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Welcome Home

Kris Kristofferson (Actor), JoBeth Williams (Actor), Franklin J. Schaffner (Director) Rated:
R
Format: DVD
IMDb5.7/10.0
Format PAL
Contributor Trey Wilson, Sam Waterston, JoBeth Williams, Don Carmody, Ken Pogue, John Marshall Jones, Kieu Chinh, Robert Swink, Brian Keith, Franklin J. Schaffner, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jessica Ramien, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew Beckett, Larry Reynolds, Martin Ransohoff, Bob Robinson, Ted Dodd, Fred J. Koenekamp, Maggie Kleinman See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 36 minutes
Playback Region 2 : This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. See other DVD options under “Other Formats & Versions”. Learn more about DVD region specifications here

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 36 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston, Brian Keith, Thomas Wilson Brown
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Bob Robinson, Don Carmody, Martin Ransohoff, Ted Dodd
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004D34N
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Maggie Kleinman
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Julie S.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Feel Good Story That Makes You Feel Good In The Heart!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2019
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Welcome Home is one of those movies that hits home. What do I mean by hits home? It is a movie that manages to deliver a truly human story that is understood by all who have lived on the Homefront and those who were sent away from the Homefront to serve their country. If it wasn't for our military, and for all those who fight for freedom, America wouldn't be the great land that it is now for all of us. However, when officers return home from serving their duty, they are often met with just the opposite of welcome and celebration which they should be accorded. Just like Jake Robbins, they are often caught up in drama, and the drama is because of unfortunate circumstances of having gone off to serve in war-time.

Welcome Home was every inch a warm and welcome movie to me, because of its great story, and the fact it came with a great cast of characters namely Kris Kristofferson and JoBeth Williams. Nonetheless, what makes Welcome Home so outstanding is its touch of reality, and that reality is that coming home from war isn't always a very happy and wonderful thing. Sometimes, like the character of Jake Robbins, one has to put up a fight to feel good about being back at home in the first place.
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gearjammer
5.0 out of 5 stars Good flick, but not available as a DVD...
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016
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This film was available as a VCR when it was made in the late '80s. I saw it in the theatre in 1989, and it has a powerful impact. So I got it as a digital download through Amazon streaming services. Kris Kristofferson plays a pilot shot down during the Vietnam conflict, and his status was changed from MIA to given up for dead. Instead, he finally escapes from a POW camp, and winds up with a woman who takes care of him, and becomes a wife to him. When he gets sick, very ill she drags him to the border with Thailand where the Thai authorities take him to the hospital and notify U.S. forces. Jo Beth Williams is the wife he left behind in the U.S., and finds that he has a son born after he was left for dead in Vietnam and that his American wife had remarried. He gets the U.S. military to look for his Asian wife, and they find that she was a civilian casualty in a military clash. Brian Keith plays his dad who is overjoyed to find him alive. Kristofferson's son who does not know him, and was raised by another man who married his mother and is a dad to him, is conflicted. I liked the film enough to want to see it again. I was eligible for the draft during the Vietnam conflict, and the film is powerful enough to make an impact.
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Richard O. Williams III
5.0 out of 5 stars Why have they never released this on DVD?
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2011
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This film reached right into my heart and actually made me cry. I have loved it ever since I first saw it, and I purchased it in VHS format, which I generally seek to avoid as DVD's are so much more convenient.
It has also been a source of great frustration, as there is a song, a soulful ballad, sung by Willie Nelson, which through years of searching I have never been able to find in a format for purchase, and as I remember was penned by Henry Mancini, that I would simply die to have in my collection. I have found many fans of this film over the years that share my pain.
This film is about reconnection and redemtion, and most importantly, the power of love. It is set in the aftermath of Vietnam and is all about healing. I cannot give this fil a higher reccomendation.
(and for heaven's sake will someone in power please release that song, or convince Willie Nelson to include it on a cd.)
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mary dickherber
3.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2015
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i love this movie . the movie Welcome Home was just ok.a few places it was blurred
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5.0 out of 5 stars Whenever we watch this movie, my wife asks if ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2015
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Whenever we watch this movie, my wife asks if there are Americans over there? Maybe. What if you came home to find your grave? What if you left behind a wife and children in both countries? This movie was filmed about ten years after the end is a twelve year war. A war that was nearly as bloody at home as in Vietnam. All Jake wanted was peace and his family. But, when Tyler, Jake's son, sees mom embracing a stranger, he gets angry.

