Aside from "Shampoo", Ashby's most commercially successful film was the Vietnam War drama "Coming Home" (1978). Starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight, both in Academy Award-winning performances, it was for this film that Ashby earned his only Best Director nomination from the Academy. Arriving in the post-"Jaws" and "Star Wars" era, "Coming Home" was one of the last films to encapsulate the modestly-budgeted, socially realistic ethos of the New Hollywood era, earning nearly $15 million in returns and rentals on a $3 million budget.