 At one point during filming, Cimino, Michael (qv) decided that the  spacing of the buildings on one of the sets didnt look right,  despite it having been built to his exact specifications. He ordered  both sides of the street razed and rebuilt at a cost of $1.2 million  over the objections of his crew (who reasoned that it would be  easier to knock down one side of the street and rebuild it twice as  far away, for half the cost).