michael cimino’s multi oscar winning 1978 film about the american experience in vietnam is simply a classic! Robert de niro, meryl streep and christopher walken star. Three friends from a pennsylvanian steelworks, michael robert de niro, steven john savage and nick christopher walken, volunteer for service in vietnam. Over the course of the war the trio are captured by the vietcong. Michael cimino's epic drama won five oscars, including best picture and best director and is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made about friendship and the personal impact of war. One of its most talked about scenes is the harrowing sequence in which american pows are forced by their vietcong captors to play russian roulette.   release date  4th march 2019