1978 3h 3m Michael Cimino

The Deer Hunter

Name: The Deer Hunter
Genre: War & Military, Drama
Released: 1978
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage

★ 8.1 IMDb

War & Military Drama

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

Writers Quinn Redeker, Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn

Cast Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage

DP Vilmos Zsigmond

Music Stanley Myers

Essays and Criticism

In conversation with other films

Apocalypse Now. The Deer Hunter by Rachel C. Kranz, Jump Cut Times Change by David Robinson, FIPRESCI Dry Fires by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress