Michael Cimino

Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped

2013-02-15 08:00:00

I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...

Cinematheque shines spotlight on director Michael Cimino

2013-01-17 06:30:00

The American Cinematheque shines the spotlight on Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino with a three-day retrospective at the Egyptian in Hollywood. Cimino worked in advertising before turning to filmmaking. He co-wrote "Magnum Force," the 1973 "Dirty...

Dino De Laurentiis: The last emperor of Hollywood producers

2010-11-11 16:32:27

Andy Albeck dies at 89; former head of United Artists

2010-10-08 00:00:00

Andy Albeck, a former longtime United Artists executive whose tenure as president and chief executive in the late 1970s and early '80s was clouded by the high-profile failure of the epic western "Heaven's Gate," has died. He was 89. Albeck died of...

Women and Power in Hollywood

2010-02-22 16:32:52

Wednesday's Highlights: Adam Richman chows down on Travel Channel

2010-03-02 21:34:34

War movies and the Oscars: It's always hell

2010-03-01 21:32:34

Steven Bach dies at 70; United Artists executive, author

2009-03-31 00:00:00

As a studio executive at United Artists, Steven Bach presided over one of the most notorious debacles in movie history -- the making of 1980's "Heaven's Gate" -- an experience he would later write about in what would become a classic in the Hollywood...

'My Blueberry Nights' to open Cannes Film Festival

2007-04-20 00:00:00

PARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition....

'Heaven's Gate' to close Lumiere festival: Classic film event to screen newly restored print

2012-09-27 01:05:08

PARIS -- A newly restored print of Michael Cimino's Western epic "Heaven's Gate" will close Lyon's Lumiere Film Festival on Oct. 21. The 1980 pic, which flopped at the U.S. box office after being heavily trimmed by United Artists, has been digitally...

Venice to fete Michael Cimino: Fest to screen 'Heaven's Gate' redux

2012-08-10 21:55:07

LONDON -- Director-screenwriter-producer Michael Cimino will be honored with Venice Film Festival's Persol Award, which recognizes the contribution of leading filmmakers. The award will be presented to Cimino at a ceremony on the Lido on Aug. 30. This...

Ken Loach to receive Lumiere Award: Grand Lyon Film Festival to fete Criterion

2012-07-12 21:45:11

PARIS -- British helmer Ken Loach will be feted with the Lumiere Award at the Lumiere 2012 Grand Lyon Film Festival, which runs Oct. 15-21. The fest, which is headed by Cannes Film Festival topper Thierry Fremaux and presided over by helmer Bertrand...

Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" screens Saturday at the Egyptian Theatre.

2013-01-13 15:36:15

Director Michael Cimino, left, talks with actor Robert De Niro, wearing beret, during a break in filming of "The Deer Hunter" on location in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sept. 11, 1977.

2012-10-17 16:10:00

Director Michael Cimino 's infamously bloated western nearly sunk the studio that made and released it, United Artists, when the $44-million production earned less than $3 million in U.S. ticket sales.

2012-03-09 12:42:02