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IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,805 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 06:07 PM Wednesday

The Deer Hunter (1978) movie,

Extremely good movie, Rated as one of the best films ever made

BUT a word of caution…..
Very troubling movie.
Some very traumatic Vietnam War scenes,
Scenes on what happens happened to war vets
mental breakdown

Wiki:

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American[3][4][5] steelworkers whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War. The 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 supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania (a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh) and in Vietnam.

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The Deer Hunter received acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for Cimino's direction, the performances of its cast, its screenplay, realistic themes and tones, and cinematography. It was also successful at the box office, grossing $49 million. At the 51st Academy Awards, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won five: Best Picture, Best Director (for Cimino), Best Supporting Actor (for Walken), Best Sound and Best Film Editing. It is Meryl Streep's first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).

The Deer Hunter has been included on lists of the best films ever made, including being named the 53rd-greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007 in their 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6][7]


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The Deer Hunter (1978) movie, (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Wednesday OP
Great film. sop Wednesday #1
Michael Cimino was meteoric. Frasier Balzov Wednesday #2
Just got it from the library. Sequoia Wednesday #3
It demonstrated that The Wizard Wednesday #4
That movie scared me more than most horror movies I've seen. 2MuchNoise Wednesday #5
I had never seen a movie that shocked me more. Chipper Chat Wednesday #6

2MuchNoise

(154 posts)
5. That movie scared me more than most horror movies I've seen.
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 07:46 PM
Wednesday

Haunting. I don't think I can watch it again.

Chipper Chat

(10,410 posts)
6. I had never seen a movie that shocked me more.
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 07:48 PM
Wednesday

The transition scene from the Pennsylvania bar piano to the helicopter flying IN Vietnam still lives with me today. Christopher walken was so good in this movie. His best performance (unless for maybe "more cowbell)"

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