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The Deer Hunter
Director:
Michael Cimino
(Dir)
Release Date:
Dec 1978
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 15 Dec 1978
Duration (in mins):
183
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Cast:
Robert De Niro
(Michael)
John Cazale
(Stan)
John Savage
(Steven)
Christopher Walken
(Nick)
Meryl Streep
(Linda )
Summary:
Production Company:
EMI FIlms, Inc.
Production Text:
A Michael Cimino Film
Distribution Company:
Universal Pictures
(MCA, Inc.)
Director:
Michael Cimino
(Dir)
Producer:
Barry Spikings
(Prod)
Michael Deeley
(Prod)
Michael Cimino
(Prod)
John Peverall
(Prod)
Writer:
Deric Washburn
(Scr)
Michael Cimino
(Story)
Deric Washburn
(Story)
Louis Garfinkle
(Story)
Quinn K. Redeker
(Story)
Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Ron Hobbs
(Art dir)
Kim Swados
(Art dir)
Film Editor:
Peter Zinner
(Ed)
Music:
Stanley Myers
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
EMI Films, Inc.
6/11/1978
dd/mm/yyyy
PA34265
PCA NO:
25008
Physical Properties:
Sd:
Dolby Stereo
col:
Technicolor
Widescreen/ratio:
Panavision
Genre:
Drama
Sub-Genre:
Vietnam War
Note:
The Deer Hunter
was ranked 53rd on AFI's 2007 100 Years…100 Movies--10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films, moving up from the 79th position it held on AFI's 1997 list.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
1 Dec 1978
p. 3.
Los Angeles Times
3 Dec 1978
Calendar, p. 1.
Motion Picture Herald Product Digest
13 Dec 1978
p. 55.
New York Times
15 Dec 1978
Section III, p. 5.
New Yorker
18 Dec 1978
p. 66.
Newsweek
11 Dec 1978
p. 113.
Rolling Stone
8 Mar 1978
pp. 27-28.
Saturday Review
17 Feb 1979
pp. 50-51.
Time
18 Dec 1978
p. 86.
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