, and tears welled up in his eyes. After that, Lang decided to give up the chance of going to college to join the army. In the pain of contradiction, he rushed to the middle school gymnasium in the rain to say goodbye to his lover Donna.

Lang came to the battlefield in Vietnam and witnessed the shooting of Vietnamese civilians by American troops. He rushed into the house desperately to rescue the injured women and babies. In a scuffle, he accidentally killed his good friend Wilson, but the lieutenant colonel told Lang, who was in pain, that it was "each has his own destiny." Since then, Lang was shot and wounded, and was taken to the Veterans Hospital. He was told that he was paralyzed from the waist down and would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

In 1969, when Lang returned to his hometown, some people regarded him as a patriotic hero, while others turned a deaf ear to him, which made him sad and sad. However, Lang, who was in a wheelchair, still persisted in his loyal belief in the war in the United States.

In the university campus where the anti-war movement started, Lang and Donna met again. Donna, who was shocked and saddened, decided that the war was wrong and must be stopped. Lang, who has lost his sexual ability, deeply loves Donna. He recalls the past and is full of sadness.

After a bar conflict, Lang finally realized the cruel reality behind the war lies. Soon, he was sent to the Mexican military sanatorium for recuperation. In the dark brothel, the gentleness and thoughtfulness of the prostitute Elena made Lang feel mixed feelings and burst into tears, and his mood cheered up slightly. However, the nightmare of Vietnam War still appears in his mind from time to time. In order to atone, he went to mourn Wilson's tombstone. In order to stop the war and massacre, Lang finally woke up and joined the anti-war movement.

In 1972, when a party was held in Miami Beach, Lang and some veterans entered the meeting place. He made a public anti-war declaration and was kicked out by the secret police. But Lang, who was widely supported, shook his wheelchair unyieldingly, commanded the public and rushed forward.

Four years later, new york held the Democratic National Convention. Lang firmly and excitedly took the podium, and he recalled the past. Amid the cheers of the crowd, Lang held out his left hand and made a V-shaped sign of victory.

The hero, Ron Nicoway, was paralyzed by injury, suffering from physical pain in the hospital and mental torture when he returned to his hometown. The extremely frustrated days made him so decadent and frustrated that the values he supported collapsed.

This film is the second part of Si Tong's Vietnam War Trilogy, which tells a true story to people. Luo is an athlete full of patriotic passion. Despite the opposition of his family, he resolutely joined the US Navy and went to Vietnam to fight. The war life at sea plunged Luo and his partners into confusion and confusion, and Luo gradually lost himself. Ruthless bullets hit him, and Luo, who was half paralyzed, was sent back to the motherland and spent a nightmare in a veterans hospital. After leaving the hospital, he went to Mexico, drinking all day and living a dissolute life. However, the perseverance buried in Luo's heart gradually cheered him up, and finally he was tempered into an active anti-war propagandist through hard struggle.

[ Edit this paragraph] A comment on the movie behind the scenes

A story of innocence lost and found.

Behind the scenes production

After the Vietnam War movie platoon became famous, oliver stone, a film with the same theme, shifted its focus, and the climax of the film was also reflected here. When the audience saw this, they could not help but treat and think about the history and significance of the Vietnam War with a serious attitude. The film, with Tom Cruise's brilliant performance, has a compact and powerful plot, a dignified atmosphere and a strong sensation, and is also a manifestation of creative courage and moral conscience in the American film industry.

[ Edit this paragraph] Highlights

Tom Cruise, the main actor, was actually born on July 3rd.

The colors of all films are red, white and blue, which are determined according to different situations: wars are reddish, dream scenes are white, blue represents sadness and so on.

Director's guest appearance: (oliver stone) At the beginning of the film, I interviewed the reporter of the military chief on TV.

At least 11 extras, including oliver stone, made guest appearances in this film, and also performed in an earlier film "platoon" in oliver stone.

It has been proved that a person in the film said that the bronze star and purple heart medals he won in Vietnam were meaningless. Director oliver stone won these two awards after he participated in the Vietnam War.

In Mexico, Rong sat behind a desk with a book entitled "All Quiet on the Western Front". This book is regarded as one of the greatest anti-war works in history.

al pacino was originally set to play the leading role of Ron covic and directed by William Fridkin. As the film project was caught in the predicament of raising funds, it was not until ten years later that this film starring Tom Cruise and directed by oliver stone was produced.

On the list of actors at the end of the film, the name of oliver stone's wife Elizabeth is among them, which is considered as "Naijo No Ko".