Featuring a massive A-list star, it won two Oscars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 28 May) is Born on the Fourth of July , the 1989 biographical anti-war drama starring Tom Cruise. Earning his first Oscar nomination for his performance in the film, Cruise plays the real-life Ron Kovic – a young patriotic American who enlists to serve in the Vietnam War where he becomes permanently paralysed in battle.
Struggling with his paralysis and an uncaring, bureaucratic United States upon returning home, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist. Part of co-writer and director Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War trilogy – which also includes Platoon and Heaven & Earth – Born on the Fourth of July’s powerful real life story, its visceral filmmaking and Cruise’s intense and transformational performance made the movie a massive critical and commercial success. It was even nominated for eight Oscars and won two – with Stone taking home the Best Director trophy.
Born on the Fourth of July is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 9pm . It is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store. Check out its trailer right here: Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight: This is the End – Comedy Central – 9pm In this hilarious comedy horror, the apocalypse kicks off while a bunch of celebrities (all playing themselves) are at a gaff party in LA.
Murder by Decree – Legend Xtra – 9pm Christopher Plummer is Sherlock Holmes in th.
