Tom Cruise

Object Details

Artist

Eric Bouvet, born 16 May 1961

Sitter

Tom Cruise, born 1962

Exhibition Label

For its last cover of the 1980s, Time selected twenty-seven-year-old actor Tom Cruise, “the movies’ biggest star, with nothing but promise on the horizon.” His breakout film was Top Gun (1986), an action-packed 110 minutes of romance and roaring Navy jets. Born on the Fourth of July, Cruise’s latest film at the time, was slower paced but more poignant because it told the story of Ron Kovic, a wounded Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair. Cruise would win a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Kovic but would lose the Best Actor Oscar to Daniel Day-Lewis, who played another real-life person with disabilities in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown.

Para su última portada de la década de 1980, Time seleccionó al actor de veintisiete años Tom Cruise, “la máxima estrella del cine, con un horizonte lleno de promesas”. La película que lo lanzó fue Top Gun (1986), 110 minutos de acción, romance y el rugido de aviones de la Marina. Born on the Fourth of July, el filme más reciente de Cruise hasta ese momento, tenía un ritmo más calmado, pero resultó mucho más emotiva porque era la historia de Ron Kovic, un veterano que regresó herido de Vietnam, condenado a una silla de ruedas. Cruise ganó un Golden Globe por su trabajo como Kovic, pero perdió el Oscar de mejor actor frente a Daniel Day-Lewis, quien interpretó a otro personaje real con discapacidades en My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown.

Collection Description

In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.

En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

1989

Object number

NPG.93.TC20

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Eric Bouvet

Type

Photograph

Medium

Chromogenic print on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 35.6 × 27.9cm (14 × 11")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior\Studio\Photography

Tom Cruise: Male

Tom Cruise: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.93.TC20

Metadata Usage (text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42c8babe0-961a-4d67-a8c4-fe47811c0524