One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use of Russian roulette in the Vietnam sequences. Structured in five sections contrasting home and war, the film opens in Clairton, PA, as Mike (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Stan (John Cazale, in his last film) celebrate the wedding of their friend Steve (John Savage) and go on a final deer hunt before the men leave for Vietnam. Mike treats hunting as a test of skill, lecturing Stan about the value of "one shot" deer slaying and brushing off Nick's urgings to appreciate nature's beauty. As Mike ruminates post-hunt, the film cuts to the horror of Vietnam, where the men are captured by Vietcong soldiers who force Mike and Nick to play Russian roulette for the V.C.'s amusement. Mike turns the game to his advantage so they can escape captivity, but the men are permanently scarred by the episode. Steve loses his legs; Nick vanishes in the Saigon Russian roulette parlors. Mike returns alone to Clairton a changed man, as he rejects the killing of the deer hunt and finds solace with Nick's old girlfriend Linda (Meryl Streep). Disgusted by the antics of his male cohorts at home, Mike decides to bring Steve back from a veterans' hospital, and he returns to Saigon to find Nick. As Saigon falls, Mike discovers how far gone Nick is; the survivors gather in Clairton for a funeral breakfast, singing an impromptu rendition of "God Bless America." ~ Lucia Bozzola, RoviIf You Like this movie you can streaming The Deer Hunter movie without downloading HERE
Movie Title : The Deer Hunter
Release Date : Dec 8, 1978 Wide
Mpaa Rating : R Genre Movie :Drama,Cult Movies Actors :Robert De Niro,John Cazale,John Savage,Meryl Streep,Christopher Walken,George Dzundza,Chuck Aspergren,Shirley Stoler,Rutanya Alda,Pierre Segui,Mady Kaplan,Christopher Colombi Jr.,Paul D'Amato,Joe Grifasi,Mary Ann Haenel,Richard Kuss,Amy Wright,Michael Wollet,Joseph Strand
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All Critics Count For The Deer Hunter : 48
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Is it as good as its advance word and nine Academy Award nominations suggest? Yes.Gene Siskel-Chicago Tribune
This excruciatingly violent, three-hour Viet Nam saga demolishes the moral and ideological cliches of an era: it shoves the audience into hell and leaves it stranded without a map.
-TIME Magazine
The film is ambitious and it succeeds on a number of levels and it proves that Cimino is an important director who deserves to be watched carefully.
Charles Schreger-Variety
A disgusting account of what the evil Vietnamese did to poor, innocent Americans stands at the center of this Oscar-laden weepie about macho buddies from a small industrial town.
Jonathan Rosenbaum-Chicago Reader
This is probably one of the few great films of the decade.
-Time Out
It is a heartbreakingly effective fictional machine that evokes the agony of the Vietnam time.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times
Cimino's daring elegy to a war-torn community may be a long haul, but the extravagant running time is a small price to pay for such gut-wrenching performances and Vilmos Zsigmond's rich cinematography.
-Total Film
The film's depiction of a senseless war remains relevant as long as power-hungry leaders continue to play Russian roulette with the lives of young soldiers.
Matt Brunson-Creative Loafing
Held together with a phenomenal cast, The Deer Hunter is a powerful film but also controversial in many ways.
Kevin Carr-7M Pictures
Largely Ambitious, and not without flaws, Cimino's Oscar winning film is nonetheless an effective chronicle of the impact of Vietnam on a clique of close friends
Emanuel Levy-EmanuelLevy.Com
The friendship between the three central characters, as well as their shared association with the men from their small hometown, is truthful and realistic in a way that most guys will find impossible to resist.
David Nusair-Reel Film Reviews
The first half and second half of the film couldn't be more different but that is the genius behind the film.
Kevin McCarthy-BDK Reviews
Like an honorable soldier, Cazale gave everything he had for a cause in which he believed.
Phil Villarreal-Arizona Daily Star
Gauging the shifting moods of the 1970s, this tale of life and love disrupted by war is as arresting as a bullet to the brain.
Anton Bitel-Film4
A visceral film that says volumes about the horrors of war and its impact on the lives of typically well adjusted people.
Wesley Lovell-Cinema Sight
A simultaneuosly touching and harrowing experience that puts the audience directly in the shoes of one man's experience of Vietnam.
Colin Kennedy-Empire Magazine
a hollow movie that only play-acted at meaning; the sucker was us.
Mark Athitakis-Filmcritic.com
Draggy and devastating by turns
Tim Robey-Daily Telegraph
An emotionally devastating meditation on war, masculinity, and the human psyche.
Cindy Widner-Austin Chronicle
Overlong, but with moments of greatness.
Luke Y. Thompson-New Times
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Movie Overview For The Deer Hunter
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.TagLine The Deer Hunter One of the most important and powerful films of all time!
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