Heaven's Gate
The only thing greater than their passion for America... was their passion for each other.
In Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming, Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love. Both men find themselves questioning their roles in the furious conflict between wealthy landowners and European immigrants attempting to build new lives on the American frontier, which culminates in a brutal pitched battle.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Kris Kristofferson
Averill
Christopher Walken
Champion
John Hurt
Irvine
Sam Waterston
Canton
Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
Isabelle Huppert
Ella
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
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Ronnie Hawkins
Wolcott
Paul Koslo
Mayor Lezak
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David Mansfield
Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Cinematographer
