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Author Topic: Memorable film(s) released on Nov. 19th Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-19-2011 06:16 PM                     Released on this day in 1980...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-19-2011 09:09 PM                        We never ran this one since it turned into such a flop, even though it was filmed in Montana. At the time it was being filmed, I went out with a girl who was an extra in it, which is my best memory about this particular movie!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-19-2011 10:22 PM                     ...and Transamerica told UA .. "goodbye, it was nice knowing yas"  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-20-2011 01:58 AM                     We didn't open it until Feburary or March of 1981, after the movie had been edited down before UA released it wider.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-20-2011 04:36 AM                     The last film ever to have Kris Kristofferson above the title.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2011 01:08 PM                        I also remember a "Come to this movie...if you don't like it, we'll give you your money back!" ad campaign. Nothing could save it, apparently!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-20-2011 02:58 PM                     Somewhere I have a scan of the New York Times review of Heaven's Gate. It was pretty scathing. If I remember correctly, the movie had just one showing at Cinema One in Manhattan (the press screening) and then was replaced with a print of Apocalypse Now. I'm not even sure if the original cut was ever publicly shown in theaters during the time of its debut.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-21-2011 05:41 PM                     Heaven's Gate was advertised in the NYC area papers for a full week. UA's Apocalypse Now was advertised as its replacement from 11/26/80. Some trade coverage and the making-of book claim it played at Cinema II for three days. I wonder what a patron would've been told by a box-office attendant if they had showed up on, say, 11/24 or 25? The engagements in Los Angeles and Toronto were cancelled. The film had been planned as a platformed, roadshow-type deal in the initial weeks of its release, much like Cimino's previous film (The Deer Hunter) had been handled.  |  IP: Logged

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