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Coming Home
DVD Cover for Coming Home
Directed by	Hal Ashby
Produced by	Jerome Hellman Bruce Gilbert
Written by	Robert C. Jones Waldo Salt Nancy Dowd
Starring	Jane Fonda Jon Voight Bruce Dern
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Editing by	Don Zimmerman
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	February 15, 1978
Running time	126 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$32,653,905

Coming Home is a 1978 American drama film which tells the story of an injured Vietnam War veteran's difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty.

The movie, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by George Davis, was written by Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd and Rudy Wurlitzer (uncredited). It was directed by Hal Ashby.

Plot

Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) is married to Bob (Bruce Dern). Bob has gone to the Vietnam War. She goes to volunteer in veteran hospital where Violet (Penelope Milford), her friend, works too. In the hospital, she meets an old friend, Luke Martin (Jon Voight). Like Bob, Luke had gone to Vietnam but came back paralytic. Love between Luke and Sally grows. After the suicide of Violet's brother (Robert Carradine) (another veteran who came back somewhat unbalanced), Luke has only one obsession: do anything to stop the sending of young men to war.

Cast

• 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

Awards

It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jon Voight), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Jones, Salt, and Dowd). It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Bruce Dern), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Penelope Milford), Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.

The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and Voight won the Award for Best Actor for his performance.^[1]

Trivia

• Jon Voight's role as Luke Martin was inspired by paralyzed Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, who had recently completed his book Born on the Fourth of July at that time. Kovic's autobiography would later become an Oscar-winning motion picture of the same name directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise as Kovic.
• Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino declined the role of Luke Martin, which went to Jon Voight.

References

External links

• Coming Home at the Internet Movie Database
• Biskind, Peter (2008). "The Vietnam Oscars", Vanity Fair, March 2008 issue, p. 266. Online version retrieved April 6, 2008.