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"A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!"

1978 2h 7m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 208

DramaRomanceWar

Synopsis

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In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

“A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!”

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Cast

Jane Fonda
Sally Hyde
Jon Voight
Luke Martin
Bruce Dern
Capt. Bob Hyde
Penelope Milford
Vi Munson
Robert Carradine
Bill Munson
Robert Ginty
Sgt. Dink Mobley
Mary Gregory
Martha Vickery
Kathleen Miller
Kathy Delise

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hal Ashby
Writers: Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $33M — a 10.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hal Ashby, shot by Haskell Wexler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Don Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jane Fonda and Jon Voight and Bruce Dern carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0077362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Hal Ashby directs. Haskell Wexler behind the camera. Don Zimmerman cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $33M — a 10.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
348 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Hal Ashby, shot by Haskell Wexler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Don Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jane Fonda and Jon Voight and Bruce Dern carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!".
8IMDB entry: tt0077362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "vietnam war", "california", "vietnam", "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)".