As part of its 100th Anniversary this year, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will offer special re-issues of selected catalog titles, and the Deer Hunter Blu-ray will arrive in the March wave. Director Michael Cimino's epic drama focuses on a group of best friends (including Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver, John Savage, Hair, John Cazale, The Conversation, and Christopher Walken, King of New York) whose lives are forever changed by the uncertainty and violence of the Vietnam War.
A critical and commercial darling immediately following its release in 1978, The Deer Hunter was also a big success at the 1979 Academy Awards, winning the following Oscars:
Best Picture
Best Director: Michael Cimino
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken
Best Film Editing: Peter Zinner
Best Sound: Richard Portman, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, & C. Darin Knight
Universal's Blu-ray/DVD combo pack presents the film in its 2.39:1 original aspect ratio with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. The disc also contains the following supplements:
Deleted and extended scenes
Commentary with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and film journalist Bob Fisher
100 Years of Universal: Academy Award Winners featurette
The Deer Hunter is expected to street on March 6th.