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Actors: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Coming Home |
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The year is 1968. Sally Hyde (Fonda) is a traditional military wife whose husband, Captain Bob Hyde (Dern) heads for Vietnam to defend his country and prove himself. Visiting with her friend Violet Munson (Milford), Sally gets the idea to fill her time by volunteering at the local veterans hospital. There she meets an angry paraplegic veteran, Luke Martin (Voight), whom she knew in high school. The two connect very deeply, which poses big problems and choices for all of them when Captain Hyde returns home. This 1978 film was one of the early attempts to depict the effects of the Vietnam war on the home front; directed by Hal Ashby ("Harold and Maude," "Being There"), it won Oscars for Fonda and Voight (who have a nude scene that was fairly spicy for the time) as well as the screenwriters, but it stacks the deck politically and has not worn terribly well.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Coming Home |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- conduct in war
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Kind of conflict:
- war, Vietnam
Lover is...
- physically ill or deformed
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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