Examines and re-evaluates the life and career of the director of the critically acclaimed film "The Deer Hunter," as well as 1980's "Heaven's Gate," the most notorious cinematic bomb of all time
Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part I: 1939-1976 -- Chapter 1: The Tarnished Coast -- Chapter 2: Coffee Moment in Malibu -- Chapter 3: The Secret World -- Chapter 4: Thunderbolt in Hollywood -- Part II: 1976-1981 -- Chapter 5: Stalking the Deer Hunter -- Chapter 6: The Body Count -- Chapter 7: Opening the Gate -- Chapter 8: The Circus Comes to Town -- Chapter 9: Kurtz in Kalispell -- Chapter 10: The Retreat from Moscow -- Chapter 11: The Violinist on Roller Skates -- Chapter 12: The Gates of Hell -- Part III: 1981-1996
Chapter 13: Footloose in Hollywood -- Chapter 14: Chasing the Sun -- Part IV: 1996-2016 -- Chapter 15: Shadow Conversations -- Chapter 16: The Woman from Torrance -- Chapter 17: Phoenix -- Chapter 18: June 30, 2016 -- Chapter 19: Wizard -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Bibliography -- Index of Searchable Terms