Born on the Fourth of July | "I Love America"
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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"We are your Yankee Doodle Dandy come home." This captivating scene from Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July"-starring Tom Cruise as paralyzed Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic-shines a light on how one's love of country can fuel the desire for radical change.
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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. 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.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick,Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Willem Dafoe, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Caroline Kava, Ed Lauter, Michael Wincott, Jason Gedrick, Lili Taylor
Produced by: A. Kitman Ho
Directed by: Oliver Stone
![Ron Kovic (Born On The Fourth Of July) INTERVIEW 1977 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VWVAkM1-Wtk/mqdefault.jpg)
It will never cease to amaze me how stupid people can be. To shout “traitor” at someone who you can *see* has physically given parts of their body up for the country is just unbelievable.
they would rather believe the lies sold out by propaganda and Politicians..
Exactly!!! Real easy to stand on the sidelines and shout,, but if they ever had to grab a gun and fight they would run to mommy with a load of 💩 in there pants… GOD BLESS ALL THE VETERANS WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THANK YOU 🙏
My dad didn't like him. He served. His brother was killed in the Korean War my uncle who I never met
It goes to show that people who are yelling "traitor" have no idea what was it like because they weren't there.
It's because he doesn't believe in the war machine anymore...it's about the mental acceptance not the physical sacrifice. He was saying "the war is a lie" and that is the most dangerous thing to say, by dismantling the lies other young men fall for he was jeapordizing their supply of sacrificial bodies. He wasn't a traitor when he was willing to give his whole body up to war. But he IS when he shows the reality of what that means/looks like.
I still say that Tom Cruise should've garnered an Oscar for his electrifying performance in this film.
sad that it came out with My Left Foot by Daniel Day Lewis..which was also an amazing performance (even Cruise was happy if you see his reaction when DDL won the oscar)...hey at least he don't need an Oscar...Oscar don't deserve a legend like Cruise
Hollywood is part of the establishment so a film with such a powerful anti-war message is unlikely to win.
The finest actor of his generation without doubt
Absolutely
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred,
comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” -George Orwell
Yep.
They just don't want people to die for Imperialism
yes, some people got to stay alive to lead. It's called "leadership", you americans love to refer to all the time..
@@gooderlinsen leadership!? Lol, them "leadership" are more like parasites. The people that have the most capital are the ones that got the most to loose but never go or get drafted to be in the front lines. What a damn joke of" leadership "
No it was mostly vets that protested Vietnam
It's patriotic to love America, but not the government.
Imagine ever trusting the government. I would dare never put any of my faith in it.
That is why you lot need to get your shit together. You only have two parties. No wonder you re so divided.
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 It comes with the nuance...corporations too. Corporations are not our friends, and corporations often profit immensely off of our wars while taking none of the losses. If you only focus on the puppet that is government...but not it's puppet masters, corporate America, then you're liable to continuously be fooled again. Read "War is a Racket" my USMC Maj. General Smedley Bulter (2x awarded Medal of Honor recipient too btw).
Abolish government altogether
NO GOVERNMENT = NO COUNTRY. Let that sink in!
Too many still think patriotism is to support the gorvernment. Wrong.
maybe it is sometimes to support the government. but it's sure not invading a foreign country and telling its people how to run it
@Conservative George which "death camps" and which "innocent people" do you mean exactly?
No it’s about the people and that the ideals this great country was founded on.
@@maxfrankow1238 First of all. The USA is founded on 2 Genozides. Something the Americans keep ignoring quite well.
I still support Trump not Biden
My father served three tours in Vietnam. And we he came back he protested the war. And he was at this protest.
Took him three tours to realize it was wrong?
@@joewhitehead3 agreed, thats a long time to be out deployed. little strange. but like in this movie, he seems to really see the horrid of the war in his second deployment, maybe the same for this commenters father on the third.
@@joewhitehead3most likely drafted. So I don’t think he had a choice
All those people chanting at him, calling him cowards, 100% have no clue what Vietnam was really like or the reality of any war for that matter
Indeed.
