
Heaven's Gate
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Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., 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.
Released: 1980
Category: movie
Running time: 218 min
Language: English
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CinemaSerf
"Averill" (Kris Kristofferson) is from wealthy stock, a Harvard graduate, and a decent man who takes up a job as a sheriff in rural Wyoming. Most of the town's population have fled persecution and pov...

adorablepa...
Has any film undergone the level of critical turnaround afforded HEAVEN'S GATE (1980) since its initial banishment and failure? Nearly four decades removed from the vitriol and scorn heaped upon, not ...

Wuchak
***Cimino’s epic Western about the Johnson County War, unjustly lambasted by critics***
With the government’s blessing, cattle barons in Wyoming circa 1890 hire an army of mercenaries to kill claim...

John Chard
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Barbed wire and women are the two greatest civilising agents in the world.
Heaven’s Gate is written and directed by Michael Cimino and stars Kris Kristofferson, Christopher ...
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