Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from a small industrial town in Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries his girlfriend Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time In Vietnam and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hands of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. The Deer Hunter started life as an unproduced screenplay about Russian roulette in Las Vegas called "The Man Who Came to Play" by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker. The script was rewritten by writer / director Michael Cimino and American screenwriter Deric Washburn, who re-set the film in Vietnam. The movie won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Picture. (Viewer Advice : This Program Contains War Themes, Violence And Coarse Language)