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Dates: during 1980-1989
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America wants to go around with Tom Terrific -- that's how he looks, that's how he makes moviegoers feel. They hitched a ride with him in Risky Business and made him a star at 21. They sat in the cockpit of his F-14 as he swaggered through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

At the end of the '80s, Cruise, 27, is the movies' biggest star, with nothing but promise on the horizon. Just ask two masters he has apprenticed with: Dustin Hoffman, the decade's most lauded actor, and Paul Newman, the last golden exemplar of Hollywood star quality. "There's no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

What does he have that separates him from the Brat Pack? He's not as lovely as Rob Lowe. He doesn't explode, on- or off-camera, as ripely as Sean Penn. "Tom is at a disadvantage," says Barry Levinson, his Rain Man director. "He's got a pretty face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Now Cruise has his best shot in a sprawling, squalling film on Hollywood's favorite serious subject. Born on the Fourth of July, directed by Oliver Stone (Platoon), is a Viet Nam melodrama pitched at high decibel level for 2 hr. 23 min. The movie is a jeremiad not just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Born on the Fourth of July is the true story of Ron Kovic, a kid from Long Island, N.Y., who got his spine shattered in Viet Nam. Back home he became bitter, questioning his old values of family and patriotism, before convincing himself he could best serve his country as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

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