Coming Home

Coming Home

Both Jane Fonda and Jon Voight won Oscars for their performances in this profoundly moving 1978 flick dealing with the aftereffects of the Vietnam War. Fonda, feeling isolated while her hawkish husband, Bruce Dern, is away in Vietnam, follows a friend's example and volunteers at a veteran's hospital. There she is reacquainted with Voight, an old friend who has returned from the war as a paraplegic. Lonely and disconnected from her husband, Fonda finds love, and fulfilling sex, with Voight. The sex scenes, very steamy for the time, are still provocative. This mature love story is about expanding your horizons, and is both moving and thoughtful. Director Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude) does succumb to melodrama on occasion, but these are forgivable slips. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Year:
1978
1,077 Views

Marine Recruiter:
The Marine Corps builds body, mind and spirit. Thank you.

High School Class Pres.:
And now, with a different perspective, we have Luke Martin, combat veteran of the Marine Corps.

Luke Martin:
Sergeant, do you mind if I ask you a question?

Marine Recruiter:
No, sir.

Luke Martin:
Just call me Sergeant. That’s what I was. Where were you stationed?

Marine Recruiter:
Da Nang.

Luke Martin:
You know, you want to be a part of it, patriotic, go out and get your licks in for the U.S. of A. And when you get over there, it's a totally different situation. I mean, you grow up real quick. Because all you're seeing is, uhm, a lot of death. And I know some of you guys are going to look at the uniformed man and you're going to remember all the films and you're going to think about the glory of other wars and think about some vague patriotic feeling and go off and fight this turkey too. And I'm telling you it ain't like it's in the movies. That's all I want to tell you, because I didn't have a choice. When I was your age, all I got was some guy standing up like that, man, giving me a lot of bullshit, man, which I caught. I was really in good shape then, man. I was captain of the football team. And I wanted to be a war hero, man, I wanted to go out and kill for my country.And now I'm here to tell ya that I have killed for my country, or whatever. And I don't feel good about it. Because there's not enough reason, man, to feel a person die in your hands or to see your best buddy get blown away. I'm here to tell ya it's a lousy thing, man. I don't see any reason for it. And there's a lot of sh*t that I did over there that I find f***ing hard to live with. And I don't want to see people like you, man, comin' back and having to face the rest of your lives with that kind of sh*t. It's as simple as that. I don't feel sorry for myself. I'm a lot f***in' smarter now than when I went. And I'm just tellin' ya, there's a choice to be made here.


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