Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven''s Gate, and the Price of a Vision | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
A01=Charles Elton
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Charles Elton
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=APFB
Category=BGF
COP=United States
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch

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

4.10 (158 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Charles Elton

The first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided filmmaker Michael Ciminoand a reevaluation of the infamous film that destroyed his careerThe director Michael Cimino (19392016) 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 Heavens Gate, the most notorious bomb of all time. Originally budgeted at $11 million, Ciminos sprawling western went off the rails in Montana. The picture grew longer and longer, and the budget ballooned to over $40 million. When it was finally released, Heavens Gate failed so completely with reviewers and at the box office that it put legendary studio United Artists out of business and marked the end of Hollywood's auteur era.Or so the conventional wisdom goes. Charles Elton delves deeply into the making and aftermath of the movie and presents a surprisingly different view to that of Steven Bach, one of the executives responsible for Heavens Gate, who wrote a scathing book about the film and solidified the widely held view that Cimino wounded the movie industry beyond repair. Eltons Cimino is a richly detailed biography that offers a revisionist history of a lightning rod filmmaker. Based on extensive interviews with Ciminos peers and collaborators and enemies and friends, most of whom have never spoken before, it unravels the enigmas and falsehoods, many perpetrated by the director himself, which surround his life, and sheds new light on his extraordinary career. This is a story of the making of art, the business of Hollywood, and the costs of ambition, both financial and personal. See more
Current price €22.61
Original price €25.99
Save 13%
A01=Charles EltonAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Charles Eltonautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=APFBCategory=BGFCOP=United StatesDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€20 to €50PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Mar 2022
  • Publisher: Abrams
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781419747113

About Charles Elton

Charles Elton was a director of the Curtis Brown agency representing film directors and screenwriters in London and Los Angeles. He was an independent TV producer before becoming an executive producer of drama at ITV in England where he has been responsible for many award-winning shows. He is the author of two novels.

Customer Reviews

No reviews yet
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept