Heaven's Gate
What one loves about life are the things that fade.
19803h 37mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Romance
- Western
- History
Overview
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.
Keywords
- usa
- 19th century
- epic
- showdown
- dance
- immigrant
- wyoming
- love triangle
- brothel
- repression
- studies
- idealist
- montana
- cockfight
- marshal
- fiddler
- cock fighting
- cattle baron
- roller skating rink
- johnson county war
- wyoming, usa
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 19, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Serbian (Latin), Ukrainian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Partisan Productions
- Cast
- Kris Kristofferson,Christopher Walken,John Hurt,Sam Waterston,Brad Dourif,Isabelle Huppert,Joseph Cotten,Jeff Bridges,Ronnie Hawkins,Paul Kosloand 54 more
- Director
- Michael Cimino
- Writer
- Michael Cimino
- Producer
- Charles Okun,Joann Carelli,Denis O'Dell
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music
- David Mansfield
- Budget
- $44,000,000
- Revenue
- $3,484,331
- IMDb
- tt0080855