Coming Home [VHS]

starring: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine
directed by: Hal Ashby

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Editorial Review:

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Both Jane Fonda and Jon Voight won Oscars for their performances in this profoundly moving 1978 flick dealing with the aftereffects of the Vietnam War. Fonda, feeling isolated while her hawkish husband, Bruce Dern, is away in Vietnam, follows a friend's example and volunteers at a veteran's hospital. There she is reacquainted with Voight, an old friend who has returned from the war as a paraplegic. Lonely and disconnected from her husband, Fonda finds love, and fulfilling sex, with Voight. The sex scenes, very steamy for the time, are still provocative. This mature love story is about expanding your horizons, and is both moving and thoughtful. Director Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude) does succumb to melodrama on occasion, but these are forgivable slips. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Description:
Perhaps the most powerful picture ever made about the shattering aftermath of the Vietnam War, Coming Home earned eight Academy Award® nominations* and three Oscars®: Actress (Jane Fonda), Actor (Jon Voight) and Original Screenplay. Hailed by critics as "dazzling" (Rex Reed), "gripping" (Leonard Maltin) and "unforgettable" (Judith Crist), it is a heart-rending examination of a critical period in our nation's history and "an uncompromising, extraordinarily moving film" (Roger Ebert). When Marine Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) leaves for Vietnam, his wife, Sally (Fonda), volunteers at a local hospital. There she meets Luke Martin (Voight) a former sergeantwhose war injury has left him a paraplegic. Embittered with rage and filled with frustration, Luke finds new hope and confidence through his growing intimacy with Sally. The relationship also transforms Sally's feelings about life, love and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally's husband returns home, all three must grapple with the full impact of a brutal, distant war that has changed their lives forever. *1978: Nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Dern), Supporting Actress (Penelope Milford), Director and Film Editing

Average Rating:

Rating: - excellent service
this was a very good experience. the DVD arrived very quickly and was definitely new

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Rating: - one who was there
As one who was there, I could so relate to the shift from the Betty Crocker generation to an active resister to the Viet Nam war. The situations and emotions portrayed in this movie paralleled my own in so many ways and the performance of both actors was first rate. One of the best zeitgeist movies.

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Rating: - The Real Deal
This Film is a classic. I watched it last night after not seeing it since 1978 at my local Drive in.
It has not lost one ounce of its Punch. Most of the Guys in the wheelchairs were not actors, but returned Vets.
Bruce Dern is also quite superb. The Extra Doco & Commentary are just Brilliant.
With the Iraq & Afghanistan war continuing i am sure these same type of hospitals are filling up again. Boys cut down in there prime, hidden away.
Watch this film again.

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Rating: - HORSE MANURE
As if to counter-balance "The Deer Hunter", good old Jane Fonda starred in "Coming Home" (1978) with Jon Voight. Saved by the pure benevolence of American goodwill from a treason trial, she was allowed to pursue her craft (she is excellent at it). "Coming Home" seemed to be the realization of the self-fulfilling prophecy she created in 1972. It was that year that she traveled to Hanoi, the heart of America's enemy, and allowed herself to be posed on Communist tanks, wearing an army helmet. It was ... Read More

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Rating: - a solid effort--but it just misses its mark...
Coming Home is a sensitive portrayal of three people and how their lives were changed by the war in Vietnam. Look for wonderful acting by Jane Fonda who had to contend with a script that was not exactly the best I've ever seen; and Jon Voight does an excellent job playing the role of Luke Martin, a Vietnam vet who was badly wounded in combat. Bruce Dern plays Capt. Bob Hyde with a lot of style; all the actors do their best in this film. The script fails to flesh out the depth of the characters and ... Read More