Born on the Fourth of July | Tom Cruise Breaks Down

After being injured in the Vietnam War, Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) returns home to a Veteran’s Administration that is less than sympathetic. Though Ron attempts to cope by drinking and dancing at a bar, his wounds run deep and reality quickly sets in as he recalls all of the promises that were made to him before entering the war.
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Film 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. 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.
© 1989 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Cruise, 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
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[@milart12]

They missed the best part of this scene. After all this, Kovic's father helps him to bed, all the anger and frustration drained from him, and he tearfully asks his father, "Who's going to love me, Dad? Who's going to love me?"

[@janetbrown6409]

@@milart12 😪😪😪

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

it was an AMAZING SCENE

[@danirjoyas]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/paKoc4uXeKqYiNUsi=nJyElHW7ZNjR6pfD This is that scene.

[@ljiljavukas1962]

You mean the sadest part... 😔

[@CarRamrod-uf2ub]

When you meet a vet who tells their thoughts and starts going down this path, just shup up and listen. You'll be alright. Trust me. That's all they want. Just listening without judgment can heal. It can save lives.

[@honeystorlie1778]

TRULY- say it again. Live it again. Love any vet you can 🙏❤️

[@krissanders987]

Tom cruise literally stole Ron kovic’s soul for this performance. You can’t get much better than cruise did in this movie.

[@azhotmom]

Thank you. I've never even heard of this movie... Excited to watch it now

[@camperth9844]

Paralayzed at 18 and I’m 25 going on 26 I don’t know what war is like but I know the struggles of being confined to the chair and how much that kills you inside I can’t imagine what that on top of war and losing rpfriends on top of that feels like but I’ll always respect our soldiers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@dcxplant]

The scene with parents killed me... I first saw this movie when young and single. Seeing this clip after having my own family and decades later, this is one of the most emotionally moving scenes to be experienced as a parent.

[@darthcheeseburger]

Tom should've gotten the golden statue for this performance. He is such an underrated actor. Phenomenal performance. My heart goes out to the young men who returned home from that war with life changing injuries and also those who never returned.

[@janetbrown6409]

I became paralysed aged 55..now 62..i can totally understand this man..surprised no awards x

[@drooshmaroosh8261]

What happened?

[@janetbrown6409]

@@drooshmaroosh8261 mylopwrthy..swelling on my spinal cord and it damaged the nerves from waste down. They dont know the cause. On the night..i suddenly got a pain my back and thighs and an hour later i could not walk. X

[@janetbrown6409]

@@drooshmaroosh8261 i also used to dream often that i got up and walked like ron..weird how your brsin works lol x

[@Fomalhault-tk3tp]

​@@janetbrown6409quando Jesus retornar todas as nossas limitações e nossas dores serão curadas. Que o amor de Jesus posso abraçar você.

[@jacobwiles547]

I'm sorry.

[@dacrib5350]

Everyone played these scenes beautifully. Tom as the vet beyond any consolation, the religious mother who refuses to acknowledge the injustice brought upon their son and the other young men of his generation, and his father.. just trying to keep his boy held together at the seams before he loses him for good.. it's all just so damn much and the saddest part is that thousands of Americans live this exact same life.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

TOM was AMAZING in this movie...every moment, every age he was OUTSTANDING

[@Gavin48]

Should have won the Oscar for this movie. Damn you DDL

[@scottbarkley496]

Ebert & Siskel agree with you

[@cameronpickard7456]

so do i ddl was good but not like this@@scottbarkley496

[@aandwdabest]

DDL with my left foot, fucking hell.

[@ruthlessaggressionguy2033]

I totally agree. His performance in this film was masterclass, no jumping on building, hanging off planes, or flying in jets saying great balls of fire, just pure acting under brilliant director Oliver stones direction. The casual movie goer will say yeah, DDL is better, but people need to watch this movie to realise how good of an actor Tom cruise is based on his performance alone as Ron Kovic.

