The Deer Hunter

Some people contend that The Deer Hunter sparked a string of Russian roulette suicides because of its dramatic depiction of captured American soldiers forced to play Russian roulette by their Viet Cong captors. Writer Mark Evanier has pages devoted to information about his favorite movie (http://www.povonline.com/MadWorld.htm). It is also renowned independently for its theme tune, Cavatina by Stanley Myers, commonly called The Theme from The Deer Hunter. "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" Internet Movie database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057193/). It has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films. Rat Race, a film made in 2001, has a similar basic premise. In addition, it was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert De Niro), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Meryl Streep), Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. A 1994 episode of The Simpsons, "Homer the Vigilante," features money supposedly hidden beneath a "big T," along with other elements borrowed from the movie.

It won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Cimino), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Walken), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. Of course, this would change throughout the day, but that does not matter in the greater scheme of the plot (see suspension of disbelief). Filming locations include:. In an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures, the characters, following a treasure map, find that they have not been looking for an X marked in the sand, but the location where the shadows of two crossed palm trees falls. Redeker and Deric Washburn, and directed by Cimino. The New Avengers episode "The Tale of the Big Why" seems to have borrowed part of its storyline from IAMMMMW - at the end of the episode the characters realise they are looking not for a metaphysical "big why" but a physical "big Y". The movie was written by Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. They also wrote for the film "You satisfy my soul" and "Thirty-one flavors.".

Inspired by German First World War soldier and author Erich Maria Remarque's 1937 novel Drei Kameraden (Three Comrades) depicting the lives of a trio of disillusioned World War I veterans in 1920s Weimar Germany, this film attempts to explore the meaning of violence, predation and survival, the often ghastly misuses of patriotism as well as illustrating the concepts of ethnicity, family, friendship and community ties and how they complement as well as clash with one another. The film had a wonderful title theme song with music by Ernest Gold and lyrics by Mack David. De Niro, Savage and Walken portray American factory workers and avid deer hunters of Russian ancestry who serve in combat in Vietnam, returning to a significantly-changed country as significantly-changed men. The title was taken from Thomas Middleton's 1605 comedy A Mad World, My Masters. Kramer claimed to have considered adding a fifth "mad" to the title before deciding that it would be redundant. It stars Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep and George Dzundza. For example, preserved for all time is classic Phil Silvers, classic Milton Berle, even classic Buster Keaton. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 film which tells the story of how the Vietnam War affects the people in the industrial town of Clairton, Pennsylvania just south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River (although it was actually filmed in Cleveland and Mingo Junction, Ohio). The movie is a showcase for these fabulous comedians because each plays his role in his own comedic style.

Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Terry-Thomas's character's rant against the American obsession with bosoms still strikes a chord with non-American audiences. In the film, it is portrayed as a part of Saigon. Most of the humor is not especially sophisticated, consisting mainly of very noisy slapstick gags. Patpong, in Bangkok, Thailand - the area was rented during 2 days for the film. Stanley Kramer claimed he wanted to make the ultimate comedy film. At more than two and a half hours (originally including an intermission) it is certainly one of the longest. Saint Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Cleveland. A wild race across the desert follows, as each carload of people tries to be first to find the money and claim it for themselves.

Tom Madden - Steelworker (uncredited). With his dying breaths, the man tells the bystanders about $350,000 that he hid in the town of Santa Rosita, less than a day's drive away, under “the big W”. Chok Chai Mahasoke - Viet Cong guard. The plot of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World follows the occupants of four vehicles who stop to help a man who has just careened off the highway. Ot Palapoo - Viet Cong guard. Judy Garland, Groucho Marx, George Burns, and Red Skelton were among the many other celebrities considered for roles, but turned down the offers. Krieng Chaiyapuk - Viet Cong guard. There were also cameo appearances by:.

