Weekend Movie Tip: The Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino's movie, released 1978 and famous about the scandal at the Berlin Filmfestspiele 1979, is more than a war movie. The movie is divided into three parts, before, at and after the war in Vietnam. 3 soldiers, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, go to Vietnam, the Vietcong captured and kept them in wooden cages. For the fun of their supervisors, they have to play Russian roulette. Back at home they realize how much their life has changed. Great film with powerful images. 5 Academy Awards, 4 Nominations and Golden Globe for director Michael Cimino plus 5 other Nominations

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