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Awe come on, Elle. You didn't like the American Hero story? It's not shown on the silver screen nearly enough. That's not to say it wasn't an impressive life story, but like Elle said, it just seemed to be too much. -Kelly Wuyscik | Awe come on, Elle. You didn't like the American Hero story? It's not shown on the silver screen nearly enough. That's not to say it wasn't an impressive life story, but like Elle said, it just seemed to be too much. -Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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| + | Just to offer up some perspective, the screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic himself, both of which were veterans of this war. Kovic approved the casting of Tom Cruise, and while there were obviously scenes added for dramatic license (most notably, Ron Kovic telling Will's family that he was responsible for their son's murder), most of it was on the up and up. -Cash Nelson | ||
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| + | That being said, Parris Island would have only been eight weeks of hell back then. Not thirteen. -Cash Nelson | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
