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Journey to the End of Hell
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The Travel Poster At the End of Hell immerses you in a poignant and moving adventure, which takes you to the heart of the Vietnam War. The film is a true cinematic masterpiece, which explores with great sensitivity the themes of friendship, camaraderie, loyalty and survival in extreme circumstances. Director Michael Cimino gives us a gripping vision of war, showing both the horror and beauty that can coexist in the most difficult of times. The cast, including Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep, deliver exceptional performances that are sure to tug at your heartstrings. “Journey to the End of Hell” is a film that will make you experience a whole range of emotions: joy, sadness, anger and hope, to name just a few. You won't come away from this one-of-a-kind cinematic experience unscathed.
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Description of this Journey to the End of Hell Poster
Journey to the End of Hell is a 1978 epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers whose lives are turned upside down after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh and in Vietnam.
The film was based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who purchased the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, along with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and setting it in the Vietnam War. The film went over budget and over schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. EMI Films, which produced the film, released the film internationally while Universal Pictures handled its distribution in North America.
Journey to the End of Hell received critical and public acclaim, with praise for Cimino's direction, the performances of its cast (particularly De Niro, Walken, Cazale and Streep), and its script, its realistic themes and tones and its cinematography. It was also successful at the box office, grossing $49 million. At the 51st Academy Awards, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won five: Best Picture, Best Director for Cimino, Best Supporting Actor for Walken, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. The film marked Meryl Streep's first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).
Despite the film's critical praise and Academy Award success, some of the industry's most prominent critics mocked what they saw as The Deer Hunter's simplistic, bigoted, and historically inaccurate depictions of the Viet Cong and the position of America in the Vietnam War. The central theme of the Viet Cong forcing American captives to play Russian roulette was widely criticized as having no basis in history, a claim that Cimino denied but did not refute with documentary evidence.
It has been featured on lists of the best films ever made, such as being named the 53rd greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007 in their 10th anniversary edition of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie List. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
In late 1968, three friends from a close-knit Slavic American community in western Pennsylvania – Mike, Steven and Nick – work at a steel mill and hunt deer with their co-workers Axel, Stan and John. Mike, Steven and Nick prepare to leave for military service in Vietnam. Steven is engaged to Angela, who was secretly impregnated by another man. Mike and Nick are close friends who live together and both love Linda, who will move in with her to escape her alcoholic father. While dancing at Steven and Angela's wedding, Linda accepts Nick's spontaneous marriage proposal. Nick implores Mike to make sure he comes back from Vietnam. Mike, Nick and their friends go on one last deer hunt. Mike kills a deer with a single shot.
In Vietnam in early 1969, Mike, an airborne Green Beret, comes across Nick and Steven in a village, but the three are imprisoned by the Viet Cong in a cage on the River Kwai and forced to participate in games of Russian roulette during that the jailers bet. Steven shoots himself to the ceiling and is forced into a cage with dead people and rats. Mike convinces his captors to put three bullets in the cylinder of the revolver; Nick and Mike then use the gun to escape.
The trio floats down the river but Nick's leg is shot off; they are rescued by an American helicopter, but Steven falls back into the river. Mike falls to help Steven while Nick flies away. Steven's legs were broken in the fall, so Mike carries him until they encounter refugees fleeing to Saigon.
Nick is being treated in an American military hospital. Once released, Nick now suffering from PTSD, wanders into a gambling den. French businessman Julien persuades him to enter. Upset, Nick interrupts a game of Russian roulette, pulling the trigger on himself. Mike is present as a spectator, but Nick and Julien leave in a hurry.
In 1970, Mike returned home, but was unable to integrate into civilian life. He avoids a welcome party, choosing to stay alone in a hotel. He visits Linda and learns that Nick has deserted. Mike then visits Angela, who is now the mother of one, but who slipped into catatonia after the return of Steven, who is an invalid. Stan, Axel and John don't understand anything about the war or what Mike went through. Linda and Mike find comfort in each other's company. Mike is unable to shoot a deer during a hunting trip and is outraged when Stan cavalierly threatens Axel with his pistol. Mike only goes around and fires an empty chamber at Stan's head.
Mike visits Steven at a veterans hospital; both of Steven's legs were amputated and he lost the use of one arm. Steven refuses to come home, saying he's not coming home anymore. He tells Mike that he regularly receives large sums of money from Vietnam. Mike intends for Nick to be the source of these payments and forces Steven to return to Angela's house. Mike returns to Vietnam looking for Nick. Walking around Saigon, which is now in a state of chaos shortly before its fall, Mike finds Julien and persuades him to take him to the gambling pit. Mike finds himself face to face with Nick, who has become a professional in the macabre game and does not recognize Mike. Mike tries to bring Nick to his senses, but Nick, who is now addicted to heroin, is indifferent. During a game of Russian roulette, Mike invokes memories of their hunting trips. Nick remembers Mike's "one shot" method and smiles before pulling the trigger, killing himself.
Mike and his friends attend Nick's funeral, and the atmosphere at their local bar is dark and silent. Moved with emotion, John begins to sing "God Bless America" in Nick's honor, as everyone joins in.