[@trentboultoriginal]

But he acted better than DDL in my left foot although I wouldn't call Tom or DDL a snub in case either of them won. These performances were really close.

[@jamestemplin2621]

This part makes me sad when he falls down and he just says I wanna dance I don’t know why it just the fact that all he wanted was to be a whole again like he said

[@nex-ex5100]

Tom Cruise should have gotten an Oscar for this movie.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

Obviously

[@jondstewart]

Instead it went to Daniel Day-Lewis.

[@johnzemetra6106]

Could have been me. Registered for the draft January of 1972, the draft was canceled in the spring of that year. This movie is so raw and painful.

[@luz4480]

I got married 4of July ❤ congratulations Tom Cruise 🎉❤

[@dougtheviking6503]

Now it's Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, 🇺🇸❤️to our veterans

[@jondstewart]

Yes, no kidding! Out of my 22 years in the Air Force, I spent a little over a year and a half of them in Afghanistan, one on a FOB with the Army. 20 years we spent there for nothing trying to rebuild the country and get it out of its backward ways and it failed. Even after Bin Laden was assassinated.

[@Keys879]

You start to realize most wars have no reason. Just ego-driven maniacs in power who think the World should work a certain way. Either you're on the defensive end of their rage or behind the driving force of it. Willingly or otherwise. Tomorrow it will be the veterans who served in Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia, or whatever other countries get dragged into this ongoing escalation.

[@wildersworld3941]

All our wars have been based on lies. He ain’t wrong.

[@NoNameNo.5]

All of em? Civil? WW2?

[@NoNameNo.5]

Star Wars?

[@normalplayer7377]

@@NoNameNo.5 Translate the Talmud, All them books and they never mention the Holobunga. Eisenhower, DeGaulle, Churchill etc.

[@Keys879]

@@NoNameNo.5 Perhaps least most the Revolutionary and Civil Wars of the U.S.. But Certainly WWII. Almost all wars of the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st century have been Banker Wars and many of them before that, even as far back as the Napoleonic Wars have been built around lies to the people to justify Imperialistic Expansion.

[@e3IZrZ]

I would listen in fascination, it's horrible what they experienced, but it's weirdly beautiful how they relive it and share it, it's personal, it's a part of their soul they're sharing. I would be honored to listen.

[@cripplehawk]

1:38 No wonder Henry Hill's dad is so pissed. He had to deal with crippled Veterans with PTSD in the outside world to his son at home skipping school and learning to be a gangster.

[@patrickc3419]

No joking that is that actor’s brother from 0:47-0:54. Also in Goodfellas (Frenchie).

[@MatthewKearney69]

@@patrickc3419so true. Wow. Mike and beau starr.. beau Henry’s dad👍. Plus played sheriff meeker in 88 and 89 Halloween 4 and 5 👍👍

[@antonioangelmoreyra7503]

Tom Cruise Merecía el Oscar por esta película -

[@MARSBELLA1]

hola

[@sandrof71]

Hollywood jamás le daría el Oscar a un actor de una película con este contenido.

[@andrewgonzalez6208]

Wow this movie does not stop being great

[@danofearmanggiafazzula1756]

by far Cruise's best movie and best acting

[@barbarossa1234]

What a brilliant, tragic movie.

[@SongJLikes]

About a brilliant, tragic nation.

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE = LEGEND ❤

[@markrussell3414]

Excellent video on this amazing movie born on the 4 th of July Excellent movie 🎬🎬🎥🎥

[@MARSBELLA1]

Why is the word being F being blocked out? In England PISSED is a curse word - I am nearly 40 and I and everyone else has a RIGHT to see truth as depicted on films as brave as this. In fact its been shown that saying F in healthy for the human mind. Whats more offensive? Having a man killed or paralysed or letting him speak - as if little kids dont already know these words. I ve never known ANYTHING more pathetic that this site. I own the film - but I like to see scenes from it to remind me what humanity is capable of. Thank you for trying unsuccessfully to white wash it.

