Episode 47: THE DEER HUNTER

This week, we discuss our final Vietnam film, Michael Cimino's 1978 epic The Deer Hunter. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage play three steel town friends whose lives are changed forever when they depart for Vietnam.

Also starring Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter won the Best Picture Oscar for 1978. It ranks #23on our countdown.*

Join us next week for Alfred Hitchcock's only Best Picture winner, Rebecca from 1940.

Spoiler Alert: We talk about the movie in its entirety, so if you haven't yet seen it, check it out. Or not. That ball is in your court.

*What is this list?

We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and its Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several different lists that rank the ninety-four winners of the Best Picture Academy Award in a rough attempt to get a consensus. It is not intended to be rigorous or definitive. It's just a framework to guide our journey through cinema history.