Featuring shattering performances from two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep – director Michael Cimino’s THE DEER HUNTER (1978) charts an epic, tragic path from a steelworker community in western Pennsylvania to Vietnam – earning recognition from the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all time (on both the original and 10th anniversary lists), as well as among the art form’s greatest thrills.
Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE DEER HUNTER.
