Heaven's Gate

1980 · 217 min · EN · R · 6.7 (310 votes)

Dir. Michael Cimino · Starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert · Music David Mansfield

“What one loves about life are the things that fade.”

DramaWesternRomance

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.

VIBE

A visually stunning, sprawling epic of ambition and doomed idealism. It feels vast and beautiful, yet tinged with a profound sadness. A slow, deliberate burn that culminates in a tragic, operatic finale.

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