The Deer Hunter (1978)
| Release Date | 08 December 1978 |
| Budget | $15,000,000 |
| Tagline | Best Picture 1978 |
| Genre | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | UKUSA |
| Filming Locations | 993 N. 7th Street, Steubenville, Ohio, USA |
| Language | English, Russian, Vietnamese, French |
| Sound Mix | 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Anti-War Film, Ensemble Film, Reunion Films, War Drama, POW Drama |
| Mood | Abandon All Hope |
| Themes | Home From the War, Haunted By the Past |
| Tones | Melancholy, Sweeping, Poignant, Harsh, Visceral, Cathartic |
| Tags | Friendship, Hunting, POW (Prisoner Of War), Russian Roulette, Small Town, Steelworker, Veteran [military], Vietcong, War |
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza. The story takes place in Clairton, a small working class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh and then in Vietnam, somewhere in the woodland and in Saigon, during the Vietnam War.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Chuck Aspegren
Axel
Shirley Stoler
Steven's Mother
Pierre Segui
Julien
Mady Kaplan
Axel's Girl
Mary Ann Haenel
Stan's Girl
Richard Kuss
Linda's Father
Joe Grifasi
Bandleader
Christopher Colombi Jr.
Wedding Man
Victoria Karnafel
Sad Looking Girl
Jack Scardino
Cold Old Man
Joe Strnad
Bingo Caller
Helen Tomko
Helen
Paul D'Amato
Sergeant
Dennis Watlington
Cab Driver
Charlene Darrow
Red Head
Jane-Colette Disko
Girl Checker
Michael Wollet
Stock Boy
Robert Beard
World War Veteran
Joe Dzizmba
World War Veteran
Stephen Kopestonsky
Priest
John F. Buchmelter III
Bar Patron
Frank Devore
Barman
Tom Becker
Doctor
Lynn Kongkham
Nurse
Nongnuj Timruang
Bar Girl
Po Pao Pee
Chinese Referee
Dale Burroughs
Embassy Guard
Parris Hicks
Sergeant
Samui Muang-Intata
Chinese Bodyguard
Sapox Colisium
Chinese Man
Vitoon Winwitoon
NVA Officer
Somsak Sengvilai
V.C. Referee
Charan Nusvanon
Chinese Boss
Jiam Gongtongsmoot
Chinese Man At Door
Chai Peyawan
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Mana Hansa
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Sombot Jumpanoi
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Phip Manee
Woman In Village
Ding Santos
V.C. Guard
Krieng Chaiyapuk
V.C. Guard
Ot Palapoo
V.C. Guard
Chok Chai Mahasoke
V.C. Guard
Joe Cummings
US Embassy Guard
James Kall
Altar Boy
Tom Madden
Steelworker
Director
Writer
Louis Garfinkle
Deric Washburn
,
Producer
Joann Carelli
associate producer
Michael Deeley
producer
John Peverall
producer
Marion Rosenberg
associate producer
Barry Spikings
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Peter Zinner
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Casting Director
Cis Corman
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Art Director
Ron Hobbs
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Kim Swados
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Makeup Department
Del Acevedo
makeup artist
Edwin Butterworth
makeup artist
Mary Keats
hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke
special makeup artist: Thailand
Production Manager
David Anderson
production supervisor: Thailand
Claude Binyon Jr.
production manager: USA
Ira Loonstein
unit production manager: Thailand
Bill Lukather
unit production manager: USA
Michael Orlando
production supervisor: Thailand
Elliot Schick
executive in charge of production
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Grillo
second assistant director
Charles Okun
assistant director
Chase Newhart
trainee assistant director
Art Department
Gus Basso
greensman
John Blezard
assistant art director: Thailand
Ron Galloway
property master: Thailand
Richard C. Goddard
set decorator: USA
Alan Hicks
set decorator: Thailand
Art Lipschultz
property master: USA
Harold McConnell
leadman: Thailand
Bud Peifer Jr.
