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  1. The Deer Hunter
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    The Deer Hunter - Wikipedia

    • The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers whose lives are upended after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep and George Dzundza in … See more

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    Release dateFebruary 23, 1979 (USA)
    Content ratingR
    GenreDrama · War
    Directed byMichael Cimino
    Plot

    In late 1968, three friends in a tight-knit Slavic American community in Western Pennsylvania—Mike Vronsky, Steven Pushkov, and Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich—work in a steel mill and hunt deer with th… See more

    Cast

    • Robert De Niro as Staff Sergeant Mikhail Vronsky ("Mike"). After Roy Scheider withdrew from the cast two weeks before the start of filming over creative differences, producer Michael Deeley pursued De Niro, who was p… See more

    Production

    There has been considerable debate and controversy about how The Deer Hunter was initially developed and written. Director and cowriter Michael Cimino, writer Deric Washburn and producers Barry Spikings and Michael De… See more

    Soundtrack

    The soundtrack to The Deer Hunter was released on audio CD on October 25, 1990.
    • Stanley Myers' "Cavatina" (also known as "He Was Beautiful"), performed by classical guitarist John Williams, is commonly known as "The Th… See more

    Theatrical release

    The producer Allan Carr took over its marketing and convinced the studio to allow the film to be played on the Z Channel before theatrical release.
    The Deer Hunter debuted at one theater each in … See more

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  1. Robert de niro the deer hunter
    Robert de niro the deer hunter
    Robert De Niro as Staff Sergeant Michael Vronsky ("Mike"). Producer Deeley pursued De Niro for The Deer Hunter because he felt that he needed De Niro's star power to sell a film with a "gruesome-sounding storyline and a barely known director". "

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    Robert de niro the deer hunter
    The actor wasn’t originally going to be in The Deer Hunter. Instead, the role had been offered to Jaws’ Roy Scheider. De Niro had been extraordinarily busy and decided that he “really [didn’t] want to do anything until Raging Bull” in 1980. However, after Scheider turned down the role of Mike, De Niro expressed an interest in the script.

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    Did Robert De Niro play Deer Hunter?
    Casting The Deer Hunterproved easier, with the acquisition of Robert De Niro to play the troubled vet protagonist sparking a veritable domino effect within the New York theatre world, resulting in the participation of Meryl Streep, John Cazale, and Christopher Walken.

    The Deer Hunter (1978) - Turner Classic Movies

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    Where was Deer Hunter filmed?
    Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Blessed Is The KingdomFrom director Michael Cimino’s 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.

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    Did De Niro enlist in Vietnam?
    It was also suggested that De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage were too old to have enlisted for Vietnam (Savage, the youngest of the three, was thirty). Three decades later [written in 2008], 'imagination' seems to have stilled those worries ... and The Deer Hunter is one of the great American films."

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    Is the Deer Hunter an anti-war movie?
    Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" is a three-hour movie in three major movements. It is a progression from a wedding to a funeral. It is the story of a group of friends. It is the record of how the war in Vietnam entered several lives and altered them terribly forever. It is not an anti-war film. It is not a pro-war film.

    The Deer Hunter movie review & film summary (1979) | Roger Ebert

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    The Deer Hunter (1978) - IMDb

    WEBFeb 23, 1979 · The Deer Hunter: Directed by Michael Cimino. With Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken. An in-depth …

    • Ratings: 366.5K
    • Director: Michael Cimino
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    The Deer Hunter movie review & film summary (1979)

    WEBMichael Cimino’s “The Deer Hunter” is a three-hour movie in three major movements. It is a progression from a wedding to a funeral. It is the story of a group of friends. It is the record of how the war in Vietnam entered …

  5. YouTube
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    THE DEER HUNTER - Official Trailer - Starring Robert De Niro

  6. Amazon
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    The Deer Hunter | Plot, Cast, Awards, & Facts | Britannica

    WEBA group of workers—Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken), and Steven (John Savage)—join with their friends Stan (John Cazale) and Axel (Chuck Aspegren) and go to the bar owned by John …

  8. YouTube
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  9. Rotten Tomatoes
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    The Deer Hunter - Rotten Tomatoes

    WEBIn 1968, Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (John Savage), lifelong friends from a working-class Pennsylvania steel town, prepare...

  10. YouTube
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  11. Turner Classic Movies
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    The Deer Hunter (1978) - Turner Classic Movies

    WEBOct 16, 2012 · Casting The Deer Hunter proved easier, with the acquisition of Robert De Niro to play the troubled vet protagonist sparking a veritable domino effect within the New York theatre world, resulting in the …

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