As my dad who served said “ we fight so Americans have a right to vote and protest “ funny thing communism comes more from the left
Censorship and censoring conservatives
I’m a Trump supporter and I would never censor a leftist even if I don’t agree with him
@@thiagomacedo694 5:04 is that you screaming "COMMUNISTS" to war vets? GOP never really changed their McCarthyism paranoia they embraced. :/
@@lenini056 McCarthyism has come to represent a government witch-hunt seeking to punish unapproved thoughts or political stances. Incredibly ironic when coming from the Left. Leftist throw the word around mostly when losing an argument.
The number of people killed by the Communist governments amounts to more than 94 million. The three largest contributors to the death toll are the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and Cambodia.
Communist = 94,000,000
McCarthyism = 0
My dad was there and it makes me so sad
People constantly talk about Top Gun 1 and 2 but either have no knowledge or have forgotten one of the greatest acting performances ever on film. Tom Cruz should have received an Oscar for best actor for this memorable performance.
Exactly
I used to think Tom Cruise was a typical Tinseltown actor but this movie nailed it, he's top shelf.
Most "typical tinseltown actors" are pretty good at what they do. They may be flakes irl but there's usual a reason an actor gets famous.
@@johnnyjohnny6174 They're not terribly original in general, but this performance is off the charts.
this movie showed what hes realey about
He really did
He was also quite good in risky business and Jerry maguire too.
Minority report as well.
I had a history teacher who fought in Vietnam and said he would never ever pick up a gun and follow the US government to war again. Of course, back then it was different... or was it?
Well, it's no different today.... history repeats itself, doesn't it?
It was different but still the same.
Nah, I served this country 4 times, 2 contingency ops I can't even speak on. The last assignment did it for me, although while invading Iraq at 19 years, 3 weeks into it shit didn't add up and I knew we were wrong, and it only got worse and deeper as my clearance advanced. Ibstuck around because I was good at what I did, the brothers to me right and left, and the soldiers I lead, mentored, and passed wisdom down to. No if, ands, or buts about it, We are the Bully of the Globe. For Now.
@@TherealinfinitebydesiGn well said brother! I feel exactly the same about the British government. Never again will I follow or fight in their name. 3 tours in Afghanistan did it for me. I feel what your saying. I was good at what I did and the brothers I served with were the best ever. But we were sent on a lie and our brothers died for it. Big respect to you for your service man!
@@thewatcheronthewall8532 vice versa brother. Mad love and respect. I rolled with you guys in 03. Yall made the invasion so much less terrifying. We were all Chem Suited and Masked up when Saddem was launching missiles at us panicking while you guys Shirts off Cig in mouth taking pics...lol shit was classic. I was 18 super scared until we linked up with yall. Ah the good ol days
Tom Cruise is so great under Oliver Stones guidance in this it made me cry for real..
Ikr, I felt he should have won the oscar for this.
@@jackdull5699 Yes, I do too.
@@jackdull5699 Agreed. Damn you Daniel Day Lewis
Me too cry
This is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I liked THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
Oscar-worthy performance by Tom Cruise here.
He lost three Oscars to three British actors in just ten years 😮
Tom Cruise was exemplary in this film but it pales in comparison to DDL performance in my left foot
I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise, but I must say he did an extraordinary job acting in this film. Of all the movie he was in, this one is the best. *IMHO*
Absolutely. He was snubbed
@Dean Bennington Okay...don't know why you would use "bullshit" but k.
My estranged father is an extra in this scene, he is one of the guys walking in the crowd near tom cruise and he passed away last year before I could ever clear things up with him. I come back to this video every once in a while to look at him and just wonder what could have been.
Damn. Sorry to hear about that. If he only knew...
I'm sorry.
Sorry for your loss
Rest in peace god bless
Tom Cruise was almost born on the 4th of July too. Turns 60 today. 3rd July 2022..... Even though he still looks 30. Stellar performance in this movie, as always.
