Nato il quattro luglio

Titolo originale: Born on the Fourth of July
Regia: Oliver Stone |
Anno: 1989
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Guerra
Tag: vietnam war | vietnam veteran | post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) | 1970s | wheelchair | biography | based on true story | based on memoir or autobiography | desert | fourth of july | anti war | drunkenness | 1950s | 1960s |
Cast: Tom Cruise | Raymond J. Barry | Caroline Kava | Kyra Sedgwick | Willem Dafoe | Jerry Levine | Stephen Baldwin | Josh Evans | Rob Camilletti | Vivica A. Fox | Lili Taylor | Tony Frank | Holly Marie Combs | Tom Berenger | Frank Whaley | Mark Moses | Bob Gunton | Cordelia González | Jayne Haynes | Anne Bobby | Richard Panebianco | Tom Sizemore | Michael Wincott | Mike Starr | Ed Lauter | Daniel Baldwin | Brian Tarantina | Dale Dye | Norma Moore | Stacey Moseley | Oliver Stone | Sean Stone | Jenna von Oy | Ellen Pasternack | Joy Zapata | John Getz | David Warshofsky | Jason Gedrick | Bill Allen | William Baldwin | Claude Brooks | James Le Gros | William Mapother | Byron Minns | Markus Flanagan | R. D. Call | Corkey Ford | Rocky Carroll | Chris Pedersen | David Herman | Bruce MacVittie | Damien Leake | David Neidorf | Paul Sanchez | Billie Neal | Richard Poe | Jake Weber | Reg E. Cathey | Edie Brickell | Joseph P. Reidy | Beau Starr | Rick Masters | John Del Regno | Melinda Renna | Andrew Lauer | Ivan Kane | J.R. Nutt | Begonya Plaza | Edith Diaz | Anthony Pena | Peter Crombie | Ken Osborne | Alan Toy | Chuck Pfeiffer | William Wallace | Eagle-Eye Cherry | Frank Cavestani | John William Galt | Jack McGee | Jodi Long | Michelle Hurst | John C. McGinley | Wayne Knight | Elizabeth Hoffman | Lucinda Jenney | Annie McEnroe | Réal Andrews | Theresa Bell | Dean Denton | Ron Kovic | Delia Sheppard | Nick Nicholson | Henry Strzalkowski | Norman D. Wilson | Frank Girardeau | Donald Wilson | Craig T. Nelson | Jessica Prunell | Michael Guess | Gale Mayron | Bryan Larkin | Seth Allen | Erika Geminder | Samantha Larkin | Ben Wright |

Ron Kovic, nato il 4 luglio 1946, si arruola nei Marines e torna dal Vietnam, nel 1968, paralizzato nella parte inferiore del corpo e impotente. Attraverso varie esperienze arriva a una presa di coscienza pacifista e porta la sua testimonianza alla Convenzione Democratica del 1976.

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When Ron returns home from the hospital the subtitle says " Massapequa, 1969". The colours of the le [...] D
A Jackie Gleason Blvd. street sign can be seen at the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami B [...] D
In the movie, Ron is visiting a leader of the 1970 Syracuse University strike. As students listen to [...] D
Reeboks (first made in 1978) at a 1972 Republican convention. D
Ron joined the Marines in 1964, yet when he is in his bedroom contemplating his decision to join, th [...] D
The voice of Mel Allen is heard on the radio calling Mantle's 491st home run which would have taken [...] D
When Ron is taking the train to Upstate NY a Mass Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) commuter train is use [...] D
During the parade scene, Tom Cruise's US Marine uniform has 2 service stripes on the lower sleeve. I [...] D
Shortly after Ron arrives back home, he goes to a bar to get wasted. He then goes to the dance floor [...] D
When Ron and his friends walk out of Boyer's Ice Cream shop, you can see crew and equipment in the r [...] D
When the recruiter visits Ronnie's school, he incorrectly refers to Marine boot camp as "13 weeks of [...] D
When Oliver Stone is interviewing the infantry officer on the television, the officer's branch insig [...] D
In the movie, Ron is, by 1972, a full-fledged anti-war activist. Ron materializes on the floor of th [...] D
Reflections of camera and operator visible in the shiny black brim of Ron's hat during the second pa [...] D
Ron's family watches JFK's inauguration in Washington, DC in January 1961. It is sub-freezing there. [...] D
When Ron visits Billy's family in Venus, GA, he hears the stories of Billy's great-grandfather ("... [...] D
A 1957 Chevrolet convertible (released in the fall of 1956) is used in the 1956 Fourth of July parad [...] D
In the welcome home parade in 1969 we see two Elvises with the American eagle jumpsuit. This was not [...] D
During the parade at the beginning of the film set in 1956, several parade goers and participants ar [...] D
The song "American Pie" is played twice in scenes that are indicated as being in 1969. American Pie [...] D
During the Syracuse protest the group of students that are speaking are holding the Viet Cong flag. [...] D
The movie major is a decidedly unsympathetic character who ends his discussion with young Kovic by t [...] D
During a scene identified as July 4, 1969, the Kovic family is watching Laugh-In. Laugh-In aired on [...] D
When Ron visits the family of the man he accidentally killed in Vietnam, the chair swing is broken. [...] D
During the fighting in Oct. 1967 the Marines are shown using M14's and a Bazooka. In Oct. 1967 Marin [...] D
When Ron is thinking about what to put away in his room before boot camp, he stuffs away a toy pisto [...] D
On the night of his prom Ron Kovic listens to Mickey Mantle hit his 491st home run. Mantle hit that [...] D
In a scene in the Bronx Veterans Hospital, supposedly at some point in 1968, there is a poster next [...] D