At the wedding reception held at the local VFW hall, the guys drink, dance, sing, and enjoy the festivities, but then notice a soldier in a U.S. In the meantime, Mike contains his feelings for Nick's girlfriend Linda ( Meryl Streep). The recurring theme of hunting a deer with "one shot", which is how Mike prefers to take down a deer, is introduced.īefore the trio ships out, Steven and his girlfriend Angela (Rutanya Alda), who is pregnant by another man, but loved by Steven nonetheless, marry in a Russian Orthodox wedding. Mike is the no-nonsense, serious but unassuming leader Steven the loving, groom-to-be, pecked-at by his mother for not wearing a scarf with his tuxedo and Nick the quiet, introspective man who loves deer hunting because, he likes "…the trees…the way the trees are". In Clairton, a small working class town in western Pennsylvania, in late 1967, Russian-American steel workers Michael "Mike" Vronsky (Robert De Niro), Steven Pushkov (John Savage), and Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich (Christopher Walken), with the support of their friends and co-workers Stan (John Cazale) and Peter "Axel" Axelrod (Chuck Aspegren) and local bar owner and friend John Welsh (George Dzundza), prepare for two rites of passage: marriage and military service.bThe opening scenes set the character traits of the three main characters. In 1996, The Deer Hunter was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".ģ.2.3 Deeley's reaction to the revised scriptĤ.4 Vietnam and the Russian roulette scenesĨ Analysis 8.1 Controversy over Russian roulette 8.1.1 Critics' responseĨ.2 Director Cimino's autobiographical intent The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michael Cimino, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, and was named by the American Film Institute as the 53rd greatest American film of all time in the 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFI's 100 Years.100 Movies list. The scenes depicting Russian roulette were highly controversial after the film's release. The film went over-budget and over-schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. The film was based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania a small working class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in Vietnam. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steelworkers whose lives are changed forever after they fight in the Vietnam War.
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