The deer hunter

The Resource The deer hunter
Label
The deer hunter
Statement of responsibility
EMI Films and Universal Pictures ; producers, Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall ; screenplay by Deric Washburn ; directed by Michael Cimino
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  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Five friends, Michael, Nick, Steven, Stan, and Axel, who are from a small town in middle America, work in the stifling heat and infernal din of a steel mill. They blow off steam after work at a neighborhood tavern. They go deer hunting every fall. One day late in 1968, Michael, Steven, and Nick leave for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela; their wedding reception serves as the friend's farewell party. 30 years after it appeared, this film can still generate intense responses and controversy. Perhaps the best description of the subject was offered by film critic Roger Ebert, who said, "'The Deer Hunter' is said to be about many subjects: About male bonding, about mindless patriotism, about the dehumanizing effects of war, about Nixon's "silent majority." It is about any of those things that you choose, if you choose, but more than anything else, it is a heartbreakingly effective fictional machine that evokes the agony of the Vietnam time."
Awards note
Academy award, 1979: Best picture; Best supporting actor (Walken); Best director; Best film editing; Best sound.
Cataloging source
IXA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Screenplay, Deric Washburn ; music, Stanley Myers ; editor, Peter Zinner ; cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond
Date time place
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R
Language note
English soundtrack with English, Spanish & French subtitles; closed captioned
PerformerNote
Robert De Niro (Michael), John Cazale (Stan), John Savage (Steven), Meryl Streep (Linda), Christopher Walken (Nick), George Dzundza (John), Shirley Stoler (Steven's mother), Chuck Aspegren (Axel), Rutanya Alda (Angela)
Runtime
183
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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