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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.
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).
Jul 11, 2014 · “Heaven’s Gate” died an utterly spectacular death at the box office. United Artists, going into damage control, released a two and a half hour version of the film, but to no avail. Cimino immediately became a pariah in the world that once celebrated his talents.
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.
- James Averill
Cimino presented a five-and-a-half-hour edit of a total 220 hours—nearly one million feet—of film. After a recut to make it shorter at 205 minutes, Heaven’s Gate still drew reactions so negative that it was withdrawn after its premiere.
Sep 3, 2021 · Only an exceptionally brave American movie would dare to make that point, and Heaven’s Gate fits that bill. The movie’s ending is particularly perfect. After a nauseatingly bloody battle, the Stock Growers Association stand on the verge of defeat… until they are saved by the US Cavalry.
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.
