Undisputed is that the project began with a spec screenplay titled The Man Who Came to Play, which was being shopped around Hollywood in 1968 by its authors, independent writer-producer Louis Garfinkle ( I Bury the Living, 1958) and character actor Quinn Redeker (a familiar face for cult film fans due to his jocular heroic turns in Spider Baby and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, 1962). Though there is little disagreement among his many collaborators regarding the genesis of Cimino's notorious box office flops - among them Heaven's Gate (1980) and his 1990 remake of The Desperate Hours (1955) - the backstory of his multiple Academy Award-winning The Deer Hunter (1978) remains clouded in mystery and no small amount of acrimony. The career of film director Michael Cimino supports the timeworn adage that success has many fathers but failure is an orphan.
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