[@anonymous83728]

The bad side is more Big then the benefit/ healtyness you're talking about. I guess

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

But the PI word is not too much of a cuss word with ED suffix as it also means angry.

[@greglbennett]

No offense to Daniel Day Lewis, but Cruise should have won the Oscar for this.

[@ToddReisman]

I was actually living in Dallas, TX where this awesome masterpiece was filmed. I watched as they built the sets on the streets for the first 4th of July parade scene; and how real those buildings looked to the naked eye . I saw Tom Cruise in the prom scene with Kyra Sedgwick, the recruiting scene with Tom Berringer and the parade scene. I truly feel that Tom Cruise is definitely one of the best actors of my time. Even with seeing him perform, and not just for the eyes of the camera, but to see him work in person was an ultimate rush for me and I'm certain for everyone else standing there . Director and perfectionist Oliver Stone was unparalleled in his work on this movie. Although Daniel Day Lewis won the academy award for best actor that year which was excellent in its own right; I do believe that Tom Cruise should have totally won that Oscar.

[@user-px2pd5cu3k]

Наверное..-эта роль и фильм-самый выдающийся..Том сыграл-"на разрыв аорты"..Можно(так говорят..)сказать..-не зря прожил жизнь парень..🙏💋💕👍👍

[@sandrinel7542]

Wow Powerful performance!

[@drewstinson3901]

Thank you for blurting out the expletives. I think hearing those would've pushed me over the edge.

[@danielevans9379]

One of the great American films ever. Cruise is spectacular in this career defining role. 👍

[@Kloverkill]

Cruise at his absolute best.

[@ryang3097]

I have to thank God this movie hit me when I was a kid. I never served when my parents pushed me into the marines. I went to college instead. And I will never let my children serve this tyrannical government. I would only fight in a civil war.

[@johnnybowers6679]

Look We All Have Different Opinions, But Yours Isn’t Special, If You Don’t Like America and Our Military then Get Out, You’re Not Apart of Our Nation, The Way You Talked, Go Live in Pinko Country, They Don’t Like It There Neither, and We Americans Don’t Like You, Pinko, Do I Make Myself Clear?

[@coastuncle1965]

There's no need for a draft if the cause is not weak and frail.

[@deirdremorris9234]

You are wise! One brother was murdered. He was in the Coast Guard. My other brother, after Navy, killed himself.

[@cxmxqx]

this movie is honestly decent, i saw it two months ago when i didn’t wanna do homework

[@alanknotts1844]

Tom Cruise's greatest performance.

[@darkknight41792]

I always wonder if Ron ever had still a relationship with his parents or siblings are still good it always thought about that

[@kellypolfleit3942]

This is probably Tom Cruises best performances

[@splatbubble]

omgosh Arlo Givens!

[@L3xzx0]

Wow

[@waki9870]

Tom Cruise, what an oscar nomination acting, not only the personification, but the truth behind this character of a generation of youth who fought a meaningless war. Like what we did in Iraq. We never learn.

[@joshuaskywalker3748]

I finally understand the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" reference or was it Forest Gump

[@toasterpastries5811]

*I could have ended up just like him. I was raised in an all US military officer family. Every sibling, parent, and grandparent. I was heavily indoctrinated to be pro-Iraq War, pro Afghanistan War, pro-lsraeI, etc. Thank God my medical records didn't let me in the military. I would have been dead, or worse, for nothing*

[@soldierdaddy31b]

Don't worry, pal. I followed in my family's path, and it's the best decision I ever made. I am proud to have had the privilege to serve with my family.

[@toasterpastries5811]

@@soldierdaddy31b no one cares, braggard.

[@bennettbush3906]

Fewer than 15 percent see combat, you’ll most likely be fine man.

[@SirJoseph99]

Elaborate more on the “pro-Israel” please.

