Heaven's Gate
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Synopsis
During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Cast
- Kris Kristofferson
- Christopher Walken
- John Hurt
- Sam Waterston
- Brad Dourif
- Isabelle Huppert
- Joseph Cotten
- Jeff Bridges
- Ronnie Hawkins
- Paul Koslo
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- Jun 5, 2018
a nation built on death, acts of genocide, corruption, capital and bitter hatred. the executions may differ but the principles remain the same, nothing really changes, the americana still remains and the poor are still being murdered, their corpses left on the battlefield…
Logan KennyHeaven’s Gate remains as great and absorbing a historical panorama as ever. The high point of Cimino’s generation often misguided Visconti love. For once the bloat is put to good use and is filled with genuine regret. Like earlier Welles this is a young man’s old man film.…
Filipe FurtadoJul 5, 2021I was eleven years old when I first laid eyes upon the lone fiddler on roller skates that corralled the onlooking-people to the sepia-toned roller rink. Then the rich folksy, blue-grass rhythms joined hands with the golden dust that bounced off the wooden floorboards. It…
Ziglet_mir - Dec 31, 2021
"Whole damn country'll be nothing but widows and orphans soon." We spend nearly a half-hour watching a Harvard graduation that stresses up and down the entitlement of the upper crust and their absurd fabrications of rituals design to create a false sense of shared…
Jake ColeJun 19, 2014Matthew Ekstrom's #5 Film Selection for Edgar Michael Cimino's disgustingly ambitious epic: - Has Kris Kristofferson. - Has Christopher Walken - Has John Hurt - Has Jeff Bridges - Has Brad Dourif - Has Mickey Rourke - Has Isabelle Huppert in all her female…
Edgar Cochran ✝️🍋Dec 18, 2012"Armor made the knight. The crown a king. What are we?" the destiny of capital vs. the rituals of men.
matt lynch - Dec 10, 2012
There is order here, not only in the obsessive compositions but in a narrative structure of mirroring symmetry not unlike that of The Deer Hunter. And yet, that arc is subtler here, loosened by the epic scope and refocused elsewhere by its surprising humility. So many…
Jake ColeJul 2, 2016To make one of the greatest films/the greatest war film of all time (The Deer Hunter) is an accomplishment enough in any director's career. To just be given the opportunity to make a monster like Heaven's Gate is something even more spectacular and to actually make it along…
Alex_LillquistAug 11, 2013Every damned scene could be cut out and made into one of the finest masterworks of painting if you wanted to. What a dark, bitter tale of injustice... that looks utterly stunning. I liked that it took its time, for the most part, but there were a few points where it…
Sally Jane Black
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- Pao dislikedHeaven's Gate
things i did during this 3.5 hour movie: full face of makeup, today’s wordle, applied to two jobs, posted on instagram, ate lunch… they could’ve done this movie in less than 2 hours and it would still be unbearably long and boring
Alex lovedHeaven's GateOne of the best western epics I’ve seen. Great acting from both Kristofferson and Walken, supported by an ensemble cast. And besides the amazing scenic views, the film showcases very graphic battles and shootouts that made it feel very raw and realistic. 10/10
Shep dislikedHeaven's GateTake my opinion with a grain of salt because I couldn’t even get through an hour of it as it was so boring, maybe it gets better later in I don’t know
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Metacritic
This movie is a study in wretched excess. It is so smoky, so dusty, so foggy, so unfocused and so brownish yellow that you want to try Windex on the screen. A director is in deep trouble when we do not even enjoy the primary act of looking at his picture.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
In depicting the Johnson County War of 1892 (immigrants versus cattle barons), Michael Cimino delivers soaring ambition and scale, but always syringed with a deep sense of regret.
Ian Freer
Empire
To his credit, Cimino renders us helpless not before carnage or greed, but before his epic’s breadth of motivation and circumstance. It’s not the past’s ugliness that terrifies us in Heaven’s Gate, but its far more intimidating immensity.
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Heaven's Gate (1980) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Heaven's Gate (1980)?
The movie is 3hr 39min long.
What's Heaven's Gate (1980) about?
During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Who's the cast of Heaven's Gate (1980)?
- Kris Kristofferson as James Averill
- Christopher Walken as Nathan D. Champion
- John Hurt as William C. Irvine
- Sam Waterston as Frank Canton
- Brad Dourif as Mr. Eggleston
- Isabelle Huppert as Ella Watson
- Joseph Cotten as The Reverend Doctor
- Jeff Bridges as John H. Bridges
- Ronnie Hawkins as Maj. Wolcott
- Paul Koslo as Mayor Charlie Lezak
Who's the director behind Heaven's Gate (1980)?
Michael Cimino directed Heaven's Gate (1980).
Who produced Heaven's Gate (1980)?
Joann Carelli produced Heaven's Gate (1980).
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