Oscar Winning Movies

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

1978 - The Deer Hunter: "A deer's gotta be taken with one shot"

1978 Best Picture

Premiered December 8, 1978 in LA

Budget 15 Million

Gross N/A

We have had many movie center around war. From All Quiet On The Western to Mrs Miniver to Best Year's Of Our Lives to Patton. This movie takes all of what we seen about war and post war America and throws it away. This was a hardened look at torture and the PTSD that the GIs experienced. The movie centers around Russian Roulette. The Americans were forced to participate as POWs but they continue to play after they escape. The movie is tragic and heavy. It leaves the viewer feeling depressed. It does show why so many soldiers came back from Vietnam with so many personal issues.

Joel
Favorite: I enjoyed watching the guys escape from the prison and their attempt to get back to safety. It was suspenseful.
Least Favorite: Godfather pushed the limits on violence and hard content. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest pushed the limits on foul language. This movie saw the line and went WAY past it. It was the most disturbing, violent movie I have ever seen and in some scenes, every other word is a profanity  One character only uses profanity the entire movie.


Callie
Favorite: It opened me up to a whole different cultural world. 
Least Favorite: It was so hardcore that it left me feeling so heavy with nothing redeemable about it.

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