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Heaven's Gate

Cast

Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Isabelle Huppert View All

Crew

Michael Cimino (Screenplay), Michael Cimino (Director) View All

Release: Nov. 19th, 1980

Runtime: 3 hours, 39 minutes

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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0 Heaven's Gate: Thank God We Have Penitentiaries!

Pryor once had a great bit of prisons. An immortal punchline was "thank God we got penitentiaries!" Well, I just watched Heaven's Gate. The Digitally Restored Director's Cut. Per Wikip...

5 Heaven's Gate marked the end of personal filmmaking.

I earnestly believe (as well as numerous others) that Heaven's Gate marked the end of personalised filmmaking in American cinema. The repercussions of that prodigious flop is still conspicuous across ...

38 Do you feel that Heaven's Gate deserves a critical reassessment?

There appears to be some strong opinions in regards to Heaven's Gate and whether or not it is worthy of a critical reassessment. To be perfectly honest, I find it a terribly dreary and unremarkable...

3 The Gate... No, that's not it.

Hi Years ago I saw film that was (at the time) more scary than others. It was about a few children who found a hole in their backyard. The hole was placed under a tree, I remember that much, but...

33 The Ninth Gate

Since I have the new title of Critic I think I will review some stuff. I think this movie sucks. Not even worth renting....

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Citizen Rules
In the film the war is reduced to more simply terms with the hungry immigrants eating the ranchers cattle thus earning the ranchers wrath.

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mark f
The film is about the Johnson County Wars of Wyoming in 1892, and the scenery is impressive and makes you feel as if you were close to Heaven's Gate, but in this version, there's just as much hellfire as anything.