For those wondering what they should watch on their next movie night, here are three reasons they should pick The Deer Hunter. De Niro and Streep stand out for their on-screen chemistry and their ...

The Deer Hunter, Cimino's second movie following the pleasingly throwaway ... Best Film and Best Director - Cimino was heralded as the poster-child for the brave new world of American cinema.

By Arthur Knight On Dec. 8, 1978, Universal released the 183-minute Vietnam war drama The Deer Hunter. The Michael Cimino ... part-producer) of this movie, Cimino has done an incredible job.

The Deer Hunter is so viscerally effective and crushing, it’s nearly impossible to watch more than once. It’s tough to remember more than those Russian roulette sequences. If you do return to ...