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We begin with a fundamental question: Why is “Heaven’s Gate” so painful and unpleasant to look at? I’m not referring to its content, but to its actual visual texture: This is one of the ugliest films I have ever seen. Its director, Michael Cimino, opens his story at Harvard, continues it in Montana, and closes it abroad a ship.
Apr 24, 1981 · Heaven's Gate: Directed by Michael Cimino. With Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston. During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Dec 4, 2015 · There are five-star reviews all over the DVD box, and the film was ranked at number 98 in BBC Culture’s poll of the 100 greatest American films. But the director’s painstaking methods also...
271 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Unfairly Maligned. evanston_dad 2 May 2005. Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" is certainly not without its problems, but it's hard to believe, now that the historical context in which the film was released is long past, that it received such a rough drubbing when it came out 25 years ago.
Heaven's Gate Reviews. An epic western in which Cimino portrays a panorama of injustice and class struggle, with a beauty close to a Frederic Remington canvas, but whose narrative...
Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle ...
276 User reviews. 137 Critic reviews. 57 Metascore. Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 9 nominations total. Videos 2. Trailer 1:17.
Epic but brutal Western has nudity, sexual violence. Read Common Sense Media's Heaven's Gate review, age rating, and parents guide.
A breathtaking depiction of the promise and perils of America’s western expansion, Heaven’s Gate, directed by Michael Cimino, is among Hollywood’s most ambitious and unorthodox epics.
Accolades. See also. References. External links. Heaven's Gate (film) Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American epic Western film written and directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, and Joseph Cotten, and loosely based on the Johnson County War.
