Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’?
Born on the Fourth of July Born on the Fourth of July Born on the Fourth of July, published in 1976, is the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line from George M. Cohan's patriotic 1904 song, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (also known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy"). The book was adapted into a 1989 Academy Award winning film of the same name co-written by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic, starring Tom Cruise as Kovic. "Born on the Fourth of July" was written
Ron Kovic Award-winning actress Jane Fonda has stated that Ron Kovic's story was the inspiration for the 1978 Vietnam War film "Coming Home" in which she starred. Interviewed: Ron Kovic Ronald Lawrence "Ron" Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an American anti-war activist, writer, and former United States Marine Corps sergeant, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of his 1976 memoir "Born on the Fourth of July", which was made into the Academy Award–winning 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20,