In 1979, Coming Home won three Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jon Voight), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda), and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Nancy Dowd/Waldo Salt/Robert C. Jones).
Synopsis: 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. The relationship transforms Sally’s feeling about life, love and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally’s husband returns home, all three must grapple with the full impact of a brutal , distant war that has changed their lives forever.
And we’re giving away three copies!
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What noted ventriloquist appears in the film?
Please include your name, and address (U.S. only. You must be 18 years old).
Only one entry per person and a winner will be chosen at random.
Contest ends at 11:59 PM EST on March 11, 2024.
