#Michael cimino actor movie#
When the movie was released, the Russian roulette scenes sparked major controversy for taking liberties with the Vietcong’s actual treatment of U.S. You can watch the most famous of those scenes, in which the game finally comes to an end, above.Īlso Read: Michael Cimino, Oscar-Winning Director of 'The Deer Hunter,' Dies at 77
Released back in 1978, “The Deer Hunter” contains harrowing scenes in which the main characters, American POWs played by Robert DeNiro, Jon Savage and Christpher Walken are forced by their Vietnamese captors to play Russian roulette, betting their lives that the single bullet in the pistol they fire at their own head is not in the chamber. And the main standout may be the first to land in theaters: “The Deer Hunter,” which won five Oscars in 1979, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cimino, who died Saturday at age 77. Those four films cast such an immense shadow over all of cinema that most other Vietnam movies barely even register.
When you think of movies about the Vietnam War, a few come immediately to mind: Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Apocalypse Now,” Oliver Stone‘s “Platoon,” Stanley Kubrick‘s “Full Metal Jacket” and Michael Cimino‘s “The Deer Hunter.”
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