[@Accelerate55]

@@soldierdaddy31bserve for what exactly, I’d like to know what you’re fighting for. No sarcasm intended. What motivates you?

[@1tommyday]

This is his best movie. The most brutal thing happen to Ronnie. Tom Cruise did an amazing job

[@JD0124]

What a rough scene. Say what you want about Tom Cruise and his crazy Scientology... but the man can act!

[@khalidsenhou8532]

فلم جميل يستحق المشاهدة

[@MatthewKearney69]

Plus very young holly marie combs in this scene 👍

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

I've got to see her in person in Dallas before she lost her best friend like Prue was gone. But met Shannen, too in Houston, but first I went to Houston to see her and Rose, and I've finally got to Shannen's best friend in Dallas.

[@alexshank1414]

Tom Cruise can do crazy eyes stare pretty well. Wonder why…🤔

[@kb4903]

The marine at the bar has it totally right.

[@thievingcthulhu8632]

nah he sucks

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

He's a punk and weak

[@Memevze]

That "marine" was dreamed up in a writers room and is further more being played by an actor.

[@kb4903]

@@Memevze great analysis, next you will tell me it’s a movie or something.

[@Memevze]

@@kb4903 well, "has it totally right" implies his fake writer generated opinion matters as a reflection of the real world. I guess you agree with some form of what he said. Now all I saw was him being callous and hard in a bar because you're "supposed" to be tough. I don't quite agree with him because I thought the draft was mandatory. Plus, it's easy for him to say, having survived with no injuries in his fake world. I don't think a real marine would ever DARE say such a thing to another wounded vet. But as it's Hollywood, they want us to have an emotional reaction to this man's character along with Tom, so they wrote him like a complete ahole. It worked.

[@jeromerizzo423]

I knew paralyzed Vietnam Vets. They said Vets like this Ronnie guy were seduced by communists, and communist sympathizers in the U.S. to believe the Vietnam War was wrong, leading to them acting like this Ronnie person. The Vets would tell me the Viet Cong did the same thing that Ronnie is complaining about. Alot of the Vets were able to find work, and run their own businesses despite paralysis.

[@donaldshotts4429]

Except the Vietnam war was wrong....and stupid...and tragic. I bet there weren't too many paralyzed vets that support that war. I'm a Gulf war vet and it took me til 2003 to realize it was just blood for oil. And not Bush or Cheney 's blood either

[@klnicool8885]

the vietnam war was wrong and pointless, sorry. still mad respect to the vets who were drafted and used for profit.

[@jeromerizzo423]

@@klnicool8885 Tell that to the thousands of refugees that fled and came to the U.S. The marxists in the U.S. were manipulating Americans (college kids) into believing it was pointless. I don't see how vets were used for profit. Wars cost money, they don't make money.

[@skulldozer2259]

i mean the viet cong vets did the same thing thats still bad its pretty reasonable to be upset that you got paralyzed for a war that wasnt what you thought it was

[@jeromerizzo423]

@@skulldozer2259 the war was justified. All those refugees that fled to the U.S. were proof. The Vietnam Cong would use men, women, children as human shields and weapons against us. Have you ever heard of the explosive babies? Vets told me all about them. When we abandoned South Vietnam and gave it to those communist monsters, it made me rethink if the war was unjustified and we were the real monsters.

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

I mean the container when I deconstruct the R at the end, making it like a tube, a pipe or a funnel.

[@MeatballSandwich]

lieutenant Dan when he was young! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@aidjunkie5335]

As a thirty year veteran of a few conflicts I sort of agree with the old vet in the bar. Nothing worse than whinging vets, life’s a bitch, deal with it and stop whinging. It’s turned us into international weaklings.

[@thievingcthulhu8632]

you suck

[@jondstewart]

That old vet at the bar was also Henry Hill’s angry and hostile father in Goodfellas. He’s great at playing no-nonsense types. I sided with him some that Kovic should stop whining and complaining, but at the same time, he totally disrespected a paralyzed vet and didn’t even care what he went through.

