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15 February 1978 (USA)
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A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!
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A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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11 nominations
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Sugarland: Gold and Green
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President Obama's War Movie
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President Obama's War Movie
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Probably the 2nd best Vietnam War movie behind "Apocalypse Now" (and certainly Hal Ashby's best movie ever).
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jane Fonda | ... | Sally Hyde |
 | Jon Voight | ... | Luke Martin |
 | Bruce Dern | ... | Capt. Bob Hyde |
 | Penelope Milford | ... | Vi Munson |
 | Robert Carradine | ... | Bill Munson |
 | Robert Ginty | ... | Sgt. Dink Mobley |
| Mary Gregory | ... | Martha Vickery |
| Kathleen Miller | ... | Kathy Delise |
| Beeson Carroll | ... | Capt. Earl Delise |
| Willie Tyler | ... | Virgil |
| Louis Carello | ... | Bozo (as Lou Carello) |
| Charles Cyphers | ... | Pee Wee |
| Olivia Cole | ... | Corrine |
 | Tresa Hughes | ... | Nurse Degroot |
 | Bruce French | ... | Dr. Lincoln |
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127 min
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Iceland:12 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:16 |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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The opening scene where the vets in the hospital are talking was totally unscripted. They were real Vietnam vets discussing their own views about the war. Jon Voight was supposed to have added to the dialog, but out of respect stayed silent and listened.
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[being interviewed by a television news crew after chaining himself to a Marines Recruitment Facility] The reason why I'm here is because a buddy of mine who'd been in 'Nam took his own life today. This is kind of a funeral service. And I'm here because I'm trying to tell people, man, if we want to commit suicide, we have plenty of reasons to do it right here at home. We don't have to go to Vietnam to find reasons to kill ourselves. I just don't think we should be over there.
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"Coming Home" was the first Vietnam War movie that dealt with the soldiers' plight sympathetically. Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) is volunteering at the Veterans' Hospital in Los Angeles while her husband Bob (Bruce Dern) serves in Vietnam. In the process of working in the hospital, Sally sees how the hospital is unprepared to treat the people who are coming back from the war. When paraplegic veteran Luke Martin (Jon Voight) demands better treatment, rather than listen to him, they tranquilize him so that they won't have to deal with him. Over time, Sally and Luke fall in love. When Bob returns from Vietnam, he is completely damaged emotionally. The final scene shows the overall state of the world as a result of the Vietnam War.
Whenever I hear the Rolling Stones' song "Out of Time", it reminds me of "Coming Home". One thing that you get to see in the movie is how, when Sally and Bob are having sex, she is clearly not enjoying it; when Sally and Luke are having sex, she clearly is enjoying it. Fonda and Voight won well-deserved Oscars for their roles, and if you ask me, the movie should have won Best Picture. A solid masterpiece.