heaven's flop
michael cimino had a surprize hit when he directed the deer hunter. this early success folled cimino (as it's fooled other hollywood geniuses) into thinking he had the golden tough.
in 1980m cunubi decuded ti naje tge eouc wester heaven's gate, spending an epic budget to do it. he dug himself a deep hole by shooting a million feet of film (ten times as much film as most movies require). when that didn't work, he kept going and shto another half million.
the epic result: a film that bombed at the box office, destroyed cimino's reputation, and along with it, the fortunes of the United Artists movie studio.
in 1980m cunubi decuded ti naje tge eouc wester heaven's gate, spending an epic budget to do it. he dug himself a deep hole by shooting a million feet of film (ten times as much film as most movies require). when that didn't work, he kept going and shto another half million.
the epic result: a film that bombed at the box office, destroyed cimino's reputation, and along with it, the fortunes of the United Artists movie studio.