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The Deer Hunter (film)  

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  • Film Directed by Michael Cimino, 1978 Written and directed by Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter follows the fate of three young Russian-American steelworkers (Michael, Nick, and Steven, played by Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, respectively) from western Pennsylvania who join the Army to fight in Vietnam. The movie explores why young men join the military, the horrors of combat, and the readjustments returning veterans and their friends and family go through once the shooting stops. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Deer Hunter, The]

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