Four-Star Films : ‘The Deer Hunter’
The impact of the Vietnam War on American lives is the theme of Michael Cimino’s 1978 epic. Cimino and his writers do it justice, centering on several young men from a bleak Pennsylvania steel town. What lingers in the memory about this remarkable film--which introduced Meryl Streep--is not so much the brutal experiences the friends undergo in Vietnam as how ethnic working-class people struggle to square away their love for their country with its role in Southeast Asia. With Robert De Niro, pictured, Christopher Walken, John Savage and the late John Cazale (TNT Sunday at 9 p.m.)
Other four-star films airing this week:
Double Indemnity / AMC, Monday, 3 a.m.
The Long Voyage Home / Bravo, Monday, 1 p.m.
My Darling Clementine / AMC, Tuesday, 3 p.m., and Wednesday, 12:15 a.m.
The 400 Blows / Bravo, Tuesday, 11:35 a.m. and 8:05 p.m.
The Big Sleep / TMC, Thursday, 7:10 a.m
All the King’s Men / A&E;, Friday, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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