Coming Home (1978 film)

Coming Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHal Ashby
Screenplay byWaldo Salt
Robert C. Jones
Story byNancy Dowd
Produced byJerome Hellman
StarringJane Fonda
Jon Voight
Bruce Dern
CinematographyHaskell Wexler
Edited byDon Zimmerman
Production
companies
Jerome Hellman Productions
Jayne Productions Inc.
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • February 15, 1978 (1978-02-15)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$32.7 million[1]

Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty. 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.

Coming Home was theatrically released on February 15, 1978, to critical and commercial success. 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. It also premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, with Voight winning the Best Actor Prize.

The film received various awards and nominations. 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. 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.

  1. ^ "Coming Home, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 27, 2012.