The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

1979 | 3h 9m | Drama | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

Winner of five 1978 Oscars®, including Best Picture, Michael Cimino's stunning war epic follows three small-town buddies whose lives are forever traumatized by their horrific experiences in Vietnam. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage star.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Cimino

CAST

Robert De Niro

Christopher Walken

John Cazale

John Savage

Meryl Streep

George Dzundza

Shirley Stoler

Chuck Aspegren

Rutanya Alda

PRODUCERS

Barry Spikings

Michael Deeley

Michael Cimino

John Peverall

WRITERS

Deric Washburn

Michael Cimino

Deric Washburn

Louis Garfinkle

Quinn K. Redeker

Host Intros

02:28
Robert Osborne Intro -- The Deer Hunter (1978)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Robert Osborne Introduces The Deer Hunter, 1978.

Related Videos

03:52
Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Think Of Something Else
Clip
By apparent chance, Pennsylvania buddies Nick (Christopher Walken) and Stevie (John Savage) find Mike (Robert De Niro) after a nasty firefight in Viet Nam, whereupon theyre all captured, director Michael Cimino introducing the incendiary Russian roulette theme, in The Deer Hunter, 1978.
03:53
Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Blessed Is The Kingdom
Clip
From director Michael Ciminos much-praised Russian-Orthodox wedding sequence, shot in a Cleveland church, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep in immediate support of John Savage and Rutanya Alda, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, George Dzundza et al attending, from The Deer Hunter, 1978.
03:58
Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Get Your Ass Shot Off!
Clip
Co-writer and director Michael Cimino perhaps forges his characters, Russian-American steel workers in Clairton, Pa., ca. 1967, Mike (Robert De Niro) Stevie (John Savage), Nick (Christopher Walken) headed for Viet Nam, sidekicks Stan (John Cazale) and Axel (Chuck Aspegren), opening The Deer Hunter, 1978.
03:09
Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Take My Eyes Off You
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Famous beery camaraderie from director Michael Cimino, the Four Seasons hit by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe, Mike and Nick (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken) shooting pool, Stan (John Cazale) counseling bridegroom Stevie (John Savage), the wedding and Viet Nam looming, in The Deer Hunter, 1978.
03:59
Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) This Is This
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After the wedding and before Viet Nam, Michael Cimino shooting his Pennsylvania steel-workers last hunting trip in the Washington Cascades, John Cazale as profane Stanley, Robert De Niro as Mike, Christopher Walken as conciliating Nick, with Chuck Aspegren, George Dzundza, in The Deer Hunter, 1979.
02:46
Deer Hunter, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Three young factory workers are drafted and sent to Vietnam in The Deer Hunter (1978).

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