Meanwhile, Billy, traumatized by his experiences at war, commits suicide by injecting air into his veins. They have happy times, play at the beach and fall in love. She is also transformed by him, and her outlook on life starts to change. Eventually, Luke is released from the hospital, and, newly mobile with his own wheelchair, begins to rebuild his life. He is at first a bitter young man, but as he is increasingly thrown into contact with Sally, a relationship starts to develop. Filled with pain, anger and frustration, Luke is now opposed to the war. He is recuperating at the hospital from the injuries he sustained, which left him a paraplegic. Like his friend Billy, Luke had gone to Vietnam but came back wounded. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local Veterans Administration (VA) hospital, partially inspired by her bohemian friend Vi Munson ( Penelope Milford), whose brother Billy ( Robert Carradine) has come home with grave emotional problems after just two weeks in Vietnam and now resides in the VA hospital.Īt the hospital, Sally meets Luke Martin ( Jon Voight), a former high-school classmate. Forced to find housing away from the base, she moves into a new apartment by the beach and buys a sports car. At first, Sally dreads being left alone, but after a while, she feels liberated. As a dedicated military officer, Bob sees the deployment primarily as an opportunity for career progress. In 1968 California, Sally ( Jane Fonda), a loyal and conservative military wife, is married to Bob Hyde ( Bruce Dern), a captain in the United States Marine Corps, who is about to be deployed to Vietnam.
At the 51st Academy Awards, it received eight nominations including for the Best Picture, winning three Best Original Screenplay with Voight and Fonda winning Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. At the 36th Golden Globe Awards, it received six nominations including for the Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Voight and Fonda winning Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
The film received various awards and nominations. It also premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, with Voight winning the Best Actor Prize. Reviewers praised its direction, screenplay and performances, while the film grossed $36 million worldwide against its $3 million budget, becoming the 15th highest-grossing film of 1978. The film's narrative follows a perplexed woman, her Marine husband and a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran with whom she develops a romantic relationship, while her husband is deployed in Vietnam.Ĭoming Home was theatrically released on February 15, 1978, to critical and commercial success. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty. Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C.
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