The Deer Hunter

feature film, war drama, USA, 1978

DIRECTED BY: Michael Cimino

The Deer Hunter

CAST:
Robert De Niro (Michael),
Christopher Walken (Nick),
John Savage (Steven),
John Cazale (Stan),
Meryl Streep (Linda)

SCRIPT:
Deric Washburn

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Vilmos Zsigmond

MUSIC:
Stanley Myers

EDITING:
Peter Zinner

Synopsis:

Steven and Nick are drafted to go to Vietnam. Right before his departure Steven marries Angela who is pregnant and so the wedding becomes their farewell party. After experiencing the horrors of war the trio find themselves in the hands of the Vietcong and end up in one of the many camps for prisoners of war…

color, 183'

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