The Deer Hunter (1978)

7.9	Listal rating
8.2	IMDB rating

War (26), Drama (20), Vietnam (14), 1970s (11), Action (9), Thriller (8), Russian Roulette (6), Usa (6), Hunting (6), Friendship (6), Wedding (5), Vietnam War (5), Classic (5), Hospital (5), Rescue (4), Afi100 (3), 70s (3), IMDb Top250 (3), 1978 (3), Convertible (2)

Description

Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborn ... (more)

Directed by

Michael Cimino

Starring (View all) :

Michael

Stan

Steven

Nick

Linda

John

Axel

Steven's Mother

Angela

Julien

Written by (View all) :

Michael Cimino

(story)

Deric Washburn

(story) and

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Ratings of The Deer Hunter

7.9/10
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Grand Assault

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Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Aug 18 7:10

This film is about four hours long and I'm pretty sure that three and a half hours of that is comprised solely of a wedding scene. There aren't really many battle sequences in The Deer Hunter, which surprised me, considering it is billed as a Vietnam war film. It is rightly famed for the Russian Roulette scene that occurs about three quarters of the way through, and without doubt that was extremely tense. While the ending is also quite moving - Robert DeNiro's character finally parts with some emotion - it was totally predictable. I think Christopher Walken's performance steals the show though. I found the rest of the viewing experience pretty boring and it was only thanks to a burst of will power that I actually made it to the closing credits. I understand how they need to show ju...Read more

Rating : 7/10

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