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Heaven's Gate (1980)
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston
Runtime218 min
RatingR
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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.
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Heaven's Gate, directed by Michael Cimino, was a critical and commercial failure upon its initial release in 1980, with many critics panning the film's excessive runtime and bloated production costs. However, it has since been reevaluated by some film experts as an underrated, ambitious work that deserves a reappraisal. The film has an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 51%, indicating a mixed audience reception.
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Heaven's Gate, the 1980 epic Western directed by Michael Cimino, is a visually stunning and thematically complex film that offers a deep exploration of class conflict and the harsh realities of frontier life. With powerhouse performances from Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, and Sam Waterston, this film provides a captivating character study set against the backdrop of a sweeping historical drama.
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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. It revolves around a dispute between land barons and European immigrants of modest means in Wyoming in the 1890s.
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