Born on the Fourth of July

A mans journey from childhood to joining the Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam, and ultimately becoming an anti-war activist. Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American English-language Biography Drama film featuring Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Willem Dafoe and Donald Wilson. The movie is inspired from Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic. Ixtlan Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone. The movie is directed by Oliver Stone. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Born on the Fourth of July was released on 4th April 1991 and takes a screen time of 145 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Born on the Fourth of July was made on a budget of $17 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $161 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic. Cinematography was done by Robert Richardson and editing by Joe Hutshing and David Brenner. The music was composed by John Williams. At the 1990 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Director and Best Film Editing.