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.
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| 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. |
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Santa Monica, CA :
MGM Home Entertainment,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |