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Love The Happy Hobo, edgar. Odd, because the only dog that ever bit me was called Hobo. In my mind's eye, I can still see the marks on my wrist.
Today is this famous director's birthday. He is Michael Cimino, and my favorite movie by him was The Deer Hunter.
First, a brief summary.
Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborne infantry of Vietnam. So they all celebrate a goodbye at Steven's wedding and they leave to Vietnam, where they are captured by the enemy and forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. They escape and return home, but their lives are forever changed. Nick stays in Vietnam, Michael returns to Linda, and Steven is handicapped after losing a leg in the war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGSXflBoWU
In the end, when when he didn't shoot the deer, I burst into tears.