Movielogr

Rating: 8.5 stars

Tags

trauma viet nam prisoner of war friendship post-war

All movies seen on 01/15/2011

View on: IMDb | TMDb

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Directed by Michael Cimino

Drama

Overview

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos—not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend—and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

Rated R | Length 183 minutes

Actors

Robert De Niro | Christopher Walken | John Cazale | John Savage | Meryl Streep | George Dzundza | Rutanya Alda | Pierre Segui | Amy Wright | Richard Kuss | Joe Grifasi | Dennis Watlington | Shirley Stoler | Chuck Aspegren | Mary Ann Haenel | Mady Kaplan | Paul D'Amato | Christopher Colombi Jr. | Victoria Karnafel | Jack Scardino | Joe Strnad | Helen Tomko | Charlene Darrow | Jane-Colette Disko | Michael Wollet | Robert Beard | Joe Dzizmba | Stephen Kopestonsky | John F. Buchmelter III | Frank Devore | Tom Becker | Lynn Kongkham | Nongnuj Timruang | Po Pao Pee | Dale Burroughs | Parris Hicks | Samui Muang-Intata | Sapox Colisium | Vitoon Winwitoon | Somsak Sengvilai | Charan Nusvanon | Jiam Gongtongsmoot | Chai Peyawan | Mana Hansa | Sombot Jumpanoi | Phip Manee | Ding Santos | Krieng Chaiyapuk | Ot Palapoo | Chok Chai Mahasoke | Joel Thingvall | Gary Jones

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

First rewatch of this in a long time. While the running time is over three hours, it feels right. Great cast including heavyweights Robery DeNiro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep; with excellent support from John Cazale, George Dzundza, John Savage and Chuck Aspegren, whose performance is excellent and mostly overlooked considering he was actually a foreman at the Gary Steel Mill who fell into the role by accident.

Comments