>> hello, danny. >> "hello, danny. come and play with us." it's fantastic. >> united artists was betting $40 million on its new movie, "heaven's gate", but after two years of preparation and eight months of production, the motion picture's been yanked from american theatres after only one day. >> "heaven's gate" took almost a year to complete. director michael cimino, whose "deer hunter" film was a great success, got a free hand. his producer said he was out of control. the result? a three and a half hour bomb. >> "heaven's gate" is a stake through the heart of the auteur era in hollywood. it's the cautionary tale that's held up to say, "no, no, the studio's gonna step in here and this is not gonna be another 'heaven's gate'." and that's how you get the movies of the 1980s. >> you knew where you were when you first saw "the empire

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