Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004)
Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" stands as one of the most influential and important films of all time; one that changed the movie industry in ways nobody ever expected. "Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate" is a captivating, cutting, and thorough look at the long production and crushing failure of the epic film that destroyed a great motion picture studio.
Director: Michael Epstein
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Kris Kristofferson as Self |
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Jeff Bridges as Self |
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Brad Dourif as Self |
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Vilmos Zsigmond as Self |
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Willem Dafoe as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Michael Epstein | Director |
| Camera | Michael Chin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Joel Goodman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Steven Bach | Writer |
| Sound | Jeff Meese | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Michael Epstein | Writer |
| Editing | Penny Hays | Editor |
| Sound | Scott Harber | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ken Hahn | Sound |