Trivia
*Taken directly from IMDb.com
- The entire film was shot in shades of red, white, or blue, depending on the emotional level (battle scenes are all in reddish hues, dream sequences in white, sadness in blue, etc).
- The real Ron Kovic gave Tom Cruise his Bronze Star for his performance in this movie.
- Star Tom Cruise was actually born on the third of July.
- Charlie Sheen was considered for the part of Ron Kovic.
- Including cameos by Oliver Stone there are at least 11 other actors credited in this film that also appeared in Oliver Stone's earlier Vietnam War film "Platoon"
- During the demonstration, one of the speakers says that the Bronze Star and Purple Heart honors he earned in Vietnam mean nothing. These are the same two honors that director Oliver Stone and the real Ron Kovic received after serving in Vietnam.
- When Ron is sitting at a desk in Mexico, the book "All Quiet on the Western Front" is shown on the desk. It is considered one of the greatest anti-war books ever written.
- Al Pacino turned down the role of Kovic's father.
- A copy of "Johnny Got His Gun," a popular anti-war novel about WW1, is visible on Ron's hospital bed when he learns he will never walk again. In the novel, the main character is a soldier who is mutilated beyond recognition in a war; he has lost both of his arms and legs as well as his sight and hearing.
- Oliver Stone wanted to make the movie in Vietnam but relations with that country and the US were still frosty after the war so it was made in the Philippines instead.
- The real Ron Kovic appeared as one of the crippled veterans in the opening Fourth of July parade scene.
- Director Oliver Stone had a minor role as a newspaper reporter in the film.
- John Williams composed the musical score. He also was responsible for the music in Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET: the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars, and many others.
*Taken directly from IMDb.com