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The Deer Hunter
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783225999
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783225997
Label: MCA/Universal Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: MCA/Universal Home Video
MPN: D20177D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 31, 1998
Running Time: 183 minutes
Studio: MCA/Universal Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 23, 1979
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Editorial Review:
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, The Deer Hunter is simultaneously an audacious directorial conceit and one of the greatest films ever made about friendship and the personal impact of war. Like Apocalypse Now, it's hardly a conventional battle film--the soldier's experience was handled with greater authenticity in Platoon--but its depiction of war on an intimate scale packs a devastatingly dramatic punch. Director Michael Cimino may be manipulating our emotions with masterful skill, but he does it in a way that stirs the soul and pinches our collective nerves with graphic, high-intensity scenes of men under life-threatening duress. Although Russian-roulette gambling games were not a common occurrence during the Vietnam war, they're used here as a metaphor for the futility of the war itself. To the viewer, they become unforgettably intense rites of passage for the best friends--Pennsylvania steelworkers played by Robert De Niro, John Savage, and Oscar winner Christopher Walken--who may survive or perish during their tour through a tropical landscape of hell. Back home, their loved ones must cope with the war's domestic impact, and in doing so they allow The Deer Hunter to achieve a rare combination of epic storytelling and intimate, heart-rending drama. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Skip it
I nearly fell asleep three times in the first hour alone. The last thirty minutes was a contrived joke and I hardly understand why it's called The Deer Hunter-should be plural. I like Deniro, Streep, and Walken but this movie is pretentious and boring.
Rating:  - quick shipping, great service
dvd in great shape, exactly what i ordered and arrived very quickly. very pleased with the service and would do business with them again.
Rating: - One shot
1978's " The Deer Hunter " is pure character driven drama fueld by explosive and unforgettable scenes of turmoil , isolation , destruction , and hope. Michael Cimino's formula of providing the characters room for development ( or lack thereof ) ensures that each person in this unforgettable story comes full circle. Whereas , the film has tendancies to drag out scenes , the attention to detail actually makes the film's story stronger. The acting is superb. Played out by a steller cast featuring ... Read More
Rating: - HD-DVD review only
Speaking strictly on the HD-DVD version of the film: The quality of the picture is outstanding! If ever a movie deserves the benefits of ever-advancing technology, this is the one. The improvement over the SD (standard def) DVD is remarkable, esp. in scenes with extreme colors (i.e. early shots in the steel mill, and even the curtains at Linda's house...never noticed the pattern on them before!). Also, the HD-DVD disc includes scenes deleted from the original print, which is a good lesson to any budding ... Read More
Rating: - the deer hunter - real art
excellent film (disc?). russian roulette wasn't part of the Vietnam scene,
but it was probably as close as you can get to THE RIGHT STUFF. good stuff on family and culture, which is almost completely gone now. wonder if the current generation would even relate to it at all?
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