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A lonely army wife (Jane Fonda), whose husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paralysed veteran (Jon Voight) she meets while working as a volunteer in the Army base hospital. An unusually mature examination of the effect of the Vietnam War on the lives of American servicemen. Winner of Academy Awards for Fonda and Voight. Based on a story by Nancy Dowd.
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Collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302681
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Motion pictures and the war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Psychological aspects
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)