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To: Snowshoe who wrote (53965)	8/23/2009 1:54:58 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217705

Artists are like that. Woody Allen bankrupted Orion.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (53965)	8/23/2009 2:02:27 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217705

contributing to the collapse of its studio, United Artists, and effectively destroying the reputation of Michael Cimino. Heave's Gate was hated because it tells the western as it really happened. It had to be de-railed.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (53965)	8/23/2009 7:23:55 PM
From: TobagoJack	8 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217705

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