The truth about this film
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Heaven's Gate
jerrynick30 — 11 years ago(January 08, 2015 12:20 AM)
I just watched the movie, and I was surprised at how good it was. I expected it to suck as it supposedly destroyed Hollywood, and it was actually quite good. So I watched the making of.
The UA executives admitted they didn't know what they were doing. They sure didn't. They could have told Cimino, you get 12 million dollars, and if you don't finish the film, that's too bad. He would have done it cheaper. He was a talented guy, but he needed a good producer to put him on a leash. So their company was really brought down by incompetent executives. Not wanting to take the blame, they blamed the director, and basically destroyed Hollywood creatively. Look at Hollywood now. Its a joke.
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android_movie — 11 years ago(February 01, 2015 10:28 AM)
Cimino was out of control and was a bomb waiting to explode. If he didn't screw up this movie he surely would have screwed up eventually. Deer Hunter was a lucky shot look at all the other movies he had directed since Heaven's Gate and they were all crap.
Show me the holes! -
Outstandingness — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 03:51 AM)
Wrong. Cimino was well aware of his clout after the success of Deer Hunter and took advantage of it. Read the book Final Cut before you make final judgement. They tried everything to make it work and Cimino was an imbecile before filming ever began. The executives can't bail on a movie at the first sign of trouble. It's their job to make it work. Directors show signs of egomania all the time, it's practically in the job description. There was no way they could know how bizarre he'd become.