Deer Hunter DVD 1978 A Szarvasvadász / Directed by Michael Cimino / Starring: Robert de Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep

UPC 5996473011450  /  5999016370977

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian

Total Runtime: 176 minutes

English Summary:

A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos – not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend – and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return. 

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of steelworkers whose lives were changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in Vietnam.

Hungarian Summary:

Egy pennsylvaniai kisvárosból három acélmunkást behívnak katonának a vietnami háború idején. Még a bevonulás előtt lezajlik Steven esküvője, valamint a három barát utolsó vadászata. Michel, Nick és Steven fogságba esik, megkínozzák őket, s fogvatartóik kényszerítik őket, hogy orosz rulettet játszanak, melynek során mindig életük a tét. Mégis kikerülnek a fogság poklából, s túlélik a háborút. Steven azonban szökés közben megsebesül, elveszti mindkét lábát, s nyomorékon nem akar visszamenni feleségéhez és gyermekéhez. Nick megtébolyodik, s Saigonban pénzért orosz rulettet játszik. Csak Michael tér vissza hazájába látszólag sértetlenül. Aztán még egyszer visszamegy Vietnamba, hogy hazahozza Nicket. Amikor barátja végre ismét emlékezni kezd, már túl késő - a rulettjátékban épp halálos golyót hoz számára a sors.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Robert De Niro as SSG Michael "Mike" Vronsky. Producer Deeley pursued De Niro for The Deer Hunter because he felt that he needed De Niro's star power to sell a film with a "gruesome-sounding storyline and a barely known director".^[5] "I liked the script, and [Cimino] had done a lot of prep," said De Niro. "I was impressed."^[6] De Niro prepared by socializing with steelworkers in local bars and by visiting their homes. Cimino introduced De Niro as his agent, Harry Ufland. No one recognized him.^[7] De Niro claims this was his most physically exhausting film. He explained that the scene where Mike visits Steven in the hospital for the first time was the most emotional scene that he was ever involved with.^[8] For the film, he received his first one-million-dollar fee.^[9] De Niro was a last-minute replacement for Roy Scheider, who dropped out of the production two weeks before the start of filming due to "creative differences"; Universal managed to keep Scheider to his three-picture contract by forcing him into doing Jaws 2 (1978).^[10]
• Christopher Walken as Cpl. Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich. His performance garnered an Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor.
• John Savage as Cpl. Steven Pushkov.
• John Cazale as Stan ("Stosh"). All scenes involving Cazale, who had terminal cancer, were filmed first. Because of his illness, the studio initially wanted to fire him, but Streep, with whom he was in a relationship, and Cimino threatened to walk away if they did.^[11][12] He was also uninsurable, and according to Streep, De Niro paid for his insurance because he wanted Cazale in the film. This was Cazale's last film, as he died shortly after filming wrapped. Cazale never saw the finished film.^[11][13]
• Meryl Streep as Linda. Prior to The Deer Hunter, Streep was seen briefly in Fred Zinnemann's Julia (1977) and the eight-hour miniseries Holocaust (1978).^[14] In the screenplay, Streep's role was negligible. Cimino explained the set-up to Streep and suggested that she write her own lines.^[15]
• George Dzundza as John Welsh
• Pierre Segui as Julien Grinda
• Shirley Stoler as Steven's mother
• Chuck Aspegren as Peter "Axel" Axelrod. Aspegren was not an actor; he was the foreman at an East Chicago steelworks visited early in pre-production by De Niro and Cimino. They were so impressed with him that they offered him the role. He was the second person to be cast in the film, after De Niro.^[7]
• Rutanya Alda as Angela Ludhjduravic-Pushkov
• Amy Wright as Bridesmaid
• Joe Grifasi as Bandleader