<P> 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 . </P> <P> Jan Scruggs, a Vietnam veteran who became a counselor with the U.S. Department of Labor, thought of the idea of building a National Memorial for Vietnam Veterans after seeing a screening of the film in March 1979, and he established and operated the memorial fund which paid for it . Director Cimino was invited to the memorial's opening . </P> <P> The Deer Hunter has twice been released on DVD in America . The first 1998 issue was by Universal, with no extra features and a non-anamorphic transfer, and has since been discontinued . A second version, part of the "Legacy Series", was released as a two - disc set on September 6, 2005, with an anamorphic transfer of the film . The set features a cinematographer's commentary by Vilmos Zsigmond, deleted and extended scenes, and production notes . </P> <P> The Region 2 version of The Deer Hunter, released in the UK and Japan, features a commentary track from director Michael Cimino . </P>

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