Coming home /

A sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic while performing volunteer work at a San Diego veterans hospital.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Ashby, Hal, Salt, Waldo, Jones, Robert C., 1936-2021, Dowd, Nancy, 1945-, Fonda, Jane, 1937-, Voight, Jon, 1938-, Dern, Bruce, Carradine, Robert, 1954-, Milford, Penelope, Ginty, Robert, Cyphers, Charles, 1939-, Hughes, Tresa, Jackson, Mary, 1910-2005, Cole, Olivia, 1942-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English, French, and Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2002]
Edition:Widescreen.
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Description
Summary:A sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic while performing volunteer work at a San Diego veterans hospital.
Item Description:Aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for widescreen TVs.
Special features: Featurettes: "Coming back home" and "Hal Ashbury : a man out of time" -- Audio commentary with Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, and Haskell Wexler -- Original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: R. Special features contain unrated material.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1978: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jon Voight {"Luke Martin"}), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda {"Sally Hyde"}), Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) (story by Nancy Dowd; screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones)
Production Credits:Story, Nancy Dowd ; film editor, Don Zimmerman ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler.
ISBN:0792852206