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Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. Shows what happens to friendship and courage under stress.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Deer hunter (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), EMI (Firm), Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Cimino, Michael, Washburn, Deric, De Niro, Robert, Cazale, John, 1936-1978, Savage, John, 1949-, Streep, Meryl, Walken, Christopher, 1943-, Dzundza, George, Stoler, Shirley, Aspegren, Chuck, Alda, Rutanya, 1945-, Zsigmond, Vilmos
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (both discs). Sound tracks: disc 1. English (L7 surround and Dolby digital 2.0) and Spanish (2.0 mono.); disc 2. English (Dolby digital 2.0). Optional subtitles in French and Spanish (both discs). Special features not all subtitled.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2005]
Edition:[2-disc special ed.].
Series:Legacy series (Universal City, Calif.)
Subjects:
War films.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Drama.
Iron and steel workers > Drama.
Clairton (Pa.) > Drama.
Conflicto de Vietnam, 1961-1975 > Teatro.
Trabajadores metalúrgicos > Teatro.
Clairton (Pennsylvania) > Teatro.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. Shows what happens to friendship and courage under stress.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Dual layer (disc 1); single layer (disc 2).
Disc 1 aspect ratio 2.35:1 (anamorphic widescreen); disc 2 has various aspect ratios.
Digitally remastered with completely restored audio.
Special features: disc 1. Audio commentary with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and film journalist Bob Fisher -- disc 2. Deleted and extended scenes ; Theatrical trailer ; Production notes.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (3 hr., 4 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:MPAA rating: R. Special features not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1978: Best Picture (Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall, producers), Best Directing (Michael Cimino), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Walken {"Nick"}), Best Film Editing (Peter Zinner), Best Sound (Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight)
Production Credits:Music by Stanley Myers ; editor, Peter Zinner ; director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; story by Michael Cimino ... [et al.].
ISBN:1417054441