| Description |
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Based on a true story, the film follows Kovic from a zealous teen who volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, and struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted |
| Notes |
"26135" -- Case-slip |
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Special features includes commentary with Oliver Stone, NBC news archives: Back story - born on the fourth of July |
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Based on the book by Ron Kovic |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1989 |
| Credits |
Produced by A. Kitman Ho & Oliver Stone ; directed by Oliver Stone ; photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, David Brenner ; music, John Williams |
| Cast |
Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Caroline Kava, Willem Dafoe |
| Notes |
Rated: R. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian |
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DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; Widescreen |
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Soundtrack in English or French ; subtitles: Spanish and French |
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Soundtrack in English or French, with optional subtitles available in Spanish |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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War films.
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DVD-Video discs
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Barry, Raymond J., 1939-
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Stone, Oliver.
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Ho, A. Kitman.
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Richardson, Robert, 1955-
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Brenner, David.
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Williams, John.
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Cruise, Tom, 1962-
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Sedgwick, Kyra.
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Levine, Jerry, 1957-
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Whaley, Frank, 1963-
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Kava, Caroline.
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Dafoe, Willem.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Ixtlan Corporation.
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| ISBN |
1417026111 |
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