the deer hunter

Uncovering Curiosities: Michael Cimino’s THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

The ‘70s were a great time for movies. It was a time when the studio system was in ruins and a group of maverick filmmakers rose-up from the crumbled remains and delivered a run of films that changed the course of cinema forever. One of these [...]

July 27, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Michael Cimino & Clint Eastwood On The Set Of THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

Michael Cimino made his directorial debut with 1974’s Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, a film which manages to walk the thin line between the auteur driven filmmaking of the 1970s and a Clint Eastwood star vehicle. Eastwood’s style of movie may be [...]

March 21, 2021

40 Years On: New Trailer And Poster For THE DEER HUNTER

It’s been 40 years since Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter hit screens. The success of the film led to Cimino being given carte blanche for Heaven’s Gate, a film which would almost destroy a studio (United Artists) and bury the era [...]

June 20, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Clint Eastwood And Jeff Bridges Are THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

June 23, 2014