The Deer Hunter

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$49.1M

Michael, Steven, and Nick are three best friends who enjoy going deer hunting quite often. They get enlisted to head to Vietnam to fight for their country and celebrate with a farewell party, as well as Steven marrying a pregnant woman named Angela. After the horrors during the war and edge-grabbing games of Russian Roulette that they are forced to play, Michael returns home and realizes that his deer hunting outings aren't the same as they used to be, because of the war and he eventually finds out that Steven is handicapped and Nick hasn't returned from Vietnam, and in response, he heads back there to rescue him.

🏆 Won 5 Oscars. 24 wins & 27 nominations total

Genres

Drama, War

Director

Michael Cimino

Cast

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale

Released

23 February 1979

Runtime

3h 3m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

8.1 / 10

Votes

387,264

Metascore

90

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Box office

$48,979,328

Budget

$15,000,000

Edition

Base