The Deer Hunter
Year: 1978
Country: USA, UK
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken
Genre: drama
Runtime: 183 min.
Age: 18+
Country: USA, UK
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken
Genre: drama
Runtime: 183 min.
Age: 18+
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter is widely acknowledged as one of cinema's great masterpieces and contains some of the most memorable scenes in film history. When Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are captured by the Vietcong, they are forced to play Russian Roulette by their brutal captors, who make bets on their survival. The experience of capture leaves them with terrible physical and psychological wounds and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfil an old promise to one of his friends, he makes an unexpected, horrific discovery.
To celebrate the film's 40th Anniversary, Michael Cimino's epic masterpiece has been stunningly restored with a brand new 4k restoration by the STUDIOCANAL Company in cooperation with Silver Salt Company (London).
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter is widely acknowledged as one of cinema's great masterpieces and contains some of the most memorable scenes in film history. When Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are captured by the Vietcong, they are forced to play Russian Roulette by their brutal captors, who make bets on their survival. The experience of capture leaves them with terrible physical and psychological wounds and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfil an old promise to one of his friends, he makes an unexpected, horrific discovery.
To celebrate the film's 40th Anniversary, Michael Cimino's epic masterpiece has been stunningly restored with a brand new 4k restoration by the STUDIOCANAL Company in cooperation with Silver Salt Company (London).
Awards & Festivals:
Academy Award – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Film Editing, Best Sound
Golden Globe – Best Director (Motion Picture)
BAFTA Award – Best Cinematography, Best Editing
Eddie Award – Best Edited Feature Film
Awards of the Japanese Academy – Best Foreign Language Film
Hochi Film Award – Best Foreign Language Film
Kinema Junpo Award – Readers' Choice Award (Best Foreign Language Film Director)
Blue Ribbon Award – Best Foreign Language Film
Directors Guild of America Award – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion
National Society of Film Critics Award – Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award – Best Film, Best Supporting Actor
