Search results
Box office. $3.5 million [2] 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. It revolves around a dispute between land ...
Dec 4, 2015 · It is thanks to Cimino’s perfectionism that Heaven’s Gate is now feted as a masterpiece. There are five-star reviews all over the DVD box, and the film was ranked at number 98 in BBC Culture ...
Jan 8, 2020 · It was all part of director Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate,” a film released in 1980 that was made almost entirely in the Flathead Valley and Glacier Park region and would live in Hollywood infamy as one of the biggest flops ever, losing United Artist’s studio about $37 million — a huge amount at the time. We recently watched all 3 ...
Jul 30, 2013 · Any hope that three decades of distance might’ve allowed for a fresh take on Michael Cimino’s studio-bankrupting 1980 western were dashed when at least two UK b
The resulting battle is based on the bloody real-life Johnson County War of 1892. Also starring Isabelle Huppert and Christopher Walken, Heaven’s Gate is a savage and ravishingly shot take on western movie lore. This release presents the full director’s cut, letting viewers today see Cimino’s potent original vision.
- James Averill
Jan 28, 2013 · Heaven’s Gate (Director: Michael Cimino/1980) A by-word for years for excess and directorial indulgence, in recent years and in particular after Cimino’s re-envisioning was unveiled at the Venice Film Festival in 2012, critics seem to be moving towards a re-evaluation of the film, that, if stopping short of the tag of a misunderstood masterpiece, is a lot more positive than the venomous ...
People also ask
Who starred in Heaven's Gate?
Is Heaven's Gate based on a true story?
How much did it cost to film Heaven's Gate?
Is Heaven's Gate a good movie?
Was 'Heaven's Gate' filmed in English?
Is Heaven's Gate a masterpiece?
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.
