The Deer Hunter

Drama, War

Meryl Streep	Linda
John Savage	Steven
John Cazale	Stanley
Robert De Niro	Michael Vronsky
Chuck Aspegren	Axel
George Dzundza	John
Rutanya Alda	Angela
Christopher Walken	Nikonar Chevotarevich
Helen Tomko	Helen
Pierre Segui	Julien Grinda
Shirley Stoler	Steven's Mother

Director	Michael Cimino; Cimino
Producer	Michael Cimino; Michael Deeley; Joann Carelli
Writer	Michael Cimino; Deric Washburn
Cinematography	Vilmos Zsigmond
Musician	Stanley Myers

Three friends from a small Pennsylvania town are drafted to serve in Vietnam, and their lives are forever changed. Michael (Robert DeNiro) and Nick (Christopher Walken) work in a local steel mill, each wooing Linda's (Meryl Streep) affections. Steven (John Savage) has just gotten married. The three friends regularly hunt deer through the mountains of Pennsylvania, with non-enlisted Axel (Chuck Aspegren) and the snide Stanley (John Cazale). While Axel and Stanley lead traditional lives at home, Michael, Nick and Steven encounter brutal and shocking circumstances while at war. These experiences not only change their perceptions of the hunt, but their perspectives on life in whole.