A true story of innocence lost and courage found.
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
DramaWarvietnam warvietnam veteranpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)1970swheelchairbiographybased on true storybased on memoir or autobiographydesertfourth of julyanti wardrunkenness
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Tom CruiseRon Kovic
- Raymond J. BarryMr. Kovic
- Caroline KavaMrs. Kovic
- Kyra SedgwickDonna
- Willem DafoeCharlie
- Jerry LevineSteve Boyer
- Stephen BaldwinBilly Vorsovich
- Josh EvansTommy Kovic
- Rob CamillettiTommy Finnelli
- Vivica A. FoxHooker
Crew
- Oliver StoneDirector
- Oliver StoneScreenplay
- Ron KovicScreenplay
- Robert RichardsonDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- David BrennerEditor
- Joe HutshingEditor
- Oliver StoneProducer
- A. Kitman HoProducer
- Lope V. Juban Jr.Producer
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