Michael Cimino

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The Deer Hunter

Kris Kristofferson and Isabelle Huppert stand together outside a rustic stone building in a scene from the film Heaven's Gate.

Michael Cimino

American director

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  …in the Vietnam War, in Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978) earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor. He also appeared in Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980). He starred as a mercenary in The Dogs of War (1980) and performed a song-and-dance number in the musical Pennies from Heaven…
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  …in the Vietnam War, in Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978) earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor. He also appeared in Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980). He starred as a mercenary in The Dogs of War (1980) and performed a song-and-dance number in the musical Pennies from Heaven…
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