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I was absolutely speechless when itВ came out. Joel McHale, Michael Cimino, Brec Bassinger, Chosen Jacobs & Jacob Bertrand Lead Sci-Fi Podcast 'Black Box' But I distinctly recall seeing the then-largely unknown movie, about Pennsylvania steelworkers whose lives were changed forever by the Vietnam war, at the now-defunct National Theatre in Westwood, where it played exclusively for a limited late December two week Oscar qualifying engagement. When The Deer HunterВ was released I was writing kids comedy shows for local Los Angeles TV stations. I didnвЂ™t even think much about him until hearing of his death yesterday.

#DEER HUNTER MOVIE MOVIE#

Reportedly, Universal, the filmвЂ™s distributor, thought itВ had a big three hour bomb on its hands after a disastrous Detroit sneak preview, even toying briefly with the idea of slashing the movie (fortunately that didnвЂ™t happen).В I never interviewed Cimino, never met him, never even saw him in person. If you can write off the rest of CiminoвЂ™s cinematic output after those two works (one famous, one infamous), you can NOT write off a man who was capable of making a movie as emotionally profound, gut-wrenching and meaningful still as The Deer Hunter,В one that actually almost never even played in the Oscar game that year. And while few filmmakers fell off the Hollywood mountain quite as quickly and dramatically as Cimino, the fact that he had that one big вЂњboomвЂќ should not be underestimated.

In all the obits on Michael Cimino, who died Saturday at age 77, most talked about his career trajectory from boom вЂ“ 1978 Best Picture and Director Oscar winner The Deer Hunter вЂ“В to bust вЂ“ 1980 United Artists killer HeavenвЂ™s Gate.

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