The Deer Hunter

Questions:

1. What nationalities are the boys? (Russians or Slavic origins)

2. What does Steve’s mother refer to when he talks to the priest in church saying his son is
going to marry a “not so thin” girl? (she’s pregnant)
3. What kind of party is also the wedding reception? (farewell party)
4. What does Nick make Mike promise? (if anything happens in Vietnam, he doesn’t leave him
there)
5. What is Mike’s view on deer hunting (you have to kill the animal with one shot)
6. What superstition is connected to drinking from a dual wine cup? (the couple will have a
good life if they don’t spill any wine – the camera catches some drops on the bride’s dress)
7. After being captured, what is Mike’s plan to escape? (they play Russian roulette against each
other with three bullets)
8. Why does Mike consider abandoning Steven? (he had a mental breakdown)
9. What gives Mike the hint that Nick is still alive? (Steve reveals that someone keeps sending
him money and carved elephants from Saigon)
10. Why doesn’t Nick remember Mike or his home in Pennsylvania? ( he uses heroine and turned
into a mindless roulette player)
11. What sentence seems to make him remember? (one shot, only one shot)
12. Can we call it a war film? Is it mainly about the Vietnam War? (no, it’s more about friendships
and how the war affected it)