The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

Director: Michael Cimino | Genre: Drama, War

Released: 1978 | Runtime: 183 min


An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.


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The Deer Hunter Quotes

  • Michael : Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own.
  • Nick : I don't think about that much with one shot anymore, Mike.
    Michael : You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.
  • Julien : When a man says no to champagne, he says no to life.
  • Stan : How does it feel to be shot?
    Michael : Don't hurt. That's what you wanna know. And how it's been, doing OK.
    Stan : Yeah, same thing. Nothing's changed. I'm getting more ass than a toilet seat and Axel here, he's getting fatter than ever.
  • Julien: When a man says no to champagne, he says no to life.
  • Michael: I'll tell you, Nick. You're the only guy I go hunting with, you know. I like a guy with quick moves and speed. I ain't gonna hunt with no assholes.
  • Michael: Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own.
  • Nick: I like the trees, you know? I like the way that the trees are on mountains, all the different... the way the trees are.
  • Stan: How does it feel to be shot?
    Michael: Don't hurt. That's what you wanna know. And how it's been, doing OK.
    Stan: Yeah, same thing. Nothing's changed. I'm getting more ass than a toilet seat and Axel here, he's getting fatter than ever.
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