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Heaven's Gate

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Heaven's Gate
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R,3hrs 40min
Genres:
Western,Drama
Released:
November 19, 1980
Director:
Michael Cimino
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert  ...more
Synopsis: A notorious artistic and financial failure, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate was blamed for critically wounding the movie Western and definitively ushering out the 1970s Hollywood New Wave of young, brash, independent filmmakers. Taking a revisionist, post-Vietnam view of American imperialism, Cimino used the historical Johnson County War incident in Wyoming to create an impressionistic tapestry of Western conflict between poor immigrant settlers and rich cattle barons led by Canton (Sam Waterston) ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
The dire financial and professional consequences Heaven's Gate visited upon its director and studio can't be disputed, but the virtues of the film itself remain more open to debate. Though unwieldy, unsatisfying, and self-indulgent to a fault -- Michael Cimino appears uncomfortable shooting a scene with fewer than fifty extras -- its excesses also bring quite a bit to admire. But first the flaws: Heaven's ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Kris Kristofferson
Marshal James Averill
Christopher Walken
Nathan D. Champion
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
Sam Waterston
Frank Canton
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