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A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Language
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $49,000,000
English,
Français,
Pусский,
Tiếng Việt
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $49,000,000
Keywords
vietnam war
vietnam veteran
small town
suicide
vietnam
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
escape
pennsylvania, usa
saigon
friends
russian roulette
wedding
deer hunting
steel worker
anti war
revolver
drunkenness
viet cong
romantic triangle
friends love same woman
prisoner of war camp
slavic american
Casts

Robert De Niro
Michael Vronsky

Christopher Walken
Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

John Cazale
Stan

John Savage
Steven Pushkov

Meryl Streep
Linda

George Dzundza
John

Rutanya Alda
Angela
Pierre Segui
Julien

Amy Wright
Bridesmaid

Richard Kuss
Linda's Father

Joe Grifasi
Bandleader
Dennis Watlington
Cab Driver

Shirley Stoler
Steven's Mother
Chuck Aspegren
Axel
Mary Ann Haenel
Stan's Girl
Mady Kaplan
Axel's Girl

Paul D'Amato
Sergeant
Christopher Colombi Jr.
Wedding Man
Victoria Karnafel
Sad Looking Girl
Jack Scardino
Cold Old Man
Joe Strnad
Bingo Caller
Helen Tomko
Helen
Charlene Darrow
Red Head
Jane-Colette Disko
Girl Checker
Michael Wollet
Stock Boy
Robert Beard
World War Veteran
Joe Dzizmba
World War Veteran
Stephen Kopestonsky
Priest
John F. Buchmelter III
Bar Patron
Frank Devore
Barman
Tom Becker
Doctor
Lynn Kongkham
Nurse
Nongnuj Timruang
Bar Girl

Po Pao Pee
Chinese Referee
Dale Burroughs
Embassy Guard
Parris Hicks
Sergeant
Samui Muang-Intata
Chinese Bodyguard
Sapox Colisium
Chinese Man
Vitoon Winwitoon
NVA Officer
Somsak Sengvilai
V.C. Referee
Charan Nusvanon
Chinese Boss
Jiam Gongtongsmoot
Chinese Man At Door
Chai Peyawan
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Mana Hansa
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Sombot Jumpanoi
South Vietnamese Prisoner
Phip Manee
Woman In Village
Ding Santos
V.C. Guard
Krieng Chaiyapuk
V.C. Guard
Ot Palapoo
V.C. Guard
Chok Chai Mahasoke
V.C. Guard

Joel Thingvall
Steel Worker (uncredited)

Gary A. Jones
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Crews
Peter Zinner
Editor
Cis Corman
Casting

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

Michael Cimino
Producer
Michael Deeley
Producer

Barry Spikings
Producer

Michael Cimino
Director
John Peverall
Producer
Ron Hobbs
Art Direction
Frank 'Cat' Ballou
Transportation Coordinator
Donald A. Bolger
Boom Operator
Gus Basso
Greensman
Stephen Katz
Dolby Consultant

Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
George Stokes
Construction Coordinator
Mickey Woods
Construction Coordinator
Harold McConnell
Leadman

Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Frank Ernst
Location Manager
M.R. Boonyalak Sukawasdi
Location Manager
Eric Seelig
Costume Supervisor
Arthur Dunne
Transportation Coordinator
Kim Swados
Art Direction
June Samson
Script Supervisor
Teri E. Dorman
Sound Editor
Rick Martens
Gaffer
Frank M. Reale
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Del Acevedo
Makeup Artist
Wynn Hammer
Still Photographer
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Katrina Franken
Still Photographer
Fred Schuler
Camera Operator
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
James Fritch
Sound Editor
Dieter Ludwig
Still Photographer
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Robert Werden
Unit Publicist
Claude Binyon Jr.
Production Manager
William L. McCaughey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Greer Cavagnaro
Still Photographer

Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Deric Washburn
Screenplay
Louis Garfinkle
Story
Deric Washburn
Story

Quinn K. Redeker
Story

Michael Cimino
Story

Troy Melton
Stunts
Keith Kelsay
Assistant Camera

Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
John Williams
Theme Song Performance
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