Silent Running Script

Script by:Deric Washburn (Screenplay), Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Steven Bochco (Screenplay)
Directed by:Douglas Trumbull
Year:1972

Plot:In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.
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The Rose Script

Script by:Bo Goldman (Screenplay), Bill Kerby (Screenplay), Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Bill Kerby (Story)
Directed by:Mark Rydell
Year:1979

Plot:Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
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The Deer Hunter Script

Script by:Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Deric Washburn (Screenplay)
Directed by:Michael Cimino
Year:1978

Plot:A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
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Heaven’s Gate Script

Script by:Michael Cimino (Screenplay)
Directed by:Michael Cimino
Year:1980

Plot:Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
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