Having never seen the movie Heaven's Gate itself, I've always been fascinated by the tale of woe concerning the studio involved-United Artists-and especially the director who made it-the now-late Michael Cimino. He declined to an interview here so what we see of him is from his interview with Gene Shalit on the "Today" show. Among the actors interviewed from the movie are Brad Dourif, Kris Kristofferson, and Jeff Bridges who now owns some of the sets from the Montana location. Willem Dafoe made his debut (uncredited) in the movie and does the narration here. Of the UA executives interviewed, the most fascinating was from Steven Bach who eventually wrote the book about the thing called Final Cut which I read and thought was fascinating if longish. Of Cimino's other films, I've seen and liked The Deer Hunter and Year of the Dragon. I also have a DVD of Thunderfoot and Lightfoot which I hope to watch and review next...