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Where is the Special Edition? FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff. empty skull, sniff.
When I attended a screening of the re-release back in 2004, the movie poster promised a lavish DVD for 2005 of this film which would include a documentary. It has been well over a year and I'm wondering where is this dvd has production on it been cancelled.

Heaven's gate FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff.
Great period movie about a little known time and place in American history.

Heaven's Gate FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY! FULL SKULL BABY!

I was fortunate enough to see the complete version during its one week run at Cinema I in NYC in November 1980. Running the same length but substantially revised and improved by Cimino for the VHS/CED/Laser versions released in the mid 1980s (and now on DVD)this is probably the version Cimino would have liked to have opened in November 1980. It's what I would call a flawed masterpiece; a one of kind film made by a director reaching beyond his grasp. The result is pure picture making. To those who say it is too long, or confusing; they should pay a bit more attention. I've seen the film over 20 times and it becomes a richer experience each time I watch it. There are no lose ends or editing problems; the issue being style. As one reviewer wrote in 1980, Cimino chose the lyrical over the narrative. By the way, the Sunday performance during which I saw it, Vilmos Zsigmond driving up from Phily where he was shooting Blow Out, also attended with his crew. Once the film was over I heard applause from his section of the theatre. Gene Siskel was also at that performance having flown in from Chicago to review the film. As I left the theatre, glancing over I saw him busily jotting down notes. I guess he was too busy filling out his score card to watch what had been up on that screen. No applause from him.
--Joseph Egan--


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