Michael Cimino Quotes


It's silly - you go to a plastic chapel in Vegas, you get married in 10 minutes, and it takes you 10 years to get divorced.


Citations

Elton, Charles. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Epic Crash of Hollywood. Abrams Press, 2022.

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Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino
  • Born: February 3, 1939
  • Died: July 2, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Film Director · Producer, Screenwriter · Author

Michael Cimino was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and author. He achieved fame as the director of The Deer Hunter (1978), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and earned him Best Director. However, Cimino's reputation would be tarnished by his follow-up Heaven's Gate (1980), a critical failure that became one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.