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The Deer Hunter
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1978 film directed by Michael Cimino
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The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama and epic film directed by Michael Cimino. The screenplay was written by Deric Washburn and Cimino, with Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, and John Cazale appearing in the cast. Stanley Myers composed the music, while Vilmos Zsigmond served as director of photography. The film was produced by Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, and Barry Spikings, and distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the movie was filmed in Pittsburgh and Bangkok, Thailand. It is part of the New Hollywood movement and features dialogue in English, Russian, and French. The production had a budget of $15,000,000 and generated box office revenue of $50,000,000. The film’s runtime is listed as 183 or 185 minutes depending on the source.
The Deer Hunter received the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Film Editing. It was also nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 8.1 based on 386,330 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.973 from 4,228 users.
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Film · TMDB
8.0Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Michael Vronsky
- Christopher Walken as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
- John Cazale as Stan
- John Savage as Steven Pushkov
- Meryl Streep as Linda
- George Dzundza as John
Themes
- vietnam war
- vietnam veteran
- small town
- suicide
- vietnam
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- escape
- pennsylvania, usa
- saigon
- friends
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Encyclopedic overview
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War. The soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza in supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania (a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh) and in Vietnam.
The film is based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired Cimino, who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. The film went over budget and over schedule, costing $15 million. Its production company EMI Films released it in other territories, while Universal Pictures handled its distribution in the United States and Canada.
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