The Deer Hunter | |
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Directed by | Michael Cimino |
Screenplay by | Deric Washburn |
Story by | Michael Cimino Deric Washburn Louis Garfinkle Quinn K. Redeker |
Produced by | Barry Spikings Michael Deeley Michael Cimino John Peverall |
Starring | Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Cazale John Savage Meryl Streep See Full Cast |
Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
Edited by | Peter Zinner |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
Production company | EMI Films |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures (US) EMI Films (Worldwide Sales) |
Release date |
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Running time | 183 minutes[a 1] |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[1] |
Box office | $48,979,328 (Domestic)[1] |
Academy Awards record | |
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1. Best Supporting Actor, Christopher Walken | |
2. Best Director, Michael Cimino | |
3. Best Editing, Peter Zinner | |
4. Best Picture, Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall | |
5. Best Sound, Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, C. Darin Knight | |
Golden Globe Awards record | |
1. Best Director, Michael Cimino | |
BAFTA Awards record | |
1. Best Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond | |
2. Best Editing, Peter Zinner |
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama movie. It is set from 1967 to 1975 and is about three friends from Pennsylvania affected by the Vietnam War.
The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was named by the American Film Institute as the 53rd Greatest Movie of All Time. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. In 1996, The Deer Hunter was picked to keep in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[2][3]
Deer Hunter was shown at one theater each in New York and Los Angeles for a week on December 8, 1978.[17][18][19] The release was to qualify the movie for the Oscars. And one week would build interest.[20] After the Oscar nominations, Universal widened the distribution to include major cities. A full-scale release was on February 23, 1979, just following the Oscars.[18][20]
The movie's first reviews were largely enthusiastic. Many critics said it was the best American epic since Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.[21][22][23] Some people though did not like how the movie used Russian roulette.
Many people did not like Cimino's next movie, Heaven's Gate. Because they thought it was so bad, they also changed their thoughts on The Deer Hunter. Instead of liking the movie people said they did not like it anymore.