| Uniform Title |
The deer hunter (Motion picture : 1978) |
| Title |
The deer hunter. |
| Edition |
40th anniversary edition. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2019]. |
| ©1978 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (176 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D94524. |
| Originally released in the United States as a motion picture in 1978. |
| Based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker |
| Special Features : Interview with film critic David Thomson - 1979 ITV South Bank show interview with Michal Cimino - Realising The Deer Hunter, interview with Michael Cimino -Shooting The Deer Hunter, interview with Vilmos Zsigmond - Playing The Deer Hunter, interview with John Savage - Michael Cimino Audio Commentary - Vilmos Zsigmond & journalist Bob Fisher Audio Commentary - Deleted and Extended Scenes. |
| Credits |
Director, Michael Cimino ; producers, Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall ; screenplay, Deric Washburn. |
| Performers |
Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken. |
| Summary |
This is the story about the friendship of a group of steel workers from Pennsylvania who have their relationship and their courage tested when three of them go to war in Vietnam. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA 15+ |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 2.0, Six Track Dolby Stereo ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
In English. [CC] English captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired) |
| Awards note |
Academy award, 1979: Best picture; Best supporting actor (Walken); Best director; Best film editing; Best sound. |
| Subjects |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Drama |
| Veteran reintegration -- United States -- Drama |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama |
| Soldiers -- United States -- Drama |
| Military deserters -- United States -- Drama |
| Metal-workers -- Pennsylvania -- Drama |
| Male friendship -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975 -- Drama |
| Genre |
War films |
| Historical films |
| Cult films |
| Subculture films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Cimino, Michael director, producer. |
| Washburn, Deric screenwriter. |
| Spikings, Barry producer. |
| Deely, Michael producer. |
| Peverall, John producer. |
| De Niro, Robert actor. |
| Streep, Meryl actor. |
| Savage, John, 1949- actor. |
| Walken, Christopher, 1943- actor. |
| Cazale, John, 1936-1978 actor. |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Cazale, John, 1936-1978 .
- Cimino, Michael .
- De Niro, Robert .
- Deely, Michael .
- Peverall, John .
- Savage, John, 1949- .
- Spikings, Barry .
- Streep, Meryl .
- Walken, Christopher, 1943- .
- Washburn, Deric .
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