Continuity: The boys go deer hunting somewhere in the Appalachians, but the geology is all wrong. That scene is in North Cascades National Park in Washington State.
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Mistakes
During the long wedding scene, while Michael watches Linda on the dance floor, the level of the beer in his glass goes up and down several times. See more...
Trivia
To acquire the withdrawn, hollowed-out look of his character, Christopher Walken ate nothing but bananas and rice. See more...
The Deer Hunter (1978)
starring Christopher Walken, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro (add more)
The Deer Hunter mistakes
Continuity: During the long wedding scene, while Michael watches Linda on the dance floor, the level of the beer in his glass goes up and down several times.
Continuity: When the movie starts all of the friends go out to a bar. The pool ball changes position depending on the angle.
The Deer Hunter trivia
To acquire the withdrawn, hollowed-out look of his character, Christopher Walken ate nothing but bananas and rice.
John Cazale was very ill when filming began and because of this his scenes were filmed first. The director Michael Cimino knew that Cazale was dying of cancer but the studio did not. When they found out, they wanted to replace Cazale. The actor sadly died after filming was completed.
The wedding scene at the church took five days to film and the producers used an actual priest.