Yep
Imagine losing your legs to fight for your country to just come home and be called a traitor.
Yep.
By both parties.
@@destubae3271 Says the one who voted Democrat.
@@MrLobo1024 Your kind of blind allegiance, no matter what, was one of the issues that created the climate where young men barely out of high school were pressured to follow a standard into battle for reasons that had nothing to do with preserving American values. YOU are the problem.
Yes, there are many heartless ignorant people
if ever there was a Tom Cruise oscar worthy performace, this is it!
There are many come one. I’ve see. This comment made on several of his movies. Be for real
This stills resonates today, Ron Kovic is a civil rights hero
@Anthony Garibaldi absolutely I agree with you
I was on set that day,played a vet,Tom was great,it was like a going back in time,he made us feel like we were there.
Which vet were you?
@@andrewcabral963I’m late, but, comparing this guys face to the vets seen in the scene, I’m pretty sure he’s either the Blond Dude wheeling Kovic or the dude sitting next to him
Ron started as an idealistic kid who taught he would find glory serving his country fighting a war for it. But he only ended up having to kill innocent people and his fellow soldier. He loses his legs, and now has to live the rest of his life broken in every way. What sucks is that after what he gave, nobody even appreciated his sacrifices. Not the Marine Corps, Not his family, not even the Government who made him fight the war in the first place.
I hate when people think Tom Cruise play always the same character.....I mean guys come on, Tropic Thunder, collateral, magnolia, born on the Fourth of July, this man can act
Collateral is a powerful movie Jamie Foxx has potential too when he wants foo
Collateral is so good!!
He was a good-performing actie under the hand of masterful directors/screenwriters. His more recent films, like Jack Reacher or Mummy, exhibit very poor acting performances, though.
Last Samurai too :)
A few good men! Rainman!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Too right.
Only if we let them
@@justpreeth preach.
I love Born On The Fourth Of July 🇺🇸 🙂! Tom Cruise did an amazing performance as Ron Kovic and i felt so sorry for him . This is one of my favorite Based On A True Story and Vietnam War movies 🙂. I give salute to all Vietnam Vets who have served their country and despite everything they have been through .
They didn't "save" their country, they were simply lied to. Vietnam was not a threat to the US, that's what they're protesting/pointing out...
@@samaraisnt Yeah it was really sad .
2024 can you hear me now ?
Tom Cruise deserve the oscar
No, awards dont mean anything. How YOU feel about it is what counts.
@kriegschwert you are one of the unknowns with bigger wisdom. Can relate
very fine script writing, and this scene is so beautiful.
Nixon sucked
I can relate sooooo much to Tom Cruise in this scene now. The war in Afghanistan was just a reason to fatten the elites pockets.
You want to live in a world run by the US or not? 70 years of relative peace or back to the 'good old days' of never-ending regional conflicts. Yes, a lot of young American and Western allied men have had to sacrifice a lot to keep this system going. But what's the alternative? A lot of kumbaya singing and good times? Get real. Ron Kovic and his ilk are the reason why we can jab around on our iPhones and what have you right now. To believe otherwise is to live in the realm of fantasy. Or maybe you'd prefer to be eating gruel under the auspices of some communistic/fascistic rule.
@@zootsoot2006 😂😂😂
Wrong. That was Iraq. Afghanistan was retaliation for 9/11
@@hellogoodbye4728 did you even deploy there?????
@@hellogoodbye4728 Ben Ladden was not even afghan , he was saoudi ! But America can't bomb its precious ally, that would be a shame, bombing a vulnerable country is much easier. you guys were bloodthirsty for brown blood (still are to some degree), if Jesus camed back in the 2000s he would have have been shot. FYI the terrorists in Afghanistan (not the afghan people !) were trained by the US in the 80s, and they were used in order to fight the USSR and the communists there.
I was there. And nothing has changed! It's worse now.
