Some Well-Connected Movies
Dog Day Afternoon

A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
1975
John Cazale
actor
Silent Running

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
1972
Michael Cimino
writer
New York, New York

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.
1977
Robert De Niro
actor
The Deer Hunter
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
1978
Christopher Walken
actor
John Cazale
actor
John Savage
actor
Michael Cimino
writer
Michael Cimino
director
Robert De Niro
actor
Heaven's Gate

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a sheriff born into wealth attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
1980
Christopher Walken
actor
Salvador

An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
1986
John Savage
actor
Heaven's Gate

1980
Michael Cimino
director
Heaven's Gate

1980
Michael Cimino
writer
Raging Bull

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.
1980
Robert De Niro
actor