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Theatrical Release:January 5th, 1990
On Digital & Streaming:July 1st, 2025
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On DVD & Blu-ray:February 5th, 2002
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Movie Budget:$14,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$161,001,698 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures, A. Kitman Ho Productions, Ixtlan Productions
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Born on the Fourth of July Quotes
Frustration and Rebellion Amidst Chaos
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Veterans Demand Recognition and Accountability for War
Ron Kovic: [to a news camera, outside the 1972 Republican Convention]
Do you hear me? Can I break through your complacency? Can I have an inch... a moment of your compassion for the human beings that are suffering in this war? Do you hear me when I say this war is a crime? When I say I am not as bitter about my wound as the men who have lied to the people of this country? Do you hear me?
Ron Kovic:
Why do they want to hide us? Why won't they let the veterans of that war speak tonight? Because they don't wanna know, they don't wanna see us. They wanna hide us because they've lied and cheated to us for so long - but we're not gonna run away and hide anymore. We're gonna win because we love this country. We love this country more than they could ever know. We fought for it. We gave our bodies because we loved it and believed everything it stood for, and tonight we're ashamed of it. And we've come from all the little towns, thousands of us to get this country back again; to make it whole again. Truth, honesty, integrity - this is the lost American dream here tonight, and we're gonna take it back!
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