Heavens Gate is infamous at the movie which bankrupted United Artists and reined in the excesses of the 70s auteurs. Director Michael Cimino, hot off the Oscar-winning success of The Deer Hunter was given free rein and budget to bring to life this sprawling Western, loosely telling the story of the 1892 Johnson County Wars…
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot is one of the great ‘buddy’ movies of the 70s. The idea of a mis-matched ‘bromance’ comedy-thriller is certainly nothing new, but there was a slew of these type of films released around the same year (Freebie And The Bean, Scarecrow). Subsequent movies in the genre include Midnight Run, 48 Hours, Lethal…
The Deer Hunter
I’ve posted elsewhere about lousy films that were promoted with great posters. This is the other way around – great film, really awful (IMHO) poster! This is the UK quad original release poster. I’m not a huge fan of photographic posters in any case, but what really bugs me about this poster is that the…