who won the academy award for the deer hunter
John Peverall Michael Deeley Peter Zinner William L. McCaughey Michael Cimino Barry Spikings Richard Portman Aaron Rochin C. Darin Knight Christopher Walken
title: The Deer Hunter text: nomination (for Best Supporting Actress); she would go on to become the most nominated actor in history. In 1996 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and was named the 53rd greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007 in their 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. In the small working class town of Clairton, Pennsylvania, in late 1967, steel workers Mike Vronsky, Steven Pushkov, and Nick Chevotarevich, with the support of their friends title: The Deer Hunter text: Man Who Came to Play" by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. The film went over-budget and over-schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. The scenes depicting Russian roulette were highly controversial after the film's release. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michael Cimino, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, and marked Meryl Streep's first Academy Award title: The Deer Hunter text: the question of whether this conclusion was meant ironically or not – "as a critique of patriotism or a paean to it". The film's initial reviews were largely positive. It was hailed by many critics as the best American epic since Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather". The film was praised for its depiction of realistic working class settings and environment; Cimino's direction; the performances of De Niro, Walken, Streep, Savage, Dzundza and Cazale; the symphonic shifts of tone and pacing in moving from America to Vietnam; the tension during the Russian roulette scenes; and the themes of American disillusionment. Roger title: Christopher Walken text: artists. Walken has received a number of awards and nominations during his career, including winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Nikanor "Nick" Chebotarevich in "The Deer Hunter." He was nominated for the same award and won BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance as Frank Abagnale Sr. in "Catch Me If You Can". Walken's films have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States. Two-time Tony nominee, he has also played the lead in the Shakespeare plays "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet" and "Coriolanus". He is a popular guest-host of "Saturday title: The Deer Hunter text: film as #79 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies, #30 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, and #53 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). The film ranks 467th in the "Empire" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time, noting: Cimino's bold, powerful 'Nam epic goes from blue-collar macho rituals to a fiery, South East Asian hell and back to a ragged singalong of America the Beautiful[sic]. De Niro holds it together, but Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep and John Savage are unforgettable. Jan Scruggs, a Vietnam veteran who became a counselor with the U.S. Department of Labor,