What’s worse? Be specific
Oliver stone's best film
My uncle Ray ward served with the 5th battalion royal Australian regiment in the Vietnam war and he was a platoon Sargent
Much respect to your uncle! I had the pleasure of fighting alongside some Australian diggers in Afghanistan during my time in the US Army. They were all great men!
*And to think, as a country, we didn't learn our lesson. We made the same mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years. And now we're going into PaIestine, Ukraine, and Taiwan next. Smh.*
This movie blatantly exposed the truth about the military industrial complex and its effects on the western countries governments and the military itself because I support soldiers and the military but I’m personally against the military industrial complex
So true
If people refused to kill each other and stopped calling each other heroes it would end. There is nothing Heroic about going to war. We dont give any special treatment to tommys in the UK unless suscripted.
@@thePVFnews and you guys have no problem serving them you destroyed my country made my family refuges thanks alot America
It really tells us something when even Dwight Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex before leaving office in 1961.
Tom Cruise is awesome. And this movie is proof of it.
“To fight a poor peasant people with a proud history of resistance”… sounds familiar doesn’t it. Will we ever learn?
We are still fighting a war from 2001 and nobody protests it
Because the media no longer reports on that and put the "war on terror" in total media blackout so no one would know.
because the MID owns both parties now.
If a paralyzed vet says America fvcked up…then America Fvcked up!
What if he says he still loves America?
Somethings never change!
Poor Ron such a brave man
A cinematic masterpiece.
This was actually 2 events merged into one. The Miami RNC was not this crazy. Yes he was there, but he was not arrested It was not as big a disturbance as the movie showed, but it was a disturbance," says Bob Dornan (who would later serve in congress) who invited Kovic and the others. "They were screaming. The guards came down and politely pulled their chairs backward. [They] put them out peaceably.
However the undercover vet incident occurred in California outside Nixon's Orange County HQ.
The most moving scene in the entire movie.
I'm always amazed that one's dissatisfaction with their government can be misconstrued as dissatisfaction with the country. Just as ones love for country can be misconstrued for love of the government.
Sas this movie yesterday... it's a masterpiece
Crazy how half of the epic explosive action stars who we thought are only good for action ARE GREAT ACTORS.
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME❤
Tom Cruise: Robbed of an Oscar
I love Tom Cruise for his action movies, but I'd like to see him in more of this. This showed Tom as an actor.
lol. people forget how good tom cruise is as an actor.
5:04 always cracks me up
Music at the start is "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". It's instrumental version.
Ron Kovics walk, Oliver Stone direction and Tom Cruise digging in. The stars aligned to tell this deeply human story. You flipped the script Ron. Balls.
If they ever make a movie on David Crosby, I know who I'd pick to play him.
One of my favorite movies. I absolutely love this and always watch it when it's on. I remember the first time I saw this and the feeling of exhaustion I felt after the movie. It drained me. Such an emotional roller coaster.
As far as Iam concerned Tom Cruise did win the Academy Award for Best
Actor. 🏆
Brilliant film
These poor men were forced to serve, used up and then cast aside like expendable machines that broke down and no longer have use. Such a travesty how these brave men were treated.
I agree, but Ron wanted to join and even his father was against it.
This is how you make a protest.
Like a man.
And get spit in the face by Republicans who call the sacrifices VETs have made as that of traitors! Has anything ever changed over the decades? They will vage yet more wars and screw over and deport more vets than ever before!!
@@justpreeth republicans are waging war now ? Name me one war Trump or republicans started in last 10 years.
@@murderouskitten2577 - Thank you.
Lol noticed he didn’t respond
Trump was a great president.
Anyways this movie is great timeless Oliver stone at his best
Wall Street is great too
@@murderouskitten2577 General Soleimani's death almost triggered a war with Iran. You should be lucky that the Iranians didn't retaliate.
