Deer Hunter, The (1978) - (Movie Clip) This Is This

Deer Hunter, The - (Original Trailer)

Three young factory workers are drafted and sent to Vietnam in The Deer Hunter (1978).

Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Think Of Something Else

By apparent chance, Pennsylvania buddies Nick (Christopher Walken) and Stevie (John Savage) find Mike (Robert De Niro) after a nasty firefight in Viet Nam, whereupon they’re all captured, director Michael Cimino introducing the incendiary Russian roulette theme, in The Deer Hunter, 1978.

Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Famous beery camaraderie from director Michael Cimino, the Four Seasons hit by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe, Mike and Nick (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken) shooting pool, Stan (John Cazale) counseling bridegroom Stevie (John Savage), the wedding and Viet Nam looming, in The Deer Hunter, 1978.

Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Get Your Ass Shot Off!

Co-writer and director Michael Cimino perhaps forges his characters, Russian-American steel workers in Clairton, Pa., ca. 1967, Mike (Robert De Niro) Stevie (John Savage), Nick (Christopher Walken) headed for Viet Nam, sidekicks Stan (John Cazale) and Axel (Chuck Aspegren), opening The Deer Hunter, 1978.

Deer Hunter, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Blessed Is The Kingdom

From director Michael Cimino’s much-praised Russian-Orthodox wedding sequence, shot in a Cleveland church, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep in immediate support of John Savage and Rutanya Alda, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, George Dzundza et al attending, from The Deer Hunter, 1978.