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The Deer Hunter

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The Deer Hunter
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R,3hrs 3min
Genres:
Drama,War,Action
Release:
1978
Director:
Michael Cimino
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage  ...more
Synopsis: One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use of Russian roulette in the Vietnam sequences. Structured in five sections contrasting home and war, the film opens in Clairton, PA, as Mike (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Stan (John Cazale, ... Full Synopsis
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Vincent Canby, The New York Times
A big, awkward, crazily ambitious, sometimes breathtaking motion picture that comes as close to being a popular epic as any movie about this country since "The Godfather." Full Review
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73
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 7 critic reviews
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