Description Based on a novel by E.M. Corder, the story follows three friends from a Pennsylvanian steelworks who leave to fight in Vietnam, and the effects of war on their friendship.
| Credits | | Producer: | Barry Spikings, John Peverall, Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley | | Score Composer: | Stanley Myers |
Editorial Reviews "...The film remains intense, powerful and fascinating for more than three hours....The acting, throughout, is outstanding. Walken's performance is a marvel..." Variety - Hege. (11/29/1978)
Included in the New York Times's "10 BEST FILMS OF 1978" New York Times - p.II:1 - Vincent Canby (12/31/1978)
"...A big, awkward, crazily ambitious, sometimes breathtaking motion picture that comes as close to being a popular epic as any movie about this country since THE GODFATHER....[Streep] gives a smashing film performance..." New York Times - p.C5 - Vincent Canby (12/15/1978)
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