Ron Kovic

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

No film of theirs is counted, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Sands of Iwo Jima: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Sands of Iwo Jima ⇒ Ron Kovic (the host's read). John Wayne WWII films shaped Kovic's love of the military and country, the belief the book and film later unwind.
“War movies like Sans of Iwo Jima would inspire Kovic's love for the military and for his country.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Other (2) everyone in other

subject/author of the memoir; co-writer, Born on the Fourth of July (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
subject of the story, Born on the Fourth of July (The Big Picture, The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame)

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

lineage (lineage): Sands of Iwo Jima → Ron Kovic. John Wayne WWII films shaped Kovic's love of the military and country, the belief the book and film later unwind.
“War movies like Sans of Iwo Jima would inspire Kovic's love for the military and for his country.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Ron Kovic: Cried at the Marine hymn from John Wayne's death scene in Sands of Iwo Jima.
“For years afterward, every time Kovic heard that music, he tear up, thinking about Wayne's death scene.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:43 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Ron Kovic: Typed the memoir on a $42 Sears typewriter.
“Using a typewriter, he bought for 42 bucks at a local Sears.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:07:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Ron Kovic: Ate room-service hamburgers while hanging with Pacino.
“I ate $45 hamburgers from room service. It was the opposite of the rat infested VA hospital.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:08:33 · Ron Kovic (0.70 sure it was them)