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The Deer Hunter (1978)
Meryl Streep received a Best Support Actress Oscar nomination for her breakthrough role in Michael Cimino's harrowing Vietnam epic. Unfazed by the Hollywood clout of her co-stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Cazale (to whom she became engaged), she played the girlfriend of a Vietnam-bound steelworker with extraordinary self-assuredness.
IN PICTURES: Robert De Niro's greatest roles
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