The Deer Hunter

Opening in Pennsylvania steel town that morning, Steven (John Savage) is going to get married… Just a few days later, he and his best friends Michael (Robert De Niro) and Nick (Christopher Walken) will join the Army and go to Vietnam…... Full review

Of the first two American films about the Vietnam war with a priceless artistic weight, "the Deer Hunter" wins hands down over "Apocalypse Now" (1979) although Francis Ford Coppola's work is very potent too.But would it be judicious to pigeonhole... Full review

No, this is not the best film about the Vietnam War; it's hardly about Vietnam at all. The vets who don't like it have it wrong, as do the Vietnamese who found it racist. It could be any war, with... Full review

This is one of the best adaptions of the Vietnam War on film that I have seen. We have also "Platoon" that represented somewhat of the same thing that "The Deer Hunter" did as well, but this one came first... Full review

A comment re the other comments: A lot of the comments criticize the first half hour as being too long. In my opinion, these comments miss the point of the movie.Of course many of the scenes in the first hour... Full review

The first hour of this 3-hour (short) masterpiece takes its time in bringing the audience into the world of a group of Pennilvania steelworkers, starting out with "a day in the office" beside the searing furnace, the usual rowdy routine... Full review

(This review was edited due to word limit - full review available under newsgroup section on IMDb, by John Ulmer.)"One shot is what it's all about. A deer has to be taken with one shot."Some films lose their charm as... Full review

(This review was edited due to word limit - full review available under newsgroup section on IMDb, by John Ulmer.) "One shot is what it's all about. A deer has to be taken with one shot." Some films lose their charm... Full review

Most young people today need to learn that Robert De Niro was not just the person in Meet the Parents or The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, but he starred in films like The Deer Hunter, which got him to... Full review

I notice some people are calling this a bad, or boring, or flawed film. I think the reason behind it is because today we have audiences used to watching MTV. And because of that, they like their movies to feel... Full review

the nuances of each wildly talented actor, from moments of joy to moments of utter heartbreak --....Not a war movie ready to linger on the happiness of a wedding and the easy-going nature of everyday life.....if any filmmakers dare to let a story slowly build.....because Michael broke his promise and moved on --.... ... Full Review

Blade Runners" opens in 1979 with Deeley winning a best picture Oscar for "The Deer Hunter.....The most scandalous personal story he has to tell concerns making a nudie picture in the early 1960s.....Blade Runner" is the film of which Deeley is proudest and rightly so..... ... Full Review

Small-town buddies Mike (Robert De Niro, shown with John Savage), Steven (Savage), and Nick (Christopher Walken, in his Oscar-winning performance) are captured together and brutalized in the movie's notorious Russian roulette sequence.....The movie is credited with inspiring the drive to build the Vietnam War memorial on the Washington Mall.....Kobal Collection This harrowing Best Picture Oscar winner examines the devastating impact of the Vietnam War on an entire community.....its meditation on survivor's ... Full Review

Meryl was wonderful," he said. That's OK, though - Meryl and I will be selling DVD's in the lobby after the show. I was very fortunate to be in these three films with Meryl, which means I'm in every 60 or show movies that she does. ... Full Review

Meryl was wonderful," he said. That's OK, though - Meryl and I will be selling DVD's in the lobby after the show. I was very fortunate to be in these three films with Meryl, which means I'm in every 60 or show movies that she does. ... Full Review

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Those lucky ducks at SXSW, they might have all the new movies, Kick-Ass premieres, and the irreplaceable Alamo Drafthouse, but what do we have? Kick-ass movies, and all the comforts of our own homes -- that's what! ... Full Article

Due to an early distaste for any sort of media critiques -- an affliction I got over as soon as I realized that it could add value to the experience -- I never really followed film criticism. ... Full Article

Ask any cinematographer about The Deer Hunter . Nearly all of them have vivid memories of how they were personally touched by the film. It doesn't matter whether they saw it in a cinema when it opened 25 years ago,... ... Full Article