Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate is more than a movie; since its release in 1980, the title and legendary extravagances of the writer/director have become synonymous with Hollywood failure. The film’s cost and extremely poor box office are blamed for the collapse of United Artists, a debacle chronicled by author Steven Bach in Final Cut. Now, when a summer blockbuster can easily cost more than $150 million dollars, and some bomb miserably, the brand on Heaven’s Gate seems unfair. Cimino
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