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Heaven's Gate (1980)
Directed by Michael Cimino
“What one loves about life are the things that fade.”
Drama, Western, History · 3h 37m
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.
Cast
Kris Kristofferson
James Averill
Christopher Walken
Nathan D. Champion
John Hurt
Billy Irvine
Sam Waterston
Frank Canton
Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
Ronnie Hawkins
Major Wolcott
Paul Koslo
Mayor Charlie Lezak
Geoffrey Lewis
Trapper Fred
Richard Masur
Cully
Crew
- Director
- Michael Cimino
- Writer
- Michael Cimino
- Director of Photography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Original Music Composer
- David Mansfield
- Editor
- Lisa Fruchtman, Gerald B. Greenberg, William Reynolds, Tom Rolf
- Producer
- Joann Carelli
Details
- Release date
- 1980-11-19
- Runtime
- 3h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Western, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, German
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists, Partisan Productions
- Budget
- $44,000,000
- Box office
- $3,484,331