The Deer Hunter

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American film film war drama film

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama film directed by Michael Cimino that explores the psychological and emotional impact of the Vietnam War on a group of friends from a small industrial town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Michael Cimino ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Peter Zinner ⓘ
featuresSong Cavatina ⓘ
filmingLocation Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

Mingo Junction, Ohio ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
mainCharacter Michael Vronsky ⓘ
Nick Chevotarevich ⓘ
Steven Pushkov ⓘ
musicBy Stanley Myers ⓘ
narrativeFocus emotional impact of the Vietnam War ⓘ
psychological impact of war ⓘ
notableScene Russian roulette sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Barry Spikings ⓘ
John Peverall ⓘ
Michael Cimino ⓘ
Michael Deeley ⓘ
productionCompany EMI Films ⓘ
publicationDate 1978 ⓘ
releaseDateUS December 8, 1978 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
runtime approximately 183 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Deric Washburn ⓘ
Louis Garfinkle ⓘ
Michael Cimino ⓘ
Quinn K. Redeker ⓘ
setInPeriod Vietnam War ⓘ
setInPlace Pennsylvania ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
starring Christopher Walken ⓘ
George Dzundza ⓘ
John Cazale ⓘ
John Savage ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Robert De Niro ⓘ

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Christopher Walken → awardReceivedFor → The Deer Hunter ⓘ
Christopher Walken → notableWork → The Deer Hunter ⓘ
Meryl Streep → notableWork → The Deer Hunter ⓘ
Robert De Niro → notableWork → The Deer Hunter ⓘ