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The Deer Hunter (1978)

★ 8.0 · 4,215 ratings on TMDB

One of the most important and powerful films of all time!

The Deer Hunter poster★ 8.0

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

DirectorMichael Cimino
CastAmy Wright, Christopher Walken, George Dzundza, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep
GenresDrama, War
The emergence reading

The Deer Hunter keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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