Heaven's Gate
By
Michael CiminoDuration
216 MIN
Language
English
Subtitles
French
Country
United States
Year
1980
Synopsis
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
Michael Cimino
Music
David Mansfield
Editing
Lisa Fruchtman
Gerald B. Greenberg
William Reynolds
Cinematographer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Screenplay
Michael Cimino
Cast
John Hurt
Kris Kristofferson
Christopher Walken
Sam Waterston
Art direction
Spencer Deverell
Maurice Fowler
Original Title
Heaven's Gate
French Title
La porte du paradis
