Ron Kovic

Nov 21, 2024 | decine21.com | Oliver Stone |Ron Kovic

Una de las mejores películas del carismático y polémico director Oliver Stone, que le valió el Oscar al Mejor Director en 1989. Suponía el regreso del cineasta a Vietnam que ya abordó con otro film oscarizado de tintes autobiográficos, Platoon.Y claramente Stone se sintió inspirado y se identificó con la historia real de Ron Kovic un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam, que es además coautor del guión.

Nov 17, 2024 | theaterbyte.com | Brandon DuHamel |Ron Kovic |Oliver Stone

Estimated reading time: 7 minutesBorn on the Fourth of July is the 1989 antiwar drama from Oliver Stone based on the autobiography of Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic, who co-wrote the screenplay with Stone. The film follows 20-years in the life in Ron Kovic (portrayed by Tom Cruise), from his childhood in Massapequa, Long Island, NY through his teenage years, to his paralysis serving in Vietnam and eventual conversion to an anti-war activist.

Feb 13, 2024 | akashicbooks.com | Ron Kovic

“A powerful, often unsettling book by one of the major voices to come out of the Vietnam era.”—Kirkus Reviews“Ron Kovic is one of America’s great voices on war and what it does to the body and soul. His story is as timeless and tragic as the country itself.”—Bruce Springsteen“Born on the Fourth of July author Kovic returns to his traumatic experiences during the Vietnam War for this searing memoir . . . While Kovic covers familiar territory, he does so with immediacy and bracing candor.

Feb 9, 2024 | truthdig.com | Ron Kovic

An excerpt from A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy, ©2024 Ron Kovic, used with permission of the author and Akashic Books. It will be nothing more than a simple talk in a country graveyard, a moment of reckoning of sorts, shared between life and death.

Jan 5, 2024 | flickdirect.com | Ron Kovic |Oliver Stone

Born on The Fourth of July Synopsis Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award®-winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down.