15 Of The Most Ridiculous Films That Actors Should Be Ashamed Of
12. Heaven’s Gate
Books have been written and documentaries have been made about how legendarily bad this movie is.
“Heaven’s Gate” is an example of cinematic hubris that almost works as a time capsule of sorts.
It’s a movie that only could have been made in the 1970s, where big studios were giving complete creative freedom to true cinematic auteurs.
The film’s director, Michael Cimino, had just won several Academy Awards for his last film, “The Deer Hunter.” United Artists gave Cimino a huge amount of money and unlimited freedom to make his next epic.
The result is a bizarre, incomprehensible three-hour western where people dance for huge portions of its running time.
It’s been cut and recut and rereleased in several different versions since its original theatrical run, but none of them have actually been any good. Michael Cimino has barely worked in the last 40 years as a result.
It also has a variety of bizarre sound issues where it’s hard to hear the dialog for much of the film. The film was recently released in a new, third version that was recut by Cimino himself on Blu-ray and DVD by The Criterion Collection.
