The Deer Hunter Script – Scripts on Screen

Meryl Streep Scripts

Meryl Streep has a career of over 40 years and is considered by many one of the greats. She has been nominated for an oscar 17 times and won 3 times. The following is her filmography and links to scripts when available

(1977) Julia Script
(1978) The Deer Hunter Script
(1979) Manhattan Script
(1979) The Seduction of Joe Tynan
(1979) Kramer vs. Kramer Script
(1981) The French Lieutenant’s Woman Script
(1982) Still of the Night
(1982) Sophie’s Choice
(1983) Silkwood Script
(1984) Falling in Love
(1985) Plenty
(1985) Out of Africa Script
(1986) Heartburn Script
(1987) Ironweed
(1988) A Cry in the Dark
(1989) She-Devil
(1990) Postcards from the Edge
(1991) Defending Your Life
(1991) Age 7 in America
(1992) Death Becomes Her Script
(1993) The House of the Spirits
(1994) The River Wild
(1995) The Bridges of Madison County Script
(1996) Before and After
(1996) Marvin’s Room
(1998) Dancing at Lughnasa
(1998) One True Thing
(1999) Music of the Heart Script
(2001) A.I. Artificial Intelligence Script
(2002) Adaptation Script
(2002) The Hours Script
(2003) Stuck on You
(2004) The Manchurian Candidate Script
(2004) Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2005) Prime
(2006) A Prairie Home Companion
(2006) The Music of Regret
(2006) The Devil Wears Prada Script
(2006) The Ant Bully Script
(2007) Dark Matter
(2007) Evening
(2007) Rendition
(2007) Lions for Lambs
(2008) Mamma Mia!
(2008) Doubt Script
(2009) Julie & Julia Script
(2009) Fantastic Mr. Fox Script
(2009) It’s Complicated Script
(2010) Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
(2011) The Iron Lady Script
(2012) Hope Springs
(2013) August: Osage County

The Deer Hunter

Year:1978

Director:Michael Cimino

Written by:Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Deric Washburn (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

The Deer Hunter Script Resources:

The Deer Hunter Script PDF at Script Slug
The Deer Hunter Script PDF at CineFile
The Deer Hunter Script at The Daily Script
The Deer Hunter Script at Screenplays For You
The Deer Hunter Script at IMSDb
The Deer Hunter Script PDF - 6/7/77 FINAL 5TH DRAFT. at Script City ($)
The Deer Hunter Script PDF - (EARLY) 1/28/77 LOCATION DRAFT. *missing 3 pgs. at Script City ($)
The Deer Hunter Script PDF - [1/28/1977] [miss sc. 127,128,204,205] at Script Fly ($)
The Deer Hunter Script PDF - [5th 5/28/1977] at Script Fly ($)
The Deer Hunter Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Top 7 Vietnam Film Scripts

Vietnam: the war that divided a country, gave birth to hippies, and started a new music revolution. Despite what people may feel about the war, Vietnam was the starting point for a lot of changes. Gone are the days when Americans used to band together during a time of war. Now there are protestors who believe more in themselves than in following orders.

Given this change of perspective, a Vietnam war film is much different than the patriotic war films of the World War 2 era. These films show gritty life, pessimistic outcomes, and psychological damage to the full extent. There are many great films that have been inspired by the anti-war movement and the Vietnam war, but none so much as the ones listed here.

By reading these scripts, a person will learn how to write a war script that brings out the psychological harm, personal struggles and indecision that was prevalent during the Vietnam war.