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Heaven's Gate (1980)

R (US) | USA | English, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, French, Polish, German, Ukrainian | 219 min

Directed by: Michael Cimino

6.3

In 1890 Wyoming, James Averill is the Sheriff of Johnson County, which is largely inhabited by foreign immigrants. The wealthy cattle owners view the immigrant farmers as a nuisance and hindrance to them enlarging their own land. The cattlemen's association, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, effectively declares war on the immigrant farmers and gets the state government's blessing. They assemble an army of guns-for-hire and, backed by the U.S. Cavalry, set out to rid the state of the immigrants. James Averill's heart is with the immigrants, but he doesn't think they have a chance of winning the inevitable war.

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Awards

Oscar 1982

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Nominated

Palme d'Or 1981

Palme d'Or

Nominated

Cast & Crew

Michael Cimino

Director

Kris Kristofferson

Averill

Christopher Walken

Champion

John Hurt

Irvine

Sam Waterston

Canton

Brad Dourif

Mr. Eggleston

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Heaven's Gate (Modern Trailer)

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Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (Part 5 of 8)

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Roller Rink Dance Scene - Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980)

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Release Date

USA

(New York City, New York, premiere)

1980-11-18

USA

(limited)

1980-11-19

USA

(Los Angeles, California, edited version, premiere)

1981-04-23

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Heaven's Gate

(Original title)

La puerta del cielo

Argentina

Heaven's Gate

Australia

Parent Guide

This movie is not extremely violent but still there is quite a lot of violence in it and it is shown in a very brutal, realistic way and often starts abruptly.

This movie involves real animal violence. Cimino allegedly had chickens killed and horses bled from the neck to gather samples of their blood to smear on the actors, and also allegedly had a horse blown up with dynamite while shooting a battle sequence, the shot of which made it into the film.

A man is beaten in the street by two men: one of the main characters beats the two men to make them stop. The face of the man they beat up is very bloody.

A man is shot in the stomach with a shotgun. A large bloody wound is left gaping in place of his stomach.

A woman is raped.

A man is shot in the ear with a rifle, with bloody results and his face is later seen covered with blood. Hard to watch.

A man is shot at least four times with bloody results, he is seen spitting blood before he dies. Quite graphic.

A man is shot a certain number of times by a squad of men with rifles. Several bullet wounds appear in his chest and head. Prior to this, another man was shot many times with some blood shown.

A man's throat is cut open. No blood but the wound is visible though.

A woman is raped. Two of the rapists are killed later in the same scene. No blood.

Three women at least are seen lying dead, with some bloody injuries on their bodies. Quite disturbing.

A man is shot in the head in retaliation for the previously mentioned rape. The entry wound is clearly seen on his forehead.

People are seen fist fighting with each other.

Many people are shot to death during a battle scene. Some blood is visible at times but not all deaths are graphic though.

A woman puts a gun in her mouth and blows the back of her head off causing blood and brain matter to spray. Quite graphic.

A high body count towards the last hour, some deaths aren't that graphic and happen real fast, others are bloody and some a bit gruesome(this includes a man whose legs are crushed by the wheels of a carriage and killed by a woman who thus ends his sufferings).

A man and a woman are shot at the very end of the film,with bloody impacts seen on both their bodies. Two of the murderers are shot right after this happens by the main character. Some blood shown but this happens so fast that one can miss it.

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