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Director:
Writer:
Michael Cimino (writer)
Release Date:
19 November 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
What one loves about life are the things that fade. more
Plot:
Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill attempts...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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5 nominations
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What did Hollywood have against Heaven?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 (as Roseanne Vela) | |
| Mary Catherine Wright | ... | Nell (as Mary C. Wright) | |
| Nicholas Woodeson | ... | Small man |
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Also Known As:
Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (USA) (complete title)
The Johnson County Wars (USA) (original script title)
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The Johnson County Wars (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
149 min (re-cut) | 219 min (original cut)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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Dolby (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Singapore:M18 |
UK:X (original rating) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Australia:M |
Germany:12 (video rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 (cut) |
USA:R
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This film is notorious for the amount of animal abuse that took place during production. Actual cockfights, decapitated chickens and physical torture of horses including at least four deaths are all proven to have taken place. The outcry prompted the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) to contractually authorize the American Humane Society to monitor the use of all animals in all filmed media.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Despite music and a yard full of waltzing couples, several 360-degree panning shots at the Harvard commencement ball show that there is no orchestra.
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Quotes:
Billy Irvine:
James, do you remember the good gone days?
James Averill: Clearer and better, every day I get older.
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James Averill: Clearer and better, every day I get older.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004)
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Soundtrack:
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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I was expecting this movie to be a stinker but I wanted to see for myself, but I was surprised how good of a movie this was. I know longer movies often don't do well at the box office but why this was pulled and not allowed to be viewed by the public is beyond me. It maintained my interest throughout and the scenery and photography is breathtaking at times. The plot was good and the morality play was a good one. I liked the realism which was along the lines of "Unforgiven". I had to rent this movie to see it but it was definitely worth it.