Ronald Lawrence Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed...
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that is based on the 1976 autobiography of Ron Kovic. Directed by Oliver Stone, and written by Stone and Kovic, it stars Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond...
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the best-selling autobiography by Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his...
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Man (1988), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). For his portrayal of Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for...
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Kovic may be a shortened form of South Slavic surnames ending with -ković: Ron Kovic, Kovačević[citation needed] (born 1946), American anti-war activist...
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Rain Man (1988). His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the film adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, Born on the Fourth of July (1989)...
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nominated for four Academy Awards for his Best Actor playing Sergeant Ron Kovic in the biographical anti-war film Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and...
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reportedly based on real-life Vietnam veteran-turned-antiwar-activist Ron Kovic, with whom Jane Fonda's character falls in love. The film included a much-talked-about...
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the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Combs portrayed Jenny in the film, which also starred Tom Cruise. Her...
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these spitting incidents was directed at antiwar activist and ex-Marine, Ron Kovic, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. At the 1972 Republican...
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title character played by River Phoenix. She also played the mother of Ron Kovic, portrayed by Tom Cruise, in Born on the Fourth of July (1989). She has...
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play‡ Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic based on the autobiography by Ron Kovic Enemies, A Love Story – Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky...
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by her friendship with Ron Kovic, a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran, whom she had met at an antiwar rally. At that time, Kovic had recently completed his...
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Primer, About Face, Steel My Soldiers' Hearts) Joe Haldeman Gustav Hasford Ron Kovic Karl Marlantes, US Marine Corps (What it is Like to Go to War, Matterhorn)...
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Sean Kenniff – physician Brian Kilmeade – co-host of Fox and Friends Ron Kovic – Vietnam veteran, anti-war activist, author Brian Langtry – lacrosse...
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paraplegic, wheelchair-using Vietnam veteran who befriends the film's subject Ron Kovic (played by Tom Cruise), another paraplegic veteran. Dafoe made a cameo...
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July is based on the autobiography of US Marine turned peace campaigner Ron Kovic; Heaven & Earth is based on the memoir When Heaven and Earth Changed Places...
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Christy Brown My Left Foot Kenneth Branagh King Henry V Henry V Tom Cruise Ron Kovic Born on the Fourth of July Morgan Freeman Hoke Colburn Driving Miss Daisy...
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U.S. Lies. SCB Distributors. ISBN 978-0-9998747-4-5. Biography portal Ron Kovic Norman Morrison Charlie Liteky Roy Bourgeois Ben Linder GI Coffeehouses...
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S. Navy SEAL, U.S. Senator from Nebraska and Medal of Honor recipient Ron Kovic, Marine Corps, writer, anti-war activist J. T. Knott, WWII veteran and...
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promoting the war." This group likely comprised 24-year-old Jan Barry, Ron Kovic, Skip Delano, photographer Sheldon Ramsdell, and former Black Panther...
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Healthcare System Ron Kovic – patient in 1968. Author of Born on the Fourth of July Born on the Fourth of July – film based on Ron Kovic's autobiography "Bailey...
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it had a name", and that Miller displayed a photograph he had taken of Ron Kovic prominently in his living room. After the war, Miller converted to Catholicism...
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Red October Captain Marko Ramius Tom Cruise Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic Robert De Niro Goodfellas Jimmy Conway 1991 (45th) Anthony Hopkins The...
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Nicholas Pileggi Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic Driving Miss Daisy Alfred Uhry Driving Miss...
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Killings. Anthony Ingrassia, American playwright, producer, and director Ron Kovic, author Born on the Fourth of July, graduated Massapequa High School in...
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had a close relationship with disabled Vietnam War veteran and activist Ron Kovic. They went to high school together, and he thanked her in his memoir Born...
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Working Girl Kevin Wade 1989 Born on the Fourth of July Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic Dead Poets Society Tom Schulman Do the Right Thing Spike Lee Glory Kevin...
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appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem. August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and...
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Picture – Drama Actor Actress Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot as Christy Brown Jack Lemmon - Dad as...
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