THE DEER HUNTER1978
The Deer Hunter
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 5.0 (out of 5) (95 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
The Deer Hunter
screenplay by Deric Washburn (1937- ) based on the story The Man Who Came to Play by Louis Garfinkle (1928-2005) and Quinn K. Redeker (1936- ).
Veteran screenwriters, Garfinkle and Redeker, sold their story about Russian Roulette and gambling in Las Vegas to EMI Films. Director Michael Cimino and Washburn then set the story in Vietnam and added more characters. All four received their only Academy Award nomination for Writing.
Producer Detail
PRODUCER DETAIL
- Barry Spikings
- British Lion Films
- (1973-1975)
- EMI Films
- (1976-1983)
- Nelson Entertainment
- (1985-1994)
- Spikings Entertainment
- (1992- )
- Michael Deeley
- Marlborough Pictures
- (1956)
- Tower of London Productions
- (1956-1957)
- MCA Universal
- (1958-1960)
- Avon Films
- (1960-1964)
- Woodfall Film Productions
- (1964-1965)
- Oakhurst Productions
- (1966-1969)
- Michael Deeley-Peter Yates Films
- (1970-1971)
- British Lion Films
- (1973-1975)
- EMI Films
- (1976-1978)
- independent producer
- (1979-1982)
- Consolidated Entertainment
- (1985-1990)
- Michael Cimino
- Universal Studios
- (1971)
- United Artists
- (1972-1973)
- Universal Studios
- (1977-1978)
- United Artists
- (1979-1980)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- (1984-1985)
- Twentieth Century Fox
- (1986-1987)
- Dino De Laurentiis
- (1989-1990)
- Warner Bros.
- (1995-1996)
- John Peverall
- G.H.W. Productions
- (1957)
- Templar Film Studios
- (1957)
- Henry Halstead Productions
- (1957)
- Hammer Film Productions
- (1958-1962)
- Walt Disney Productions
- (1963-1964)
- Michael Relph Productions
- (1964-1965)
- Julian Blaustein Productions
- (1965-1966)
- independent
- (1967-1971)
- ITV Wales & West
- (1972-1973)
- Amicus Productions
- (1973-1974)
- British Lion Films
- (1974-1975)
- EMI Films
- (1976-1978)
- The Who Films
- (1978-1980)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
3 hour, 2 minutes
A group of friends fight in the Vietnam War and then struggle to re-integrate themselves after their harrowing tour of duty. Robert De Niro stars.
Film Awards
FILM AWARDS
MPAA Rating
MPAA RATING
Rated R
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1978 Domestic Box Office Rank: #9[1]
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $188m[1]
Original Film Distributor
DISTRIBUTOR
Location Filming
LOCATIONS
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(steel town)
- Clairton, Pennsylvania
- Follansbee, West Virginia
- Steubenville, Ohio (bar)
- Mingo Junction, Ohio (wedding, hospital)
- Cleveland, Ohio (deer hunt)
- Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington (Viet Cong river prison)
- Khwae Yai River, Thailand (Saigon, Vietnam)
- Bangkok, Thailand (bowling alley)
- Struthers, Ohio (funeral)
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Best Picture
Best Foreign Language Film
Film