EPISODE · Apr 6, 2022 · 1H 8M
Heaven’s Gate (1980 Box Office Flop)
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The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the year’s biggest flop, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate. Written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Kris Kristofferson, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeff Bridges, Heaven’s Gate is one of the most notorious flops of all time.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heavens-gate-1981), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/19/arts/heavens-gate-a-western-by-cimino.html), and Peter Ackroyd in The Spectator (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-september-1981/24/arts).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz.
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The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the year’s biggest flop, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate. Written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Kris Kristofferson, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeff Bridges, Heaven’s Gate is one of the most notorious flops of all time.
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