Blu-ray Release: Born on the Fourth of July

Blu-ray and DVD Release Date: July 3, 2012
Price: DVD $14.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $19.99
Studio: Universal

Tom Cruise if Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July.

Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) delivers an Oscar-nominated performance in Oliver Stone’s (Platoon) acclaimed 1989 biographical war drama Born on the Fourth of July. concerning one man’s experiences during and after the Vietnam War.

Based on a true story, the film follows Long Island-born Ron Kovic (Cruise) 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 returns to an environment vastly different from the one he left, and he struggles before emerging as a new voice for the disenchanted.

Co-starring Raymond Barry (Falling Down), Caroline Kava (Year of the Dragon) and Kyra Sedgwick (Gamer), the movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards and went on to win two: one for Oliver Stone for Best Director and another for editors David Brenner and Joe Hutshing.

In addition to offering all the usual Universal branded Blu-ray functions (My Scenes, pocket BLU App and so on), the Universal 100th Anniversary Edition of Born on the Fourth of July makes its Blu-ray debut (as part of a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) with the following bonus features (all of which have been available previously on DVD versions of the film):

• Digital Copy of Born on the Fourth of July (expires 12/31/2013)
• From the NBC News Archives – Backstory: Born on the Fourth of July
• Feature Commentary with Director Oliver Stone
• 100 Years of Universal: Academy Award Winners
• 100 Years of Universal: The ’80s

Also available on July 3, 2012 is a new DVD edition of the film which includes a Digital Copy.

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