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Heaven's Gate (1980)

Directed by Michael Cimino

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 217 minutes

Actors

Kris Kristofferson | Christopher Walken | John Hurt | Sam Waterston | Brad Dourif | Isabelle Huppert | Joseph Cotten | Jeff Bridges | Ronnie Hawkins | Paul Koslo | Geoffrey Lewis | Richard Masur | Rosie Vela | Mary Catherine Wright | Nicholas Woodeson | Stefan Shcherby | Waldemar Kalinowski | Terry O'Quinn | Jack Conley | Margaret Benczk | Jim Knobeloch | Erika Petersen | Robin Bartlett | Tom Noonan | Marat Yusim | Aivars Smits | Gordana Rashovich | Jarlath Conroy | Allen Keller | Caroline Kava | Mady Kaplan | Anna Levine | Mickey Rourke | T Bone Burnett | Patricia Hodges | Kevin McClarnon | Kai Wulff | Steven Majstorovic | Gabriel Walsh | Norton Buffalo | Jack Blessing | Jerry Sullivan | Jerry McGee | Cleve Dupin | Stephen Bruton | Sean Hopper | David Mansfield | David S. Cass Sr. | Paul D'Amato | Peter Osusky | Ivan Kormanik | Michael Christensen | Anatoli Davydov | Nina Gaidarova | Wally McCleskey | Gary Vezane | H. P. Evetts | Bruce Morgan | Bobby Faber | Judi Trott | Willem Dafoe | Loyd Catlett | Juli Erickson | Barrie Holland