The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American film directed by Michael Cimino, following a group of Pennsylvania steelworkers whose lives are shattered when three of them are captured and forced to play Russian roulette as prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. The film is structured around a wedding and hunting trip before the war and a wrenching return afterward, contrasting small town ritual with the war's psychological devastation. It won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and is widely regarded as one of the most significant American films made about the Vietnam War.
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Who won an acting Oscar for The Deer Hunter and who else was nominated?
Christopher Walken won Best Supporting Actor; Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep were nominated but did not win.
Christopher Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter. Two of his castmates were also nominated for it: Robert De Niro in the Best Actor category and Meryl Streep in the Best Supporting Actress category. Neither of them won, because the film's five wins did not include either of those categories.
Did The Deer Hunter win every Oscar it was nominated for?
It was nominated nine times and won five.
No. The Academy's own Oscars site lists nine nominations for The Deer Hunter and five wins. The wins were Best Picture, Directing for Michael Cimino, Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, Film Editing for Peter Zinner and Sound.
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The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers (inspired by Cimino's real-life Belarusian-American friend) whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War.
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is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino
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The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American film directed by Michael Cimino, following a group of Pennsylvania steelworkers whose lives are shattered when three of them are captured and forced to play Russian roulette as prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
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The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers (inspired by Cimino's real-life Belarusian-American friend) whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War.
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The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers (inspired by Cimino's real-life Belarusian-American friend) whose lives are upended by fighting in the Vietnam War.
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Director
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Director.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Picture
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Picture.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Sound
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Sound.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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