Heaven's Gate, Kris Kristofferson's character "James Averell" (based on Jim Averill).Which Cimino film has the Harvard sherriff?
Heaven's Gate, Kris Kristofferson's character "James Averell" (based on Jim Averill).Which Cimino film has the Harvard sherriff?
The main thing is that Michael Cimino is someone who has great ideas for scenes but does not know how to make a coherent story from them, he needs other writers to turn his ideas into a screenplay that can be filmed.Oh, okay, makes sense. With the thread drift about The Deer Hunter, I kinda wasn't thinking about the main topic of the thread. Thanks.
Had this film been saved Hollywood would have likely been very different. As a result of this film's failure directorial freedom was curtailed in favor of greater studio control, and a number of big budget flicks that were passed over might have been made
Can you expand on how you can get Arthur Krim & co to stay on? I'm guessing the POD would involve the feud with the Transamerica brass not happening or something similar.
Thanks, this makes a lot of sense. My best-case scenario for this is Heaven's Gate being lukewarmly received when it's released, but for it to later be rehabilitated by cinephiles, similar to Leone's Once Upon A Time in the West (probably my favorite film of all time, by the way).Deer Hunter was based on the screenplay The Man Who Came to Play set in Las Vegas, which is where the Russian Roulette scene comes from.
Sure, Transamerica agrees in 1977 to spin out UA. Probably in the form of a management buyout. Looks something like a combo UA/Orion line up with Bond and Rocky being the money earners.
However if Orion is formed and Heaven’s Gate is only a moderate loss/success you get Transamerica Films alas, so keep that in mind if you want the UA name still around.
I have in my unfinished Timeline, Step by Step, notes on a Version of Heaven Gate which was made in place of "The Deer Hunter".
Clint Eastwood is casted in place in the place of Kris Kristofferson. He does not tolerate the multiple takes . Cimino behavior get so bad that Eastwood takes over the film as a uncredited Director.
The Film is much tighter. It run less then 2 hours and you can see the events of the final fight.
Cimino films the roller-disco scene first, the investors are like WT absolute F?!! and kill the project. Later on, someone sane picks up the script and red-pencils it into a watchable movie...
I’m amazed that Jaws needed something like this, for it’s a great yarn with suspense and adventure:. . . and starting the editing process before the film wraps up, that is what saved Jaws Spielberg had the editor Vrena Fields fly out to cut the film that had already been shot and that helped shaped the movie.
I’m amazed that Jaws needed something like this, for it’s a great yarn with suspense and adventure:
Human vs. Beast, the Quest, and a core of main characters you can count on the fingers of one hand.
What’s not to work out?
See, I kinda absolutely love the roller disco![]()
about Jaws (1975)IIRC the problem was the mechanical shark, which gave them other problems throughout the shoot, looked really bad.