Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision

by Charles Elton

Book Overview

The first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided filmmaker Michael Cimino--and a reevaluation of the infamous film that destroyed his career

The director Michael Cimino (1939-2016) is famous for two films: the intense, powerful, and enduring Vietnam movie The Deer Hunter, which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 1979 and also won Cimino Best Director, and Heaven's Gate, the most notorious bomb of all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419747118
• ISBN13: 9781419747113
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"