This is no Rambo. The only violence is when Tyler takes his anger out on his football teammates.

If you want to see a different Vietnam vet movie, watch Welcome Home. Or In Country.
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Jim from NY
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent “sleeper” about a Vietnam vet that returns home years ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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Excellent “sleeper” about a Vietnam vet that returns home years after disappearing during the war and being presumed dead. Heartwarming drama that really packs a punch.
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Katey
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016
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A wonderful movie that is still timely today and very powerful. I don't see why it was not put out on DVD, as it is a great movie to be preserved. I have on VHS and am glad I can at least still watch it. I would highly recommend this movie.
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levander brown
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2014
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I saw this movie on tv and liked it so moch i spend a few weeks looking for it!!
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john norman
5.0 out of 5 stars FORGOTTEN GEM
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2023
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ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS TOOK AGES TO FIND IT LOOKED FOR MONTHS (CURIOUS TITBIT) the actor playing the colonel was jonathan demmes 1ST choice to play HANNIBAL LECTER in the SILENCE OF THE LAMBS but he died before making it ( TREY WILSON ) SO ANTHONY HOPKINS GOT IT and as they say the rest is history LOL.
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Amazon Kunde
4.0 out of 5 stars Wichtiger Film mit einem großartigen Kris Kristofferson
Reviewed in Germany on May 17, 2019
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Ein über viele Jahre im auf Kambodscha übergreifenden Vietnam-Konflikt verschollener US-amerikanischer Hubschrauberpilot, der nach seinem Abschuss durch die Roten Khmer von einer thailändischen Frau gerettet wird und ihr eine Familie gründet, kehrt 17 Jahre später in die USA zurück. Sein Überleben wird zunächst geheim gehalten; nicht nur ist er der Verdächtigung der Desertion ausgesetzt; auch soll nicht öffentlich werden, dass es noch viel mehr totgeglaubte amerikanische Soldaten in Kambodscha und Vietnam gibt. Auch die private Wiedereingliederung gestaltet sich schwierig, seine US-amerikanische Ehefrau hat erneut geheiratet, sie und sein Sohn haben ihn ebenfalls für tot gehalten. Mithilfe eines Senators schafft er es, seine Kinder aus Fernost in die USA zu holen, seine thailändische Frau allerdings kommt bei einem Bombenangriff um. Psychologisch differenzierter Film um ein reales Problem mit einem exzellenten Kris Kristofferson ("Cisco Pike", 1971, "Pat Garret jagt Billy the Kid", 1974; "Lone Star", 1995) - kaum ein anderer Schauspieler als der ehemalige Hubschauberpilot und Vietnam-Gegner hätte diese Rolle so überzeugend spielen können, und acht Jahre nach seiner grandiosen Vorstellung im lange unterschätzten Einwandererepos "Heaven's Gate - Das Tor zum Himmel" (1980) zeigt Kristofferson erneut, was schauspielerisch in ihm steckt. Es handelt sich um den letzten Film des großen Regisseurs Franklin J. Schaffner, Schöpfer so bekannter Filme wie "Planet der Affen" (1967) und "Papillon" (1973). Ein nachdenklich machender, wichtiger Film!
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Reid Asselstine
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2016
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Appreciated the copy as part of the movie was actually filmed in my house in Orillia, Ontario
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pipnuts
5.0 out of 5 stars Unwelcome Home
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2014
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Kris Kristofferson is a Vietnam Veteran who escapes from the Jungle 17 years after being shot down. Forced to leave his Cambodian wife and family behind at the Thai border, he has to fight red tape and military officials who want to cover up his return, in order to get his family back to America. He also has to help his family in America come to terms with him being alive, among other things.
Brian Keith, Jo-Beth Williams, and Sam Waterston are among the others to make up a cracking cast. Tense, dramatic, and tautly and leanly written.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Treasure!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2009
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A Truely Underated Kristofferson Classic thats worth every penny at such a low price.
Dont expect a big budget movie, its more like a TV movie but with the difference of actually being watchable and with some great touching performances from Kristofferson in the lead role.
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