The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter
Directed byMichael Cimino
Screenplay byDeric Washburn
Story byMichael Cimino
Deric Washburn
Louis Garfinkle
Quinn K. Redeker
Produced byBarry Spikings
Michael Deeley
Michael Cimino
John Peverall
StarringRobert De Niro
Christopher Walken
John Cazale
John Savage
Meryl Streep
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CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Edited byPeter Zinner
Music byStanley Myers
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (US)
EMI Films (Worldwide Sales)
Release date
  • December 8, 1978 (1978-12-08)
Running time
183 minutes[a 1]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[1]
Box office$48,979,328 (Domestic)[1]
Academy Awards record
1. Best Supporting Actor, Christopher Walken
2. Best Director, Michael Cimino
3. Best Editing, Peter Zinner
4. Best Picture, Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
5. Best Sound, Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, C. Darin Knight
Golden Globe Awards record
1. Best Director, Michael Cimino
BAFTA Awards record
1. Best Cinematography, Vilmos Zsigmond
2. Best Editing, Peter Zinner

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama movie. It is set from 1967 to 1975 and is about three friends from Pennsylvania affected by the Vietnam War.

The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was named by the American Film Institute as the 53rd Greatest Movie of All Time. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. In 1996, The Deer Hunter was picked to keep in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[2][3]
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  1. 1.0 1.1 "The Deer Hunter (1978)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  2. "The Deer Hunter (1978) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. "Films Selected to The National Film Registry 1989–2008". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

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