Heaven's Gate

HD 11.0 217 min.

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.

Genre: Drama, Western

Release: Nov. 19, 1980

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Cotten, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Koslo, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Masur, Mary Catherine Wright, Nicholas Woodeson, Terry O'Quinn, Jack Conley, Robin Bartlett, Tom Noonan, Caroline Kava, Mickey Rourke, T Bone Burnett, Willem Dafoe, Anna Levine