Michael Cimino
Heaven's Gate
Edition 1986
219'
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1980
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Western, Drama, Adventure
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Dialogue:
Ukrainian, German, Russian, Polish, French, Serbo-Croatian, English
Director:
Michael Cimino
Composer:
David Mansfield
With:
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt
In 1890 Wyoming, James Averill is the Sherriff of Johnson County, which is largely inhabited by foreign immigrants. The wealthy cattle owners view the immigrant farmers as a nuisance and hindrance to them enlarging their own land. The cattlemen's association, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, effectively declares war on the immigrant farmers and gets the state government's blessing. They assemble an army of guns-for-hire and, backed by the U.S. Cavalry, set out to rid the state of the immigrants. James Averill's heart is with the immigrants, but he doesn't think they have a chance of winning the inevitable war.
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Credits
Director
Michael Cimino
Composer
David Mansfield
With
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt
Scenario
Michael Cimino
Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman, Gerald B. Greenberg, William Reynolds
Producer
Joann Carelli
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Dialogue
Ukrainian, German, Russian, Polish, French, Serbo-Croatian, English
Countries of production
United States of America
Year
1980