Coming Home Movie Review 1978

Looks at the effect of the Vietnam War on home front. The wife of a gung-ho Marine officer volunteers as an aide in a Veteran's Hospital, befriends and eventually falls in love with a Vietnam vet, paralyzed from war injuries. His attitudes, pain, and first-hand knowledge of the war force her to re-examine her previously automatic responses. Honest look at the everyday life of disabled veterans, unusual vision of the possibilities of simple friendship between men and women. Fonda and Voight are great; Dern's character suffers from weak scriptwriting late in the film. Critically acclaimed. Compelling score from late '60s music.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 130 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Vietnam War, Physical Problems, Anti-War War Movies

Screenplay

Robert C. Jones

Cast

Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty, Mary Gregory, Kathleen Miller, Beeson Carroll, Willie Tyler, Charles Cyphers, Olivia Cole, Tresa Hughes, Bruce French, Richard Lawson, Rita Taggart, Pat Corley

Cinematography

Haskell Wexler

Director

Hal Ashby

Other

Don Zimmerman

Producer

Jerome Hellman

Awards

Oscars 1978: Actor (Voight), Actress (Fonda), Orig. Screenplay; Cannes 1978: Actor (Voight); Golden Globes 1979: Actor--Drama (Voight), Actress--Drama (Fonda); L.A. Film Critics 1978: Actor (Voight), Actress (Fonda), Film; N.Y. Film Critics 1978: Actor (Voight); Writers Guild 1978: Orig. Screenplay.