“I had always thought that Cimino had been treated really unfairly,” says the author of a new biography of the late 'Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate' helmer, once the poster boy for directorial excess.
by United Artists executive Steven Bach — also cemented Cimino’s reputation as an irresponsible spendthrift. But, says Elton, “I don’t think it’s a serious film book. It’s somebody with axes to grind.” This new book sets out to correct the record. For example, though it’s now commonly believed thatbankrupted the studio, Elton notes that United Artists actually managed a modest $22 million profit in 1980.
While Elton’s book first appears structured as a conventional biography, it ultimately plays more like a mystery novel, as the author interrogates various witnesses in search of the Rosebud that offers a key to Cimino’s hidden life. In Kalispell, Montana, where ‘Heaven’s Gate’ filmed, many of the locals, who’d been employed on the film, sported T-shirts celebrating its completion.was filmed, Elton put an ad in a local paper to see if any locals remembered the shoot and was surprised to get about 50 responses. “I had the best time in Kalispell talking to those people,” he says. “I realized how much people loved working for Cimino, who could be demanding and difficult. In L.A.
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