An astonishing and powerful film about a group of Pennsylvania steelworkers whose lives are changed irrevocably by the Vietnam war, Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter won no less than five Academy Awards in 1978 including Best Picture, Best director and Best Supporting Actor for Christoper Walken.

When Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christoper 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 spiritual wounds and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfill and old promise to one of his friends, he makes an unexpected, horrific discovery.

Also featuring astonishing performances from Meryl Streep as the woman both Michael and Nick fall in love with, and John Cazzale (The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon) as their unhinged and insecure friend Stan, The Deer Hunter is widely acknowledged as one of cinema's great masterpieces and it contains some of the most memorable scenes in film history.

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