Heaven's Gate Research Paper

Introduction Heaven’s Gate is the name of the 1980 American epic Western motion picture that was directed and written by the late Michael Cimino. Heaven’s Gate is regarded as one of the biggest box office flops of all time. It was also initially considered as one of the worst films ever made. The film opened up to very poor reviews and made a huge loss with regards to budget. The effect of its failure was the collapse of its parent company, United Artists, as well as the destruction of the reputation of its director, Cimino, who was previously considered a rising Hollywood director thanks to his Oscar-winning 1978 film, The Deer Hunter. There has been significant interest in the film due to the positive reviews that some critics have given it in the decades since its release. In this regard, this essay examines Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate and argues that it was a failure due to time overruns, bad production due to cost, bad press such as animal abuse allegations, poor characterization, and allegations of Cimino’s overbearing directorial methods.
Plot Summary The film is loosely predicated on the
It recounts the story of the County War and depicts a made-up dispute between the European immigrants and the land barons in Wyoming in the 1890s. Heaven’s Gate is regarded as one of the biggest box office flops of all time. It was also initially considered as one of the worst films ever made. The film was a failure because of time overruns, bad production due to cost, bad press such as animal abuse allegations, poor characterization, and allegations regarding Cimino’s overbearing directorial methods. The effect of its failure was the collapse of its parent company, United Artists, as well as the destruction of the reputation of its director, Cimino, who was previously considered a rising Hollywood director thanks to his Oscar-winning 1978 film, The Deer