Born on the Fourth of July Page #3

Synopsis: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: Universal Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1989
145 min
1,926 Views


What...

Oh, Jeez.

Donna.

Ronnie.

Will you

dance with me?

Oh, yes.

Yeah, sure.

Moon River

Wider than a mile

I'm crossing you

in style

Someday

Oh, dreammaker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're goin'

I'm goin' your way

Two drifters

Off to see the world

There's such

a lot of world

To see

We're after

the same...

2-Alpha, 2-Alpha, this is 6, over.

6, 6, 2-Actual, over.

2-Actual, this is 6. That's a roger.

You have beaucoup gooks.

They're coming at you.

Echo-1's

pushing them. Over.

6, 6, 2-Actual.

Sit Rep

as follows...

two set in

on the beach.

The tracks are

moving this way.

Sounds like

beaucoup gooks in there.

I'm finally

going to see one.

Relax, you'll be

all right.

Where you from, Wilson?

First Battalion,

Ninth Motor "T."

The Sergeant Major said the grunts

needed replacements,

so they took me out

of battalion supply.

Where are you from

in the world?

Oh, Venus, Georgia.

This is my second tour.

I haven't seen a Georgia boy

get hurt yet.

You'll be all right.

Echo-6, Echo-6,

Snake 1-9er...

All right.

Echo-1's taking incoming

northwest edge of the ville.

We got gooks

moving this way.

Look out there,

Sergeant.

Can you see them?

Right there.

You see them?

They got rifles.

Can you see

the rifles?

Right there.

You see them?

You see them?

Can you see

the rifles?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Pass the word.

When I give

the order,

I want to light up

this ville

like a motherfucking

Christmas tree.

This time I think we got them!

Move out.

Pass the word!

Fire on command!

Wilson, come with me.

Cover that big hooch!

Fire on my command!

Pass the word!

Corporal, start ranking.

Fire on my command!

Fire on my command!

Cease fire!

What happened?

What the f*** are you doing?

Cease fire!

What happened?

Cease fire!

I want to know

what happened!

I don't know, sir.

Possible accidental

discharge, sir.

We better get

a sweep team in there.

Take five men.

Tell me how many we got.

Yes, sir.

Motherf***er!

Baldy on me!

Brooks!

Martinez! On me!

Wilson!

Wilson, on me!

2-alpha, moving on the ville

at this time. Over.

Line! Line! Line!

Ironhand for fire mission.

Stand by.

Grid:
1-5-6-3-7-9er.

Direction:
5-800.

Gooks in the ville,

Battery 6.

Victor, Tango in effect.

How copy? Over.

Baldy! Baldy!

Lai dai! Lai dai!

Get him out!

Get him out!

Come on,

Baldy, come on.

Check it out over there!

Everything out!

Baldy, get

everything out!

Baldy! There!

Check it out!

Echo-2, Alpha.

Echo-2,

send your Sit Rep. Over.

Lai dai! Lai dai!

Lai dai! Lai dai!

Get him out!

Get him out!

Check those hooches

and clear ASAP.

We've got a fire mission

inbound. Over.

Oh, my God.

We didn't

do this, did we?

Oh, my God.

Jesus Christ.

Oh, my God.

2-Actual-2, better get down

here quick,

and bring

the corpsmen.

We got beaucoup wounded.

Civilians.

Martinez, help me!

We wasted them.

Motherf***er!

We wasted them!

Oh!

Det roy.

Where are the rifles?

Where are the rifles?

There ain't no

f***ing rifles.

Damn it.

Jesus f***ing Christ!

Well, help him then!

Help him!

Help him! Help him!

Oh, motherfuck...

I want you

to help him.

Forgive us.

Help me!

Somebody help me!

6, 6, 2-Actual.

Request

emergency medevac.

We got a lot

of friendly wounded. Over.

Get out of there!

Leave those wounded!

You got Arty inbound!

Get out! Get out!

Get back

to the dunes!

We got gooks

in the ville! Move out!

Get out! Move out!

That's a direct order!

I want you

out that door!

It wasn't your fault,

goddamn it!

