Coming Home (DVD, 2002, Widescreen)

Jane Fonda and Jon Voight both won Oscars for this disturbing movie about how returning soldiers are many times mistreated in the veterans hospitals and in a second subplot how some gung-ho soldiers get so depressed after their combat experiences.

Sally Hyde (Fonda) plays a pretty but naive wife of her Marine captain, Bob Hyde, played by Bruce Dern. She was a cheerleader in high school but appears shy and unaware. When her husband is gladly sent to Vietnam, she supports his efforts with all her heart but becomes a volunteer at a local veteran's hospital to do her part in the war effort and to ward off loneliness. Boy is she shocked to see all the wounded soldiers, but even more so she is shocked to see how the other officer wives dismiss the problems of the wounded in favor of their sons' little league games.

Sally meets a paraplegic Luke (Voight), who was the captain of the football team in her high school but only remembers her with an obscene name. He is totally out of control but with her attention becomes in control again. They become friends and finally lovers. And then her husband returns, wounded because he shot himself on the way to the showers.

Isn't it deja vu that we seem to be going through all of this again? This movie was honored in 1978 but could have been made now. It is a heartbreaking experience for everyone and ends on a mixed note. I am sure that it was Fonda's contribution to her anti-war effort to say "I told you so" after the war was over. Evidently, Hollywood agreed with so many Oscars going to this movie. In addition to Best Actor and Best Actress, the movie also won for Best Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Director (Hal Ashby), Best Picture, and Best Supporting Actor (Dern).

The movie is full of Baby Boomer music. What comes to my mind most are: "There's Something Happening Here," "Hey Jude," "My Girl," "Born To Be Wild," "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday," "Strawberry Fields Forever," and "You're Out of Touch."

This movie is not a war movie. But like "Swing Shift" it depicts what life was like in the United State while the war was going on. It leaves you with something to think about.

This movie is such a great movie to remember the price paid by many soldiers in ware that people don't want to remember. Regardless of what you think of the war, these soldiers did fight and did pay the ultimate price for people who didn't care. Some died and some came back to never be the same again. The only thing I didn't particularly care for was the language. I found that offensive. But the overall message is why I remembered the movie and decided I wanted to own it. Of course, Jane Fonda and Jon Voight made this a movie you can never forget.

it is one of my favorite movies of all times the seller delivered the movie quickly that was a plus too

This movie will never go out of style!
One of the best movies ever, just had to own it!!
The music is classic rock throughout this film and,
grabs your heart.