The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert De Niro
Michael Vronsky
Christopher Walken
Nikanor 'Nick' Chevotarevich
John Cazale
Stan
John Savage
Steven Pushkov
Meryl Streep
Linda
George Dzundza
John
Rutanya Alda
Angela
Pierre Segui
Julien
Amy Wright
Bridesmaid
Richard Kuss
Linda's Father
Joe Grifasi
Bandleader
Dennis Watlington
Cab Driver
Shirley Stoler
Steven's Mother
Chuck Aspegren
Axel
Mary Ann Haenel
Stan's Girl
Mady Kaplan
Axel's Girl
Paul D'Amato
Sergeant
Christopher Colombi Jr.
Wedding Man
Victoria Karnafel
Sad Looking Girl
Jack Scardino
Cold Old Man
Joe Strnad
Bingo Caller
Helen Tomko
Helen
Charlene Darrow
Red Head
Jane-Colette Disko
Girl Checker
Michael Wollet
Stock Boy
Robert Beard
World War Veteran
Joe Dzizmba
World War Veteran
Stephen Kopestonsky
Priest
John F. Buchmelter III
Bar Patron
Frank Devore
Barman
Tom Becker
Doctor
Lynn Kongkham
Nurse
Nongnuj Timruang
Bar Girl
Po Pao Pee
Chinese Referee
Dale Burroughs
Embassy Guard
Parris Hicks
Sergeant
Samui Muang-Intata
Chinese Bodyguard
Sapox Colisium
Chinese Man
Vitoon Winwitoon
NVA Officer
Somsak Sengvilai
V.C. Referee
Charan Nusvanon
Chinese Boss
Jiam Gongtongsmoot
Chinese Man At Door
Chai Peyawan
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Mana Hansa
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Sombot Jumpanoi
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Phip Manee
Woman In Village
Ding Santos
V.C. Guard
Krieng Chaiyapuk
V.C. Guard
Ot Palapoo
V.C. Guard
Chok Chai Mahasoke
V.C. Guard
Joel Thingvall
Steel Worker (uncredited)
Gary A. Jones
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Michael Cimino
Director / Producer / Story
Michael Deeley
Producer
John Peverall
Producer
Barry Spikings
Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Peter Zinner
Editor
Cis Corman
Casting
Ron Hobbs
Art Direction
Kim Swados
Art Direction
Gus Basso
Greensman
Harold McConnell
Leadman
George Stokes
Construction Coordinator
Mickey Woods
Construction Coordinator
Donald L. Bolger
Boom Operator
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Stephen Katz
Dolby Consultant
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Eric Seelig
Costume Supervisor
Frank 'Cat' Ballou
Transportation Coordinator
Arthur Dunne
Transportation Coordinator
Frank Ernst
Location Manager
June Samson
Script Supervisor
M.R. Boonyalak Sukawasdi
Location Manager
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Del Acevedo
Makeup Artist
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Claude Binyon Jr.
Production Manager
Teri E. Dorman
Sound Editor
James Fritch
Sound Editor
William L. McCaughey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank M. Reale
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Greer Cavagnaro
Still Photographer
Katrina Franken
Still Photographer
Wynn Hammer
Still Photographer
Dieter Ludwig
Still Photographer
Rick Martens
Gaffer
Robert Werden
Unit Publicist
Keith Kelsay
Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 3m
Content RatingR
Budget$15,000,000
Box Office$49,000,000
Filming LocationsPittsburgh, United States · Bangkok, Thailand
Genres
Wiki.
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers whose lives are upended after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in Vietnam.
The film was based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. The film went over-budget and over-schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. EMI Films, who produced the film, released the film internationally while Universal Pictures handled its distribution in North America.
The Deer Hunter received acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for Cimino's direction, the performances of its cast (particularly from De Niro, Walken, Cazale, and Streep), and its screenplay, realistic themes and tones, and cinematography. It was also successful at the box office, grossing $49 million. At the 51st Academy Awards, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won five: Best Picture, Best Director for Cimino, Best Supporting Actor for Walken, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. The film marked Meryl Streep's first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).
Despite the film's critical acclaim and Academy Award success, some of the industry's most prominent critics derided what they viewed as The Deer Hunter's simplistic, bigoted, and historically inaccurate depictions of the Viet Cong and of America's position in the Vietnam War. The central theme of the Viet Cong forcing American captives to play Russian Roulette has been widely criticized as having no basis in history, a claim Cimino denied but did not refute with documentary evidence.
It has been featured on lists of the best films ever made, such as being named the 53rd-greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007 in their 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."