The Deer Hunter (1978)
Directed by Michael Cimino
Steelworker friends from a Pennsylvania mill town hold a wedding and one last deer hunt in the mountains before shipping out to Vietnam, where captivity scars them; one returns home, one is lost in Saigon.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Mill and wedding≈ 00:01:00Clairton, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
After a shift at the steel mill the friends celebrate Steven's wedding before they leave for Vietnam.
- 2Deer hunt≈ 00:55:00Mountains of western PennsylvaniaInferred
The friends drive into the mountains, where Michael brings down a deer with one shot.
- 3Riverside prison camp≈ 01:10:00VietnamInferred
Captured by the Viet Cong, the three are forced to play Russian roulette until Michael engineers an escape.
- 4Military hospital and gambling den≈ 01:35:00Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), VietnamStated on screen
- 5Homecoming≈ 01:52:00Clairton, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
- 6Gambling den during the fall of Saigon≈ 02:35:00Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), VietnamStated on screen
- 7Funeral and wake≈ 02:52:00Clairton, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 85,514 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 85,052 km
- Helicopter: 402 km
- Car: 60 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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