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IMDb rating 8.1
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Critic Colin Kennedy
rated 10

...The Deer Hunter is a film of enormous, if mostly melancholy, beauty.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...bold and brilliant Vietnam war epic...

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Mattias
rated 9

An absolute classic! The balance in plot is slightly off. Less about the life before and more about the life in Vietnam and the life after. This is a move you much watch.

1 month ago
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

What The Deer Hunter insists is that we not forget the war.

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Steen
rated 9

Stærk, den sætter sig fast

1 year ago
Critic Jacob Ludvigsen
rated 10

...filmens relevans vil være uomtvistelig lige så længe, der er krig i verden.

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Laura Lardy
rated 10

Chef d'oeuvre

4 months ago
Karina Arnoldus
rated 9

En klassiker med fantastiske skuespillere

11 months ago

Cast & Crew

Michael Cimino
Director
Christopher Walken
As Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
Robert De Niro
As Michael Vronsky
John Savage
As Steven Pushkov
Meryl Streep
As Linda
Joe Grifasi
As Bandleader

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A group of close friends from a small Pennsylvania town, who work together in a steel mill, decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War. They experience the harsh realities of war, which changes them forever. The film explores the effects of trauma, friendship, and the American Dream. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken's performance.

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