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Heaven's Gate (1980)

R 11/19/1980 (US) Drama, Western, Romance 3h 37m

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What one loves about life are the things that fade.

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Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

Michael Cimino

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Kris Kristofferson

James Averill
Christopher Walken

Nathan D. Champion
John Hurt

Billy Irvine
Sam Waterston

Frank Canton
Brad Dourif

Mr. Eggleston
Isabelle Huppert

Ella Watson
Joseph Cotten

The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges

John L. Bridges
Ronnie Hawkins

Major Wolcott
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on August 4, 2019

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 claimed rustlers who, in many cases, are innocent settlers. A marshal born into wealth (Kris Kristofferson) sides with the poor immigrants in Johnson County; in his spare time he romances a French madam (Isabelle Huppert) who’s also pursued by a top enforcer of the stockmen (Christopher Walken).

“Heaven’s Gate” (1980) is Michael Cimino’s notorious adult-oriented Western that brought down a studio. C... read the rest.

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