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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 1978 DVD Release: 04/16/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama, War Drama, Anti-War Film

Hal Ashby's 1978 melodrama examines the impact of the Vietnam War on the "war at home" among the men who fought it and the women in their lives. Left alone in Los Angeles when her gung-ho Marine husband Bob (Bruce Dern) heads to Vietnam in 1968, proper wife Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at the V.A. hospital where her new friend Vi (Penelope Milford) works. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a former high-school classmate and Marine who has returned from 'Nam a bitter paraplegic. As their relationship grows, Sally sees the effect of the war on the soldiers after they come back, inspiring her to rethink her priorities; Luke's spirits begin to lift, and a hospital tragedy helps focus his anger toward meaningful protest. After a Hong Kong visit with her increasingly withdrawn husband, Sally finds a love and companionship with Luke that she had never known with her husband. Once Bob comes home with his own injury, however, the three must find a way to deal with a changing world and with a system that betrayed the men fighting for it. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Jane Fonda - Sally Hyde
Jon Voight - Luke Martin
Bruce Dern - Captain Bob Hyde
Robert Ginty - Sgt. Dink Mobley
Penelope Milford - Viola Munson

The multiple Oscar winning antiwar film Coming Home arrives on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English, Spanish, and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by lead actors Jon Voight and Bruce Dern, as well as cinematographer Haskell Wexler. A pair of featurettes and the original theatrical trailer round out this strong package from MGM/UA. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide