The deer hunter

Resource Information

The work The deer hunter represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The deer hunter

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures and EMI Films ; A Michael Cimino film ; screenplay by Deric Washburn ; directed by Michael Cimino

Creator

• Deer hunter (Motion picture)

Contributor

• De Niro, Robert
• Garfinkle, Louis
• Myers, Stanley
• Redeker, Quinn K
• Savage, John, 1949-
• Cimino, Michael
• Spikings, Barry
• Streep, Meryl
• Cazale, John, 1936-1978
• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Washburn, Deric
• E.M.I. Films
• Zsigmond, Vilmos

Actor

• Walken, Christopher, 1943-
• Streep, Meryl
• Cazale, John, 1936-1978
• Savage, John, 1949-
• De Niro, Robert

Director

• Cimino, Michael

Screenwriter

• Washburn, Deric

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Films de fiction
• Films historiques
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Iron and steel workers
• Iron and steel workers -- Drama
• National Film Registry
• Pennsylvania -- Clairton
• United States
• Veterans
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Drama
• War films
• War films
• War films
• 1961-1975
• Clairton (Pa.) -- Drama
• Closed captioning
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama

Genre

• National Film Registry
• Closed captioning
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films de fiction
• Films historiques
• Historical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• War films

Language

• eng
• spa
• spa
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Cimino's epic film about friendship chronicles the lives of three steelworkers and their friends, whose lives are irrevocably changed by a tour of duty in Vietnam. The film is renowned for the Russian roulette scenes

Awards note

• Academy Awards, 1978: Winner: Best Picture (Barry Spikings, Michael Deely, Michael Cimino, John Peverall), Best Sound (Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, C. Darin Knight), Best Director (Michael Cimino), Best Film Editing (Peter Zinner), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Walken); Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert De Niro), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Meryl Streep), Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond), Best Writing -- Screenplay written directly for the screen (Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker) -- 1979 Academy Awards (U.S.A.).
• Named to the National Film Registry in 1996 by the Library of Congress.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Music, Stanley Myers ; director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Peter Zinner ; story by Michael Cimino & Deric Washburn and Louis Garfinkle & Quinn K. Redeker

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

English or Spanish dialogue; optional Spanish or French subtitles; English SDH for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage

Runtime

184

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action