This notoriously disastrous picture was deemed both an artistic and financial failure.

Eager from his success of 'The Deer Hunter' two year's prior, director Michael Cimino's box office mega-flop is charged with killing off the Western movie genre after the four-hour long film received widespread criticism. Despite being pulled and re-released months later, the damage had been done and became one of the biggest failures in cinema history.

It is also often cited as the cause of the now-familiar 'No animals were harmedÂ…' disclaimer after the $40 million movie was marred by mass allegations of animal cruelty and deaths.