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Heaven's Gate (19-Nov-1980)
Director: Michael Cimino Writer: Michael Cimino Music by: David Mansfield Producer: Joann Carelli Keywords: Western Western epic follows a standoff between land barons and European immigrants in 19th-century Wyoming.
ABSTRACT
Emboldened by the critical and commercial success of The Deer Hunter, director Michael Cimino pushed ahead with Heaven's Gate, a mammoth period piece detailing a semi-historical battle between moneyed cattle barons and impoverished European immigrants in 1890s Wyoming. Saddled with production delays and an out-of-control budget owing to the perfectionist tendencies of its creator, Heaven's Gate was a failure with Western-averse audiences and domestic critics, though somewhat better received by Europeans. The director's cut is not without its merits; it is still easy to figure out why this picture nearly single-handedly killed "auteur"-heavy New Hollywood.
CAST | Kris Kristofferson | ... Averill | | | Co-Starring | | Christopher Walken | ... Champion | | John Hurt | ... Irvine | | Sam Waterston | ... Canton | | Brad Dourif | ... Mr. Eggleston | | Isabelle Huppert | ... Ella | | Joseph Cotten | ... The Reverend Doctor | | | Also Starring | | Jeff Bridges | ... John L. Bridges | | | with | | Geoffrey Lewis | ... Trapper | | Paul Koslo | ... Mayor Charlie Lezak | | Richard Masur | ... Cully | | | Ronnie Hawkins | ... Wolcott | | Roseanne Vela | ... Beautiful Girl | | Mary C. Wright | ... Nell | | Nicholas Woodeson | ... Small Man | | Stefan Shcherby | ... Big Man | | Waldemar Kalinowski | ... Photographer | | Terry O'Quinn | ... Capt. Minardi | | John Conley | ... Morrison | | Margaret Benczak | ... Mrs. Eggleston | | James Knobeloch | ... Kopestonsky | | Erika Petersen | ... Mrs. Kopestonsky | | Robin Bartlett | ... Mrs. Lezak | | Tom Noonan | ... Jake | | Marat Yusim | ... Russian Merchant | | Aivars Smits | ... Mr. Kovach | | Gordana Rashovich | ... Mrs. Kovach | | Jarlath Conroy | ... Mercenary in New Suit | | Allen Keller | ... Dudley | | Caroline Kava | ... Stefka | | Mady Kaplan | ... Kathia | | Anna Levine | ... Little Dot | | Pat Hodges | ... Jessie | | Mickey Rourke | ... Nick Ray | | Kevin McClarnon | ... Arapaho Brown | | Kai Wulff | ... German Merchant | | Steve Majstorovic | ... Czech Merchant | | Gabriel Walsh | ... Zindel's Clerk | | Norton Buffalo | ... Private | | Jack Blessing | ... Emigrant Boy | | Jerry Sullivan | ... Governor of Wyoming | | Jerry McGee | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | Cleve Dupin | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | Stephen Bruton | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | Sean Hopper | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | David Mansfield | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | T-Bone Burnett | ... Heaven's Gate Band | | David Cass | ... Moustached Mercenary | | Paul D'Amato | ... Bearded Mercenary | | Peter Osusky | ... Peter | | Ivan Kormanik | ... Ivan | | Michael Christensen | ... Juggler | | Anatoly Davydov | ... Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant | | Nina Gaidarova | ... Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife | | Wally McCleskey | ... Chicken Fighter | | Gary (Buzz) Vezane | ... Canton's Bodyguard | | H. P. Evetts | ... Wolcott's Bodyguard | | Bruce Morgan | ... Miner (Mercenary) | | Bobby Faber | ... Class Marshal (Harvard) | | Judi Trot | ... Irvine's Girl Friend |
REVIEWS Review by Jack McCord (posted on 29-Apr-2008) Heaven's Gate is an overlooked gem, born in ignominy because it ran over budget so. But it is actually one of the most interesting Westerns ever filmed, and probably gets closer to the truth of the actual American west than most westerns do.
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