The Deer Hunter (1978)

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Directed by

Michael Cimino

Starring (View all)

Robert De Niro
Michael

John Cazale
Stan

John Savage
Steven

Christopher Walken
Nick

Meryl Streep
Linda

George Dzundza
John

Chuck Aspegren
Axel

Shirley Stoler
Steven's Mother

Written by

Michael Cimino
(story)

Quinn K. Redeker
(story)

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One shot is what it's all about.

14 years, 12 months ago at Dec 15 3:41

Lexi

10 votes

''You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot. I try to tell people that but they don't listen.''

An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.

Robert De Niro: Michael

Meryl Streep: Linda

Christopher Wa... read more

The Deer Hunter

13 years ago at Nov 29 11:20

bharath

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Critics and film historians have often noted how the film is divided into three equal thirds or acts. Likewise the plot synopsis is also divided into three acts, spanning the years of 1968-1975.[a 2]

Act I - In Clairton, a small working class town in Western Pennsylvania, in late 1968, Russian American steel workers Michael (De Niro), Steven (Savage), and Nick (Walken), with the sup... read more

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12 years, 1 month ago at Nov 8 10:39

Exeter

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One of those rare movies that is powerful and tender simultaneously. A love story that feeds into itself without resorting to needless sentimentalist imagery.
If you approve of Michael's "one-shot" policy - and anyone who loves animals as much as he does could not do otherwise - you'll not fail to make the vital connection that this film projects.

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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.

Release date: 23 February 1979
UPC: 025192017728

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“Considering the cast, the critical acclaim and accolades 'The Deer Hunter' garnered, and still does garner, part of me was expecting much more. It is a long way from a bad film, in fact it's good and often very impressive, but it's also uneven in places.

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