Taglines: A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!
Coming Home movie synopsis. It’s 1968. U.S. Marine Corps Captain Bob Hyde and his wife, Sally Hyde, have traditional conservative views. Theoretically, they understand that Bob’s current role in life is to fight and kill for his country in Vietnam. When Bob is eventually sent to Vietnam and into active combat, Sally, who has never been alone in her life, has to figure out how to survive without Bob.
On the advice of Vi Munson, the girlfriend of Bob’s colleague Sergeant Dink Mobley, who too was shipped to Vietnam, Sally volunteers at the local VA hospital where Vi works. There, Sally’s view of life and the war changes as she encounters the many injured veterans who have been emotionally scarred by the war. One of those vets is Sergeant Luke Martin, now a paraplegic who happens to be an acquaintance of Sally’s from high school.
Luke is now an angry and sullen man due to his experience in Vietnam. Despite Sally’s love for Bob never being in question, Luke and Sally begin a relationship based on their current needs, and in the process they begin to look at life a little differently. Their relationship and friendship is put to the test when Bob arrives back from Vietnam earlier than expected, and whose own experience there makes his transition back to life in the U.S. a difficult one.
Coming Home is a 1978 American drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones from a story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty. The film’s narrative follows a perplexed woman, her Marine husband, and a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran she meets while her husband is deployed in Vietnam.
The film was released theatrically on February 15, 1978. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success with critics acclaiming the direction, screenplay and performances while the film grossed $36 million worldwide against a budget of $3 million becoming the 15th highest-grossing film of 1978, while receiving eight nominations at the 51st Academy Awards, winning the Oscars for Best Actress (Fonda), Best Actor (Voight) and Best Original Screenplay. Coming Home is one of only 12 films in history to be on two lists of rare Oscar accomplishments; nominations for the “Big Five” Oscars and nominations in all acting categories.
Coming Home (1978)
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Mary Gregory, Kathleen Miller, Tresa Hughes, Olivia Cole, Charles Cyphers, Bruce French
Screenplay by: Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Production Design by: Michael D. Haller
Cinematography by: Haskell Wexler
Film Editing by: Don Zimmerman
Costume Design by: Ann Roth
Set Decoration by: George Gaines
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by United Artists
Release Date: February 15, 1978
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