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Synopsis
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 After a Hong Kong visit with her increasingly withdrawn husband, Sally finds a love and companionship with Luke that she had never known with her husband.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

Cast

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

Production Crew

Donald Thorin Camera Operator
Haskell Wexler Cinematographer
Ann Roth Costume Designer
Jennifer Parsons Costume Designer
Michael W. Hoffman Costume Designer
Silvio Scarano Costume Designer
Hal Ashby Director
Don Zimmerman Editor
Chuck Myers First Assistant Director
Jerome Hellman Producer
George P. Gaines Production Designer
James L. Schoppe Production Designer
Michael Haller Production Designer
Nancy Dowd Screenwriter
Robert Jones Screenwriter
Waldo Salt Screenwriter
June Samson Script Supervisor
George P. Gaines Set Designer
Buzz Knudson Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1978
Runtime: 130
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama
Romance

Color type
DeLuxe Color

Produced by
United Artists

Awards
1978 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1978 - Best Picture - Academy
1978 - Best Picture - L.A. Film Critics Association
1978 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1978 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1978 - Best Screenplay - Golden Globe
1978 - Best Screenplay - Golden Globe
1978 - Best Picture - Academy
1978 - Best Picture - Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1978 - Best Screenplay - Golden Globe
1978 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1978 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1978 - Best Screenplay - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1978 - Best Screenplay - Hollywood Foreign Press Association