The Deer Hunter film was based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The 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.
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John savage behind the scenes of The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Robert De Niro, Michael Cimino behind the scenes of The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Christopher Walken behind the scenes of The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Meryl Streep in The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Robert De Niro behind the scenes of The Deer Hunter (1978)
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