Ron Kovic spent several months on location during the filming.

Born on the Fourth of July

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Filming Born on the Fourth of July on S.Edgefield Ave in Oak Cliff,Texas 1988

Thats Director Oliver Stone in the red jacket leaning on the back of the White Lincoln Continental and crew filming movie extras along S.Edgefield Ave during the parade scenes. Ron Kovic can be seen to the right of the car in his wheel chair. A building in the background was made up to look like an A&P Grocery Store. A&P Grocery stores were a northern chain of food stores.  Click on View Photo Album to the left for more great photos from S.Edgefield Ave.

Filming the 4th of July Parade Scene in the Elmwood Neigborhood of Oak Cliff.

Hundreds of people were used as extras during the 4th of July parade scenes shooting along S.Edgefield Ave and some of the buildings were made up to look like Massapequa Long Island, New York, the hometown of Ron Kovic. The buildings in the photo below had extra building materials added to make them look taller than what they really were.