Michael Cimino’s epic failure of a motion picture Heaven’s Gate is credited with/blamed for sinking the United Artists film studio. Some claim it was a masterpiece. Me? My wife-to-be and I saw it on our first date back in 1981. The date was fine, the movie was awful.
The documentary Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate tells the story of how the movie came to be the disaster that it was. It’s in 8 parts on YouTube:
- Part 1 – Final Cut
- Part 2 – Final Cut
- Part 3 – Final Cut
- Part 4 – Final Cut
- Part 5 – Final Cut
- Part 6 – Final Cut
- Part 7 – Final Cut
- Part 8 – Final Cut
Trailer for the film Heaven’s Gate