Voyage au bout de l'enfer (1978. Apocalypse Now (1979. Platoon (1986. Full Metal Jacket (1987. Apocalypse Now - Ride of the Valkyries (1080p) Born On The Fourth Of July: Part-1. Born on the Fourth of July (film) Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic.[2] Born on the Fourth of July was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Film Editing.
The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $161,001,698 worldwide[1] and winning two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award. The film begins with Ron Kovic's childhood during a summer in Massapequa, New York. He plays war in the woods, attends a Fourth of July parade, plays and wins at a local neighborhood baseball game, and watches President John F.
After Ron Kovic and his classmates hear an impassioned lecture about the Marine Corps, Ron decides to enlist. The film then moves to Kovic's second Vietnam tour in October 1967. Ron joins Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and travels to the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami. Apocalypse Now. The film has been cited for the problems encountered while making it. These problems were chronicled in the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, which recounted the stories of Brando arriving on the set overweight and completely unprepared; costly sets being destroyed by severe weather; and its lead actor (Sheen) suffering a heart attack while on location.
Problems continued after production as the release was postponed several times while Coppola edited millions of feet of footage. Upon release, Apocalypse Now earned widespread critical acclaim and its cultural impact and philosophical themes have been extensively discussed since. Honored with the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the film was also deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2000.
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