The Deer Hunter

Name: The Deer Hunter
Genre: Classic, War, Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: 183 min
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Christopher Walken, John Savage, Meryl Streep

Michael Cimino19783h 3mClassic, War, Drama

Why we chose it

At home they hunt deer, but in Vietnam they hold a revolver to their own heads. Michael Cimino’s film about the trauma of war, with Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, won five Oscars, and before the devastating game of Russian roulette begins, it gives you time to love these men.

Synopsis

In a Pennsylvania steel town, three friends come off their shift and go straight to a wedding. Steven is getting married, and in a few days all three are leaving for Vietnam; that same night Nick and Linda get engaged. At dawn they head up into the mountains to hunt deer, where it turns out Mike will never take more than one shot. And the war begins right after the wedding.