property master: USA
George Stokes
construction coordinator: USA
James T. Woods
painter: Thailand
Mickey Woods
construction coordinator: Thailand
Robert M. Anderson
property master: Thailand
Donald B. Nunley
property master
Sound Department
Donald L. Bolger
boom operator
Teri E. Dorman
sound editor
James Fritch
sound editor
Stephen Katz
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
James J. Klinger
supervising sound effects editor
C. Darin Knight
sound mixer
Bobbe Kurtz
looping editor
William L. McCaughey
sound re-recording mixer
Richard Portman
sound re-recording mixer
Frank M. Reale
sound re-recording mixer
Aaron Rochin
sound re-recording mixer
Special Effects
Fred Cramer
special effects
Gary Elmendorf
assistant special effects
Jay King
assistant special effects: Thailand
Bob Myers
special effects crew
Ian Wingrove
pyro supervisor
Stunts
Max Balchowsky
stunts
Jerry Brutsche
stunts
Howard Curtis
stunts
Ted Duncan
stunts
Bob Harris
stunts
Carey Loftin
stunt coordinator: USA
Troy Melton
stunts
Buddy Van Horn
stunt coordinator: Thailand
Jack Verbois
stunts
Chuck Waters
stunts
Steven Burnett
stunts
Jay King
stunt performer
Camera and Electrical Department
Enrique Bravo
camera operator
Greer Cavagnaro
still photographer: USA
Katrina Franken
still photographer: Thailand
Michael Gershman
assistant camera
Wynn Hammer
still photographer: USA
Daniel R. Jordan
grip
Keith Kelsay
assistant camera
Jack Kirk
electrician
Dieter Ludwig
still photographer: Thailand
Rick Martens
gaffer
Danny Marzolo
electrician
Nick McLean
camera operator
Robert Moore
key grip
Fred Muncey
best boy electric
Lou Noto
assistant camera
Fred Schuler
camera operator
Don Whipple
best boy grip
Larry Whitehead
electrician
Tim Ryan
dolly grip
Casting Department
Michael Denison
casting assistant: Thailand
Beth Donohue
casting assistant: Thailand
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandy Berke Jordan
costumer: women
Laurie Riley
costumer: men
Eric Seelig
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Thomas K. Avildsen
assistant editor
Penelope Shaw
assistant editor
Florence Williamson
assistant editor
Music Department
William Saracino
supervising music editor
Transportation Department
Frank 'Cat' Ballou
transportation coordinator: USA
Arthur Dunne
transportation coordinator: Thailand
Other Crew
Barry Butler
production assistant: Thailand
Joann Carelli
production consultant
Eleanor Dawson
advisor: Vietnam
Richard Dioguardi
technical advisor: military
Exa Durham
production secretary
Frank Ernst
location manager: Thailand
Michael Flynn
production assistant: Thailand
Patrick Gauvain
production assistant: Thailand
Ralph Naradini
marine engineer
Patty Nelson
secretary: Mr. Cimino
June Samson
script supervisor
Nanette Siegert
production coordinator
M.R. Boonyalak Sukawasdi
location manager: Thailand
Mr. Thompson
technical advisor: Thailand, production liaison
Robert Werden
unit publicist
David Hakim
publicity writer
Charles Hubbard
location manager: Thailand
Dominic Santarone
caterer
Ruth Santarone
caterer
Thanks
Hilary Brown
grateful acknowledgment: The ABC Evening News
Sherman Grinberg
grateful acknowledgment: The ABC Evening News
Stephen Kopestonsky
grateful acknowledgment: St. Theodosius Cathedral
Ken Kovach
grateful acknowledgment: Choir Director, St. Theodosius Cathedral
Michelle Kuhar
grateful acknowledgment: The Ohio Film Bureau
Tim Potts
grateful acknowledgment: The Office of Film Promotion, PDC
Jay Rockefeller
grateful acknowledgment
Mr. Thompson
grateful acknowledgment
Production Company
EMI Films
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Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Columbia-EMI-Warner
Ekaterinburg Art Home Video (EAHV)
Future Film
IPA Asia Pacific
Kinosto
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Les Artistes Associés S.A.B.
Lumiere Home Video
MCA/Universal Home Video
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Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
Nelonen
Oy Europa Vision AB
TV3
Thorn EMI Video Australia
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Universal Films Española
Universal Pictures Benelux
,
Universal Pictures Finland Oy
Universal Pictures
Warner Home Video
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Warner Home Video
Yleisradio (YLE)
Miscellaneous
Choir and Congregation of St. Theodosius Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio, The
grateful acknowledgment
Citizens of Bangkok, The
grateful acknowledgment
Government of Thailand, The
grateful acknowledgment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
post-production sound
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, The Office of Film Promotion
grateful acknowledgment
People of Mingo Junction, Ohio, The
grateful acknowledgment
People of the State of West Virginia, The
grateful acknowledgment
Royal Thai Police, The - Aviation Division
grateful acknowledgment
The United States Department of Interior, National Park Service
grateful acknowledgment
United States Steel
grateful acknowledgment
Veterans Administration Hospital, Cleveland, OH, The
grateful acknowledgment
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