Born on the Fourth of July 4K 1989

This poignant and powerful drama has been undeservedly overshadowed and forgotten against the backdrop of such universally recognized timeless masterpieces about the Vietnam War as Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and Oliver Stone's Platoon.

The movie turned out to be truly heart-wrenching just because it was made by people who experienced the horrors of the bloodbath of those years and its aftermath.

Screenwriter Ron Kovik, who is the protagonist of the tape, did not try to overdramatize and embellish anything, he simply recalled his life, and director Oliver Stone let these memories through his own life experience of a volunteer infantryman who fought in the jungles of Vietnam, and part of his soul remained forever in this war.

But in addition to the esteemed creators sincerely admire the then very young Tom Cruise, who was not even close to such life vicissitudes, who was able to amazingly accurately and completely reveal the image of a life-torn and very much experienced man.

It is important to note for potential viewers who have not yet had the pleasure of watching this brilliant tape, that the war itself in the picture is very little, as compared to the above-mentioned films, this movie is somewhat from a different wallpaper. The picture tells, first of all, about the consequences of a terrible political mistake, which broke the lives of many people. And in this regard, Stone's film is more akin to another masterpiece about that war - “The Deer Hunter” by Michael Cimino.