Cimino

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 time. Originally budgeted at $11 million, Cimino’s sprawling western