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Salvador
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1989 2h 25m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Born on the Fourth of July
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film opens in 1956 Massapequa, New York, with a 10-year-old Ron Kovic playing with his friends in a forest. On his Fourth of July birthday, he attends an Independence Day (United States) parade with his family and best friend Donna. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy's televised Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy inspires a teenage Ron to join the United States Marine Corps. After attending an impassioned lecture by two Marine recruiters visiting his high school, he enlists. His decision receives support from his mother, but upsets his father, an United States Armed Forces veteran. Ron goes to his prom, and dances with Donna before leaving for United States Marine Corps Recruit Training.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tom Cruise
Ron Kovic
Raymond J. Barry
Mr. Kovic
Caroline Kava
Mrs. Kovic
Kyra Sedgwick
Donna
Tom Berenger
Recruiting Gunnery Sgt. Hayes
Stephen Baldwin
Billy Vorsovich
Lili Taylor
Jamie Wilson
Josh Evans
Tommy Kovic