They got

in the goddamned way!

Get off the deck!

We got gooks

in the ville!

The baby!

Get back to the dune!

The baby!

No! Move out!

Let's move!

Kovic, move!

Move out!

Move out!

Move! Move!

The ville is

going to blow!

Aah!

Red! Abbot!

Aah!

Wilson!

Wilson's hit!

What happened?

Where's

First Platoon?

For God's sake,

Corpsman!

Where's my "A" gunner?

Sergeant Kovic

here to see you, sir.

Stand easy, sergeant.

Yeah, Kovic,

the lieutenant told me

that was

a pretty rough time.

Yes, sir.

It was pretty bad.

Ran into a few

of them?

Yes, sir.

You want to see me

about something, Sergeant?

Yes, sir.

Like I said to the captain,

uh, sir...

it was a very

confusing day.

The villagers...

Yeah. I know about

the villagers, Sergeant.

They...

the villagers...

It was very,

very unfortunate.

The enemy used

the villagers as cover.

Yes, sir.

They popped up,

started firing.

We were

running back, sir.

It was real glary.

Very confusing,

and that's when

it happened, sir.

What happened?

Sir, that was when

Wilson was killed, sir.

Yeah, I know

about Wilson.

Sir, see...

he was

the last one out,

and that's when

it happened, sir.

Sir, I think

I might...

I might have

killed him, sir.

I don't think so.

He was coming up

over the dune.

I think I might

have killed him.

It's hard.

I was out a couple

of weeks ago.

Sometimes it's... very hard

to tell what's happening.

Yes, sir.

But, sir, I think

I killed Wilson.

I don't think so, Kovic.

But, sir, I want you

to know that...

Don't talk like that!

Don't tell me this sh*t.

I'll take your head off.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

That clear?

Yes, sir!

All right.

Carry on.

X.O. Ought to

court-martial his ass.

Sergeant K.

Get some sugar

in the blood.

Ain't no thing, dog.

Ain't nothing

but a thing, baby.

It's so hot out here, I want

to kill some motherfucking gooks.

Dog, you're sounding

like a b*tch, man.

Ain't nothing

but a thing.

Nothing but a thing.

It's so hot out

in this motherf***er,

this must be hell!

Or purgatory.

Where's the motherfucking devil at?

Take cover!

Take cover!

Take cover!

Snake 1-9er airborne,

Be advised machine guns

now approaching

at your 12. Over.

No. No, people!

Move forward!

Move forward!

Gun up! Gun up!

2! 2! 2-Alpha!

Contact! Contact!

Heavy incoming

from both tree lines. Over.

Uhh!

Uhh!

Son of a b*tch!

Aah!

Aah!

F***, man!

Uhh.

Aah!

Aah!

F***!

Son of a b*tch!

2-Actual!

Heavy incoming

from the ville!

I'm in trouble!

2, 2, Charlie,

be advised

there's more of them.

We see two squads

moving in

from the left

tree line.

Aah!

I'm in trouble

out here!

I'm in trouble out here!

2, Echo-6!

Get out of that ville!

Get out of that ville!

They're going to

cut you off! Get out!

I need everything

you got!

We're going down!

We're going down!

I can't hold this b*tch!

Hold it, goddamn it!

Pull up! Pull up!

Aah!

Goddamn it!

God damn it!

Corpsmen...

Corpsmen...

Corpsmen... Corpsmen.

Goddamn!

Motherfuckers!

Goddamn motherfuckers!

Motherf***er!

Goddamn!

Motherfuckers!

F***ers!

We got six

sucking chest wounds

and 12 crispy critters

coming in!

Zap him with 250 mils

of happy juice

until he crashes out.

Just get him to sleep.

Open table!

Who's got a hot one?

What do we have?

His kidney

and liver are gone.

We better just kiss

this one goodbye.

All right, take off.

There's something

wrong with me.

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Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Stone came to public prominence between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s for writing and directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an infantry soldier. Many of Stone's films primarily focus on controversial American political issues during the late 20th century, and as such that they were considered contentious at the times of their releases. more…

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