Ding Santos - Viet Cong guard. Stars of this film included (alphabetical):. Phip Manee - Woman in village. Written by Tania and William Rose, not only was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World filmed in Cinerama (the biggest of the widescreen cinema technologies), it also had an all-star cast, with literally dozens of major comedy stars from all eras of cinema making appearances in the film. Sombot Jumpanoi - South Vietnamese prisoner. It premiered on November 7, 1963. Mana Hansa - South Vietnamese prisoner. Television had sapped the regular moviegoing audience and box office revenues were dropping, and the major studios experimented with a number of "gimmicks" to attract audiences, including widescreen films.

Chai Peyawan - South Vietnamese prisoner. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a comedy movie that followed the Hollywood trend in the 1960s of producing "gigantic" and "epic" films as a way to woo audiences into movie theaters. Jiam Gongtongsmoot - Chinese man at door. and the Three Stooges as firemen. Charan Nusvanon - Chinese boss. Arnold Stang as Ray, the garage man. Somsak Sengvilai - Viet Cong referee. Carl Reiner as the tower controller.

Vitoon Winwitoon - NVA officer. Zasu Pitts as the switchboard operator. Sapox Colisium - Chinese man. Jerry Lewis as man who runs over hat. Samui Muang-Intata - Chinese bodyguard. Charles Lane as the airport manager. Parris Hicks - Sergeant. Don Knotts as the nervous motorist.

Dale Burroughs - Embassy guard. Buster Keaton as Jimmy the boatman. Po Pao Pee - Chinese referee. Dinckler. Nongnuj Timruang - Bargirl. Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Lynn Kongkham - Nurse. Sterling Holloway as the fire chief.

Tom Becker - Doctor. Stan Freberg as a deputy sheriff. Frank Devore - Barman. Norman Fell as a detective. John F. Buchmelter III - Bar patron. Andy Devine as the sheriff. Father Stephen Kopestonsky - Priest. William Demarest as the chief of police.

Joe Dzizmba - World War II veteran. Alan Carney as police sergeant. Robert Beard - World War II veteran. Joe E. Brown as the union official. Michael Wollet - Stockboy. Ben Blue as the biplane pilot. Jane-Colette Disko - Girl checker. Jack Benny as man in the car.

Charlene Darrow - Redhead. Jim Backus as Tyler Fitzgerald. Dennis Watlington - Cab driver. Jonathan Winters as truck driver, Lennie Pike. Paul D'Amato - Sergeant. Spencer Tracy as Captain Culpepper. Helen Tomko - Helen. Algernon Hawthorne.

Joe Strnad - Bingo caller. Col. Jack Scardino - Cold old man. Terry-Thomas as Lt. Victoria Karnafel - Sad-looking girl. Phil Silvers as Otto Meyer. - Wedding man. Dick Shawn as Sylvester Marcus, Emmaline's brother.

Christopher Colombi Jr. Mickey Rooney as gambler, Ding Bell. Joe Grifasi - Bandleader. Russell Finch. Richard Kuss - Linda's father. Dorothy Provine as Emeline Marcus-Finch, wife of J. Mary Ann Haenel - Stan's girl. Russell Finch.

Amy Wright - Bridesmaid. Marcus, mother-in-law of J. Mady Kaplan - Axel's girl. Ethel Merman as Mrs. Pierre Segui - Julien. Buddy Hackett as gambler, Benjy Benjamin. Rutanya Alda - Angela. Peter Falk as a cab driver.

Shirley Stoler - Steven's mother. Jimmy Durante as Smiler Grogan. Chuck Aspegren - Axel. Sid Caesar as dentist, Melville Crump (a role originally meant for Ernie Kovacs before his death in a car accident). George Dzundza - John. Russell Finch. Meryl Streep - Linda. Milton Berle as edible seaweed salesman, J.

Christopher Walken - Nick Chevotarevich. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as a cab driver. John Savage - Steven. Edie Adams as Monica Crump, wife of Melville Crump. John Cazale - Stanley 'Stosh'. Robert De Niro - Michael Vronsky, "Mike".

Barry Spikings - producer. Marion Rosenberg - associate producer. John Peverall - producer. Michael Deeley - producer.

Michael Cimino - producer. Joann Carelli - associate producer.