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Perhaps the most powerful picture ever made about the shattering aftermath of the Vietnam War, Hal Ashby's Coming Home earned eight Academy Award nominations and three Oscars: Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Best Actor (Jon Voight) and Best Screenplay. Hailed by critics as dazzling, gripping and unforgettable, it is a heart-rending examination of the most critical period in North American history and an uncompromising, extraordinarily moving film. When Marine Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) leaves for Vietnam, his wife, Sally (Fonda), volunteers at a local hospital. There she meets Luke Martin (Voight), a former sergeant whose war injury has left him a paraplegic. Embittered with rage and filled with frustration, Luke finds new hope and confidence through his growing intimacy with Sally. She also discovers that their relationship has greatly transformed her feelings about life, love, and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally’s husband returns home, they must each grapple with the full impact of a brutal, distant war that has changed their lives forever.
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