They don’t want to go as President Nixon’s believes! Just respect of our values at the beginning! God love our Veterans and We The People of America will honor them(without the politicians) every way! America Strong! 🙏❤️👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😉❤️👊
"Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism"
- Howard Zinn
And yet the Iraq War pushed through. People have a short attention span.
Yup. Rep: 215 Ayes, 6 nays.
War is a business for America. We've still been at war in Afghanistan for almost 20 years now and we'll see no president in favor of ending it (that actually will) any time soon.
That’s why they want trump out so bad. He’s the only president in modern history to keep us out of war.. so they turn the media on him and therefore the American people.
@@SNNetwork is he not responsible in having Soleimani killed off.. he was an important Iranian General..
It did escalate tensions a lot....
Iran surprisingly backed down..
People want Trump out of office cuz he acts and talks like a teenager..
@@aadithyanarayanan2978 no
@@aadithyanarayanan2978 do you know who Malcolm Hoenlein is?
Great sequence!!!!!
This scene, like many others scenes in BOTFOJ, show you why TC should have won the Academy Award for Best Actor instead of Golden statue hog Daniel Day Lewis!
Nah, Daniel was phenomenal in My left foot
"cause he's a brit.
@@martitinkovich4489 that's rascist
@@paolodechipiece1027 brits aren't a race puppy dog.
As 🇺🇸 continues to deal with the evacuation of 🇦🇫 , this scene reminds us of the hardships that wounded soldiers are suffering right now.
I loved the movie
Go back to SA
I just want to tell every Vietnam vet... welcome home.
John Barry's music goes perfectly with the scene"s climax!!!
John Williams in point of fact.
@@sspdirect02 cuál es el nombre de marcha militar?
Tom Cruise best actor there is !!!
There was some doubt as to whether Tom could actually play this part...after meeting with Ron he said he wanted Tom to portray his character in the film.
I don’t think Tom Cruise receives enough as to how good or an actor he is
I want to thank Tom cruise & Oliver stone for bringing to light the challenges & issues which sadly have been sickeningly repeated in the UK sadly & actually shockingly covered up & rewarded in certain. I have been on the end of a state funded national state funded conspiracy during which I have have tried to take my own life..😢thankfully I have been supported by a consortium of men who have put aside their business interests to ensure I have stayed alive & my freedom is intact I swear to god these men are my heroes 🇺🇸 & I will never forget what they have done for me, my only wish is that some I can say thank you & repay they faith they have in me , they are the real heroes as well as the people they employ 👏💯🙏🇺🇸⭐️
tom Cruise at his best...2020
I WAS BORN ON 15TH AUGUST. Independence day of India 🇮🇳 and my life story is similar.............It's like PROPHECY 👍
Happy 4th of July 2023 🎆
Let records show that he still loved his country
Tom Cruise is amazing I love him so much
All those yuppies jeering at them most likely dodged the draft with daddy's influence and college degrees.
Yes, the sheer ignorance and entitlement of those people made my blood boil! Years later their descendants are probably rabid MAGA people.
RON is one of my Heroes. Had the honor of meeting the real one.. Hearing from him an marching with him✌️ He lives in Venice CA ..Right winged extremist did not understand even then
60’s 70’s was the time when even Americans began to wake up
God bless you ron kovic god bless all of you
Vietnam Vet: *protests*
Right-Winger: “You hate America!”
Vet: “Did you serve?”
RW: *Crickets*
Nov 2021 this cutting deep
I'm sad I just found out about this movie. Definitely watching it today. Just got done watching "Full Metal Jacket" again for probably the 4th time by now(no pun intended) but this looks great.
Love from india 💓💓💓💓... we love hollywood..
We need Ron to stop the Ukraine war no more funding
No more funding to help the people in Ukraine?
I am not from the U.S. but my understanding of why the U.S.A. got involved in foreign conflicts thousands of miles away after WW2 is because of all of the infrastructure and manufacturing of military hardware during WW2 was too big a business to cut off after WW2 so they started getting involved in Korea,Vietnam to justify the spending of billions of dollars in military hardware and the dead soldiers were just collateral damage. Was there any investigation done into the lobbyists who strongarmed Johnson into going to Vietnam in the first place?
