The Deer Hunter
by Michael Cimino
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Actor: Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Robert De NiroDirector: Michael Cimino
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Writer: Michael Cimino
Editor: Peter Zinner
Writer: Deric Washburn
Writer: Louis Garfinkle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Umvd
Movie Reviews of The Deer Hunter
Movie Review: Deer Hunter...the best boring movie ever
Summary: 4 Stars
While this movie can easily put people to sleep, it is a testament to the Vietnam war. Apocalypse Now showed how the soldier found insanity in the jungle. Platoon showed how freindship and loyalty can be torn through conflict. Deer Hunter dealt with the real aspect of the war. It dared to say that the war destroyed America, while others said it only destroyed the soldiers. The begining, the wedding, is very Godfather like. It is there to show how a group of hunters can smile as freinds, and lose everything in war. The reason why this movie gets four stars, is because of Christopher Walken and the Vietnamese game of Russian Roulette. Gripping at its best, and a peice of visual and emotional artwork.
Summary of The Deer Hunter
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, The Deer Hunter is simultaneously an audacious directorial conceit and one of the greatest films ever made about friendship and the personal impact of war. Like Apocalypse Now, it's hardly a conventional battle film--the soldier's experience was handled with greater authenticity in Platoon--but its depiction of war on an intimate scale packs a devastatingly dramatic punch. Director Michael Cimino may be manipulating our emotions with masterful skill, but he does it in a way that stirs the soul and pinches our collective nerves with graphic, high-intensity scenes of men under life-threatening duress. Although Russian-roulette gambling games were not a common occurrence during the Vietnam war, they're used here as a metaphor for the futility of the war itself. To the viewer, they become unforgettably intense rites of passage for the best friends--Pennsylvania steelworkers played by Robert De Niro, John Savage, and Oscar winner Christopher Walken--who may survive or perish during their tour through a tropical landscape of hell. Back home, their loved ones must cope with the war's domestic impact, and in doing so they allow The Deer Hunter to achieve a rare combination of epic storytelling and intimate, heart-rending drama. --Jeff ShannonSimilar DVD Movies
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