Heaven's Gate (1980)
November 19, 1980Release Date
Heaven's Gate (1980)
November 19, 1980Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kris Kristofferson
James Averill
Christopher Walken
Nathan D. Champion
John Hurt
Billy Irvine
Sam Waterston
Frank Canton
Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
Ronnie Hawkins
Major Wolcott
Paul Koslo
Mayor Charlie Lezak
Geoffrey Lewis
Trapper Fred
Richard Masur
Cully
Rosie Vela
Beautiful girl
Mary Catherine Wright
Nell
Nicholas Woodeson
Small man
Stefan Shcherby
Big man
Waldemar Kalinowski
Photographer
Terry O'Quinn
Captain Minardi
Jack Conley
Morrison
Margaret Benczk
Mrs. Eggleston
Jim Knobeloch
George Kopestonsky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak
Tom Noonan
Jake
Marat Yusim
Russian Merchant
Aivars Smits
Michael Kovach
Gordana Rashovich
Mrs. Kovach
Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in new suit
Allen Keller
Dudley
Caroline Kava
Stefka
Mady Kaplan
Kathia
Anna Thomson
Little Dot
Mickey Rourke
Nick Ray
T Bone Burnett
Heaven's Gate Band
Patricia Hodges
Jessie
Kevin McClarnon
Arapaho Brown
Kai Wulff
German Merchant
Steven 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
John DeCory - Skating Violinist / Original Music Composer
David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached Mercenary / Stunts
Paul D'Amato
Bearded Mercenary
Peter Osusky
Peter
Ivan Kormanik
Ivan
Michael Christensen
Robert Steingart - Juggler
Anatoli Davydov
Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant
Nina Gaidarova
Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife
Wally McCleskey
Chicken Fighter
Gary Vezane
Canton's Bodyguard
H.P. Evetts
Wolcott's Bodyguard / Stunts
Bruce Morgan
Miner - Mercenary
Bobby Faber
Class Marshal - Harvard
Judi Trott
Irvine's Girlfriend
Willem Dafoe
Willy (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett
Morrison's Sentry (uncredited) / Stunts
Juli Erickson
Refugee (uncredited)
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
William Reynolds
Editor / Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Joann Carelli
Producer / Music Supervisor
Charles Okun
Executive Producer
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Tom Rolf
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Denis O'Dell
Executive Producer
Michael Cimino
Screenplay / Director
Tambi Larsen
Production Design
Thomas R. Burman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Spencer Deverell
Art Direction
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Jerry O'Dell
Makeup Artist
Tom Hoerber
Makeup Artist
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist
Christine Allsopp
Makeup Artist
Maurice Fowler
Art Direction
Verne Caruso
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
J. Allen Highfill
Costume Design
Eleanor Fazan
Choreographer
Michael Grillo
Assistant Director
Brian W. Cook
Assistant Director
Jan Kiesser
Camera Operator
Michael Gershman
Assistant Camera
Eric Engler
Assistant Camera
Ken Nishino
Assistant Camera
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Terry Needham
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Capps
Second Assistant Director
Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director
Cis Corman
Casting Director
Tony Gaznick
Casting Director
Jane Hallaren
Casting Director
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Debbie Evans
Stunts
Walter Scott
Stunts
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
C. Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Editor
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey
Sound Editor
Malcolm Davies
Sound
James Camomile
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 19, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 37m
Content RatingR
Budget$44,000,000
Box Office$3,484,331
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American epic Western film written and directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, and Joseph Cotten. Loosely based on the Johnson County War, it revolves around a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s.
Cimino's follow-up to his critically acclaimed film The Deer Hunter (1978), the film's production faced numerous setbacks, including cost overruns, significant retakes, bad press (including allegations of animal abuse on set), and rumors about Cimino's allegedly authoritarian directorial style. Cimino had an expensive and ambitious vision for the film, pushing the film nearly four times over its planned budget.
After its premiere in November 1980, the film received significant critical backlash, prompting United Artists to pull it from theaters. In April 1981, a truncated re-cut version of the film was released, though it remained a financial failure, earning only $3.5 million against its $44 million budget, and was subsequently condemned as one of the worst films ever made. According to some film historians, such as Peter Biskind, the film's financial failure resulted in the demise of director-driven film production in the American film industry, steering back toward greater studio control of films.In the decades since the release, however, general assessment of Heaven's Gate has become more favorable. The 1981 re-edit has been characterized as "one of the greatest injustices of cinematic history", while later re-edits have received critical acclaim. In 2015, BBC Culture ranked Heaven's Gate 98th on its list of the 100 greatest American films of all time.