[@slaytanic921]

As a 30 year vet of whatever coming from one that did less time through one conflict, go pound sand. You learned nothing and I bet you cared more about hair cuts in war zones 😂

[@aidjunkie5335]

@@slaytanic921 You sound very bitter. Relax my friend nobody cares about your anger or feelings. Once you learn that you’ll be free. As it happens I am sorta pounding sand. As I’m living in a desert at the moment if that helps you.

[@NFMUGames]

Bro spell correctly and then come back and say something more intelligent than this lmao. The dude in the bar was an ass.

[@UR-cristiiano777]

Wha t movie i love it ♥️

[@diegoscoffin7491]

I agree with the guy in the yellow jacket🤷🏽

[@squidwardnixon]

Man, Nick Mullen is looking ROUGH

[@diegoscoffin7491]

I feel sorry for his parents

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

2:51 Is that who I think it is who is pre-acting someone with a name that is similar to that funnel thing or a tube who got apocalyptically angry at someone’s death?

[@jacobwiles547]

If only President Johnson had listened to his military advisors.

[@republicempire446]

Actually, it’s more complicated upon those documents even trying to understand the geopolitical situation at the time.

[@ErenTheWarcriminal]

Thumbnail looks sus as hell

[@Ultradude604]

I like Tom Cruise's movies but Tom looks like he over acts in his movies. But that's how he talks and acts in his real life. I can believe if Christian Bale had this role, he would've been a serious contender for the Oscar.

[@adamquiles2468]

Christian Bale was only 15 years old when this movie was made

[@DeadPixel1105]

3:07 She *is* gorgeous.

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

That's Piper from Charmed.

[@WinterPizza85O]

#third!!!!

[@captainamerica6525]

This is a tragic scene. The marine in the bar was right. Ron Kovic was right. Mom was right.

[@choufweb6223]

فلم يستحق المشاهدة 😂

[@Kennethvitatoe-jc5pv]

I like the part when you would tell guys to shut the fuckup when they were sreaming,and then when you were screaming,they would tell you to shut the fuck up ! Funny don’t you think !

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

1:05 Does anyone know who I think it is who was angry due to a death who has the same name as the tube, pipe or funnel?

[@pgm1972]

What on earth are you talking about!!??

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

The person who was angry due to someone being murdered has the same similar name of a pipe, tube or funnel as from Charmed.@@pgm1972

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

What I'm talking about is that the character who this young starring guest is is the person who got angry at someone who died instead of a funeral ruination is the one named after the pipe, tube or funnel as when she cries or gets angry, I compare as a pipe collapsing or exploding or funnel falling off a ship such as the Britannic or Titanic. I'm talking Piper who is nearly named after the pipe, tube or funnel who was only angry mourning from S4, E1, E2 to E3 of that series when they are beguiled as pre-Christians is Charmed where the one named after the tunnel-shaped container.@@pgm1972

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

And she's also Ella who was with Hale as both Ella and Aria from PLL. I'm talking about Holly after she was Kim in Picket Fences.@@pgm1972

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

This guest plays one of the girls with the near name of a pipe or tube or funnel who was angry on season 4 episode 1 of Charmed because of Prue's murder after the demons destroyed the funeral.@@pgm1972

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

Or a chimney, or a smokestack, especially just like that fell off the Titanic.

[@RACHIDASABAOUN-gc9tc]

فيلم جميل جدا الممثلون يغنون ويلعبون😂😂😂

[@joeblow1748]

PATROOONE!!!!

[@KarlKapo]

Tom when someone critize Scientology 6:16

[@ThySavorn]

Hello pro ❤❤🎉😂

[@1tommyday]

His mother just telling him to go to bed was just astep above abuse.

[@RocKnight11]

How? At this moment, Ron was being beyond belligerent. The best thing for him at that moment would be hard love and rest.

