Besides his grim, moving tale of the Vietnam War, Cimino will be remembered for the budget-busting failure Heaven’s Gate released not long thereafter in the 1980s. Michael Cimino, who directed the Oscar-winning Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter but then saw his career fade with a big-money box office flop, died Saturday at the age of 77. The Deer Hunter received nine Oscar nominations and won five, including best picture and best director. Besides his grim, moving tale of the Vietnam War, Cimino will be...Michael Cimino, who directed the Oscar-winning Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter but then saw his career fade with a big-money box office flop, died Saturday at the age of 77. The Deer Hunter, released in 1978, was a gut-wrenching tale of a group of American friends in Pennsylvania whose lives were scarred by the Vietnam War.

Source: Hindustan Times July 03, 2016 08:26 UTC