thumb|350px|leftthumb|350px|right|In this scene Michael (De Niro) and Nick (Walken) are being forced to play russian roulette by their vietcong captors, when they offer to play the twisted game with 3 bullets inside the revolver instead of one. This movie won 5 Oscars in 1978, but somehow no best actor award for Robert De Niro (that was won by Jon Voight). I'm sure that if you watch this scene and judge his acting upon the strength of said scene, you will appreciate the injustice.
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