[@StevieD.94]

Not for nothin….the marine playing pool had a lot of solid points.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

Not for nothing, but no he didn't. Ron spoke the truth and the marine got all bent out of shape. That's always what happens because people don't want to hear the the truth. The marine is clueless as to what was going on. WWII and Vietnam were worlds apart both figuratively and literally. In,politics, ideals,government, public opinion,national sentiment, morality and ethics.

[@Backyardmech1]

😳 Piper was in this movie?

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

That's Holly.

[@Trey_Sucks_At_Art]

Hi

[@Geojr815]

“Tom Cruise” doesn’t break down😂 the character he’s playing does

[@Joe-cr6uq]

Thanks for blocking the swears. I can’t imagine the trauma of hearing bad words.

[@Commonwealth_Prepper]

Communism did win slowly but surely.

[@stellar8ball640]

Ngl bro. Jenny looks YOUNG asf. 😂❌

[@user-eu5eu7sc8b]

The girl who you see plays Piper from Charmed who by sad news lost her best friend on the 13th day of July just like Piper lost Prue who was angry only her older sister abandoning her. But good news I've got to see her best friend in Houston in person and I've finally got to meet her in Dallas.

[@Stereozentrum]

It's just so absolutely pathetic to cut these insults out. You're destroying a master work just for your sick understanding of morale.

[@skyguy1988]

terrible mother...

[@scorpiowitch11]

🍑🩷Jenny Jami

[@elizabethmendez1350]

Ok universal ,es un mal actor ...pero les reembolso millones

[@neojournalyst]

Born on the Forth of Cliche

[@Retsler54]

2:04 a misstake from Ron Kovic there. What he should have done there at that moment was saying Thank you to that Iwo Jima veteran, then next day take a haircut and restart his life. Instead he could not take the bashing he actually deserved.

[@Marauder623]

Right, even though he was at his lowest point and had lost faith in everything around him...

[@Marauder623]

Not to mention that Kovic did a lot more to help other wounded veterans too.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

Calling big time BS on you.

[@JOSEPHMancini-ef8ec]

Going number one it will require a push, dont I have a green ruber band, then I will share with you where I will be every 20 miniutes, t ime for a good shower. back soon I will sit here for 20 minutres play war hero, log out watch youtube for 20, get up go inisde change thermostat, take shower, back here around 7, go next door, from 7 30 to 9 order dinner, about $20 buck destroying $20 bucks that is what 30 shekels of silver

[@danielstockley5631]

Is gen Z ready to die for Israel?

[@Pocotomate]

Primero

[@dalegriffin6768]

Forest Gump totally ripped off Tom Cruise's character

[@daoudi0584]

عععهععععععععععع

[@gringomad]

Ugh. The abysmal cover song.

[@noserly]

The guy in the yellow coat was right, he was a whiner.

[@scottpelhamsr9500]

No,Ron told the truth. People never want to here that.

[@Gravelgratious]

The guy who doesn't have a scratch?He could have been a coward for all we know.Whining? It's called the truth. Cowards run away from the truth.

[@LukaszJanoszka-hb6py]

The Israeli soldiers should Watch this film

[@Gravelgratious]

This will be the rest of their lives for some of them.

[@JeffDoerr]

Great movie. Cruise crushes this character. But Tom...what's up with the scientology beliefs? And saluting LRON Hubbard? Puhleeeeze. 😢

[@liamhouston307]

❤️⭐️😜🌞💋👄🤩😍🕺🏻😎👥😝💕💄🆙🥰🍿🫂😘🏆🤪🙏👨‍❤️‍👨👤👍🦾😋📰😻🎊 0:50

[@aqua6613]

He has to learn to "relove" himself...only then can someone else love him. There is no love that can fix and heal this atleast none that can come from a woman...it has to come straight from God and it has to be accepted. Otherwise he will just destroy every woman who would try to love him because he is still on his own path of destruction 😢.