A scene from The Deer Hunter 1978
Steven Pushkov

Hey, look at that! Whoa! What the hell is that?

Michael Vronsky

Where? Oh yeah. Holy shit! You know what that is? Those are sun dogs.

Peter "Axel" Axelrod

What does it mean?

Michael "Mike" Vronsky

It means a blessing on the hunter sent by the great wolf to his children.

Stanley

What the **** are you talking about?

Michael "Mike" Vronsky

No, it's an old Indian thing.

In this scene

PA Peter "Axel" Axelrod Chuck Aspegren
Steven Pushkov John Savage

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