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Vietnam Veteran | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1990 | Tom Cruise
Best Director Motion Picture | 1990 | Oliver Stone
Best Screenplay Motion Picture | 1990 | Ron Kovic
Best Actor | 1990 | Tom Cruise
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1990 | Clayton Townsend
Best International Director | 1990 | Oliver Stone
1990 | John Williams
Best Sound Editing Sound Effects | 1990 | Michael Minkler
Best Sound Editing Effects Foley Domestic Feature Film | 1990 | Mark R. La Pointe
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1990 | Tom Cruise
Best Picture | 1990 | A. Kitman Ho
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1990 | Ron Kovic
Best Music Original Score | 1990 | John Williams
Best Sound | 1990 | Michael Minkler
Best Cinematography | 1990 | Robert Richardson
Best Original Score Motion Picture | 1990 | John Williams
Best Foreign Actor Migliore Attore Straniero | 1990 | Tom Cruise
Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1990 | Oliver Stone
Best Actor | 1990 | Tom Cruise
Best Actor | 1989 | Tom Cruise
1990 | Oliver Stone
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1990 | Ron Kovic
Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 1990 | Billy Hopkins
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | 1990 | Robert Richardson
Best Edited Feature Film | 1990 | Joe Hutshing
Budget 14,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 161,001,698 USD
The real Ron Kovic gave Tom Cruise his Bronze Star for his performance in this movie.
Oliver Stone was presented his Best Director Oscar for this film by his former film school teacher Martin Scorsese.
For the duration of filming the scenes after Ron is paralyzed, Tom Cruise stayed in and used a wheelchair off the set as much as possible.
Oliver Stone and Tom Cruise both expressed interest in using a nerve agent to cause genuine paralysis in Cruise's legs, but they were unable to find a substance that was safe enough to guarantee no permanent damage.
The last scene of the film to be shot - in a race against time as the sun was going down - was the wheelchair fight between Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe.
"Mrs. Kovic: [almost sobbing] Don't say penis in this house! Ron Kovic: Penis! Penis! Big fucking erect penis, Mom!"
"[in the Bronx VA hospital] Ron Kovic: This place is a fuckin' slum! Marvin: You want out of here, man? Fine. We take that leg of yours, and we can get you out of here in two weeks! Ron Kovic: I want my leg. Marvin: Why? Ron Kovic: I want my leg! Marvin: Why? You can't feel it no how! Ron Kovic: (incredulous and angry) It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm sayin' is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country! Patient: [off-camera] Shut the fuck up! Ron Kovic: And I think that I deserve to be treated... decent!"
