Aero Hosts Uncut Heaven's Gate
This entry was posted on 5/20/2008 12:00 AM and is filed under Screenings.
For those in the Los Angeles area,
a restored and uncut version of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate will screen at the
Aero Theatre
on Thursday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the venue's ongoing series of the favorite films of quasi-retired
Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas, who will introduce the screening — presumably
not raving in foaming-mouth fashion about how he needs production notes before it can begin. Cimino's sprawling, epic anti-Western, from 1980, was one of the most hotly debated films of its time, a blockbuster whose budget spiraled out of control, nearly bankrupting United Artists and hastening the embattled company's sale to MGM. Did that color its reception? Sure, you bet. Is it still a hot mess? Yes, indeed.
The uncut version, by the way? Three hours and 39 minutes, for those counting.
The
Aero Theatre
is located at 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica
. Tickets for this movie, as well as other special events, are available through
Fandango, but for 24-hour recorded
information on directions and the Aero's upcoming schedule,
phone (323) 466-FILM.
