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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.
Apr 24, 1981 · A sheriff defends immigrant farmers from rich cattlemen in Wyoming during the Johnson County War. IMDb rating 6.7/10, nominated for 1 Oscar, with Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt and more.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Michael Cimino
- 1981-04-24
Directed by Michael Cimino, Heaven’s Gate is a sweeping and controversial film about the Johnson County War of 1892. The Criterion edition features the full director’s cut, interviews, essay, and restoration of the sound and image.
- James Averill
A bleak anti-western about the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, where a sheriff and a gunslinger clash over immigrant farmers and a woman. The film depicts the brutal conflict, the corruption of the wealthy cattle interests, and the moral dilemmas of the characters.
Dec 4, 2015 · Two-and-a-half hours into Michael Cimino’s epic Western, Heaven’s Gate, a band of townsfolk bustles into a hotel room to wake up a dead-drunk federal marshal (Kris Kristofferson).
Heaven's Gate. This ambitious frontier epic features a lawman (Kris Kristofferson) and a hitman (Christopher Walken) who fight in a tragic class war between ranchers and starving immigrants. 1,510 IMDb 6.7 2 h 30 min 1981. X-Ray R. Western · Drama · Passionate · Malicious. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase.
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Roger Ebert calls "Heaven's Gate" a notorious, wasteful, and ugly film that fails to demystify the West. He criticizes its visual texture, editing, acting, and plot, and compares it to "Paint Your Wagon".