The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro

[Jimdo]

To the guy that added the imfdb link, I applaud you.
I didn't know such a thing existed. Thanks.

 

[Jack O'Conner]

444:

Steubenville tried to attract tourists with their wall murals back in 1980's. Did it ever pan out? Years ago, I hunted with my Dad at a 10 acre orchard near Wintersville. Steep country and plenty of deer.

Mingo Junction is a town of peeling paint, rusted out cars, and closed businesses. The Follansbee coke plant fillled the air with sulfur odor from coal crushing operations. Mingo Jct. seems like a crappy town to me. But some people probably love it there.

Further north, is the small town of Calcutta, Ohio. Dad used to call it the tip of the spear. He was referring to West Virginia right across the Ohio River. Wooded areas outside of Calcutta looked promising but I've never hunted there.

Jack

 

[444]

That whole area is dead.
For a century or so they manufactured steel. Steel towns arn't senic.
But the steel industry moved over-seas in the 70s. They have basically nothing to offer. To my mind, they never lost the steel mindset. When I am back there now, I see that they don't know how to make the most of what they have. Instead of trying to be like other cities, they need to take what they have and make it work. It is a beautiful place in my opinion. Compared to where I live now, the people are almost saints.

Yeah, if you are looking for glitz and glamor, then you arn't going to find it there.

 

[simonkenton]

I live in the Appalachian Mountains. In fact, the highest mountain east of the Mississippi is right outside my window, I am looking at it right now.

I don't know where they filmed those hunting scenes, but they had to cross either the Mississippi River, or the Atlantic Ocean to do it.

 

[Johnny Guest]

You go where the scenery is best, not necessarily authentic.

See Internet Movie DataBase, The Deer Hunter

toward the bottom of the first screen, there's a section called Fun Stuff. Then, under "Goofs," they include:

Errors in geography: The hunting scenes supposedly taking place in the Appalachian Range are obviously filmed elsewhere: The Appalachians are a smooth rolling range, but the scenes show towering, jagged peaks. The scenes were filmed in the Cascade Range, clear across the country.

For more specifics, look at the left margin, under "Other Info," click on "filming locations." Amongst MANY other locales, it shows:

Mount Baker, Washington, USA
(Allegheny Mountains deer hunt)

Nooksack Falls, Mount Baker, Washington, USA
(Michael releases the deer)

Whatcom County, Washington, USA

Me, I wonder if there's some back story as to why they used an elk for most of the deer scenes. Could it have been a foundling, adopted into a family of deer?