This is not why the US got involved in foreign conflicts after WW2. Most of American industry after the war converted to regular non-war based production after the war. Also, most of the left over equipment from WW2 was scrapped or proved to be obsolete not long after the war. The basic reason why the US got involved in foreign conflicts was that there was a legitimate concern (or paranoia depending on how you look at it) about the spread of communism. But for the case of Vietnam, you really have to learn the history starting back to at least the WW2 period, when it was a French colony/territory. After WW2 the French wanted it back in part, b/c they were afraid of becoming irrelevant compared to larger and much more powerful nations like the US and USSR. The US supported that effort even though at the time Ho Chi Minh himself was a big admirer of the US. The French and the British would be unsuccessful at holding onto their colonial territories after the war. The US was still very much paranoid/afraid of the effects on the spread of communism. JFK made the mistake of getting us involved and then President Johnson made the unforgivable MISTAKES of trying to run a war from his office, making us fight 1 hand tied behind our backs, with no real objectives or path towards victory. So that's the basic summary in my opinion. Oliver Stone's documentary "The Untold History of the United States" is good and so is Ken Burn's' 18-hour documentary "The Vietnam War".
@@jcbryant4200 Hi. A very good and detailed explanation but surely lobbyists from Lockheed, Bell helicopter and other big munitions and supply chain manufacturers influence the U.S. government to this day to get involved in foreign conflicts? I understand why the U.S got involved in the middle east, it was to protect their oil interests after the emergency fuel crisis. Ultimately they did not get to control or put in place a puppet government in Iran. Getting a foothold in Iran was the highest priority in the 1980s 1990s.
@@jcbryant4200 one hand tied behind your backs my ass you bombed Vietnam to hell still lost 😂
Amazing camera work and editing ...
🤬 the government better learn from their mistakes.
It was cold calculated decision, WAR = PROFIT.
i just saw this movie for the 1st time today. very good. i can see why so many people would say that this is an anti-American movie. but we can say the the US involvement in the Vietnam War was real. okay Captain Obvious. if things were obvious and other people make it not obvious, shouldn't they be penalized ?????
Wars are started by men with power, but are fought for by men with weapons, and its those who have neither suffer the most.
Magnificent valour.
Love ☮️ Peace
Demonizing the Republicans, when it was the Democrats who started and expanded the Vietnam war…
And Kovic murdered a fellow marine and a bunch of children, then blamed the government. I’m not pro government, but personal accountability is important.
“We love America but when it comes to our government it stops there!”
FUCKIN’ PREACH IT RON!!
To me Vietnam was not a righteous war, WWII was, The Nazi’s were evil, but in regards to the Vietnam war, it was messed up how these veterans were treated when they came back, it was terrible, we had no business there, none.
Yep that's why Oliver Stone wrote and directed Platoon making his point across. He actually volunteered for combat in Vietnam but God bless him he survived it!!!
As a wise yet crazy man once said "Here's to high treason."
Tom met Ron who was a councilman in O .C
Spielberg totally stole that shot of the flag for Saving Private Ryan! 🤣
A love for this movie is more powerful than words. In my own; and I will say this as a Vietnamese individual for my people and friends. We do as you are; for here and now. And for those who know the truth and not let liars tell you what they think is real. And it's honest and sincere. I thank Tom Cruise for making this; and his role to say what needs to be told about that war. And I don't care who won't listen to words of honest. They will someday or another; understand the real truth. In all its horror and hellish ways. I am proud to be American and Vietnamese...
Independence Day speech tomorrow?!?
Its amazing to see veterans being called traitors by a bunch of suits with soft hands.
Right, and years later their children and grandchildren are ignorant and entitled yuppies and MAGA people.
Mike Hastie , Portland, OR July 25, 2020