The Deer Hunter
- Release Date
- March 9, 1978
- Director
- Michael Cimino
- Cast
- Robert De Niro , John Cazale , John Savage , Christopher Walken , Meryl Streep , George Dzundza
- Runtime
- 182
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Michael Cimino , Deric Washburn , Louis Garfinkle , Quinn K. Redeker
- Tagline
- One of the most important and powerful films of all time!
Summary
Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Steven (John Savage) 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 (Mryl Streep), who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborne infantry of Vietnam. So they all celebrate a goodbye at Steven's wedding and they leave to Vietnam, where they are captured by the enemy and forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. They escape and return home, but their lives are forever changed. Nick stays in Vietnam, Michael returns to Linda, and Steven is handicapped after losing a leg in the war.
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