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Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino


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  • The Sicilian
  • The Sicilian review by from Lincolnshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Sicilian Masterpiece 28 May 2005
    ...You must watch this film - the prequel to The Godfather trilogy, directed by Michael Cimino (winner of an oscar for The Deerhunter) and full of a cast of quality, experienced...   Read customer review

Michael Cimino - filmography


  • The Sunchaser (1996)
    Starring: Woody Harrelson,  Jon Seda,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Michael Reynolds is a rich oncologist who has a $175,000 sports car, a multi-million dollar home, and a new boost in his career. Brandon 'Blue' Monroe is a dying patient who kidnaps Reynolds. They are going to a legendary Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in. Soon the men get closer in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 20 members
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  • Desperate Hours on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Mickey Rourke,  Mimi Rogers
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fast-paced thriller starring Mickey Rourke as a psychotic killer on the run. When Michael Bosworth (Rourke) takes the wealthy Cornell family hostage, the various members are forced to reassess their lives and relationships. The father (Anthony Hopkins) gradually builds up the mental strength to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 42 members
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  • The Sicilian (1987)
    Starring: Terence Stamp,  John Turturro,  Richard Bauer
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of Salvatore Giuliano, the outlaw hero who took on the state, church, and mafia, in an attempt to win Sicily's independence from Italy. Giuliano won the support of the people but was soon betrayed by those close to him. Based on the novel by 'Godfather' author Mario Puzo and directed by ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 325 members
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  • Year Of The Dragon on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Mickey Rourke,  John Lone,  Ariane
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Best known for his 1978 film The Deer Hunter or perhaps the less-successful Heaven's Gate, director Michael Cimino turned to this fast-paced actioner set in an authentic (back lot) Chinatown. This thriller stars a rogue Polish-American cop (Mickey Rourke) out to not only keep Chinatown safe for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 580 members
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  • Heaven's Gate (1980)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love, Ella Watson. Both men find themselves questioning their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 233 members
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  • The Deer Hunter - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Rutanya Alda,  John Savage,  Shirley Stoler
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Three friends from a Pennsylvanian steelworks, Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken), volunteer for service in Vietnam. Over the course of the war the trio are captured by the Vietcong and forced to play Russian Roulette for their captors' entertainment. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,298 member
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  • The Deer Hunter on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Rutanya Alda,  John Savage,  Shirley Stoler
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 33,800 members
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  • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Catherine Bach,  Geoffrey Lewis,  Gary Busey
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Clint Eastwood, fleeing from a couple of ex-partners who think he has run off with the swag from a previous heist, teams up with Jeff Bridges, a drifter who helps him out. When they are finally caught up with, Bridges somehow persuades the ex-partners to commit the same robbery again, but the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,408 members
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  • Magnum Force - Blu-ray (1973)
    Starring: Kip Niven,  Hal Holbrook,  Mitchell Ryan
    Director: Ted Post
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Clint Eastwood returns in the sequel to his smash hit cop movie 'Dirty Harry'. This time round Harry seems to have met his match in a group of renegade San Francisco law enforcers who are using policing methods which even he considers to be beyond the pale. As drugs bosses, pimps and other street ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 953 members
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  • Magnum Force on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Kip Niven,  Hal Holbrook,  Mitchell Ryan
    Director: Ted Post
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Clint Eastwood returns in the sequel to his smash hit cop movie 'Dirty Harry'. This time round Harry seems to have met his match in a group of renegade San Francisco law enforcers who are using policing methods which even he considers to be beyond the pale. As drugs bosses, pimps and other street ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,093 members
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  • Silent Running on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Cliff Potts,  Bruce Dern,  Ron Rifkin
    Director: Douglas Trumbull
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Bruce Dern stars as the caretaker of a greenhouse located on a group of space stations that are sent into orbit. The Earth has been stripped clean of foliage, and the greenhouse contains the last remaining greenery from the planet. Dern's staff includes three human beings and a trio of endearing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,748 members
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  • The Desperate Hours (1955)
    Starring: Martha Scott,  Fredric March,  Dewey Martin
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the novel and play by Joseph Hayes, which in turn was inspired by an actual event, The Desperate Hours is the prototypical family-trapped-by-criminals drama. Escaped convicts Humphrey Bogart, Robert Middleton and Dewey Martin, seeking an appropriate hideout until they can make contact with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 514 members
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Michael Cimino facts

5 most recent films

The Sunchaser - 3.0 stars
Desperate Hours - 2.5 stars
The Sicilian - 2.5 stars
Year Of The Dragon - 3.0 stars
Heaven's Gate - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Deer Hunter - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Magnum Force - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Deer Hunter - 3.5 stars
Magnum Force - 3.5 stars
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Desperate Hours - 2.5 stars
The Sunchaser - 3.0 stars
The Sicilian - 2.5 stars
Year Of The Dragon - 3.0 stars
Heaven's Gate - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Walken - 10 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 9 times - show films
George Dzundza - 9 times - show films
John Savage - 9 times - show films
Shirley Stoler - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ted Post - 2 times - show films
Douglas Trumbull - 1 times - show films
William Wyler - 1 times - show films