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- The Historical Accuracy Of The Deer Hunter's Russian Roulette Scenes. By far the most iconic – and infamous – scene in The Deer Hunter is when Mike and Nick are captured by the Viet Cong and forced to play Russian roulette.
- Michael Cimino Lied About Serving As A Green Beret Medic In Vietnam. Cimino didn’t just generate controversy for his work on The Deer Hunter; he also generated some controversy while he was promoting the film.
- The Deer Hunter Was Accused Of Propagandizing America's Involvement In The Vietnam War. The Deer Hunter has been accused of propagandizing the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War.
- The Deer Hunter's Exaggerated Villainy Of Vietnamese People. One of the main points of contention with The Deer Hunter’s portrayal of the Vietnam War is its cartoonishly exaggerated depiction of the Vietnamese soldiers’ villainy.
Sep 14, 2023 · The "God Bless America" coda that plays at the end of The Deer Hunter is both inspirational and bittersweet. The song is one of the United States' most patriotic anthems, and by including it at the end of The Deer Hunter, the film is reaffirming American values. Despite the trauma experienced by Michael, Nick, Steve, and the rest of the men who ...
- Kayleena Pierce-Bohen
Much of its success The Deer Hunter owes to its stellar cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, Meryl Streep and John Cazale in his last performance ever, as he died shortly upon wrapping the film, made sure Deric Washburn and Cimino’s story, based on Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker’s spec script entitled The Man Who Came to Play, got through to the audiences. This is ...
- Adam Linehan
- Michael Cimino’s career never recovered. In its initial review of “The Deer Hunter,” The New York Times declared that Cimino’s vision was “that of an original, major new film maker.”
- Cimino lied about his military service while making and promoting the film. According to Vanity Fair, a number of people who worked closely with Cimino during the film’s production wrongly assumed that Cimino had drawn from his own experiences as a soldier in Vietnam to make the film.
- Screenwriter Deric Washburn didn’t interview a single veteran to research the script. Washburn claims that he and Cimino hammered out the idea for the movie over three days in a hotel in Los Angeles.
- Actor John Cazale died shortly after filming. Cazale had already emerged as one of the dominant actors of his generation by the time he landed on the cast of “The Deer Hunter.”
One thing about Deer Hunter - I remember it as being the very first fim {of many to come later) to treat the subject of Vietnam. Later comes Full Métal Jacket, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Born on the Fourth of July and of course Apocalypse Now. But IIRC Deer Hunter was the first.
Feb 24, 2018 · The final part of ‘The Deer Hunter’ is the most heartrending - the characters’ physical involvement in Vietnam has concluded, and now an internal war has started for the group of friends. Returning home for Michael and Steven proves just as tough as the war itself. The hero of the movie, Michael, especially finds the transition difficult.
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Sep 25, 2023 · Universal Pictures. "The Deer Hunter" focuses on a group of Russian-American steelworker buddies who are excited to leave their small town to go and fight in Vietnam. Mike (Robert De Niro) is the ...
