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Heaven’s Gate is an American western first released in 1980,
directed by Michael Cimino.
The film stars Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston and Brad Dourif.
It has also been released under the title: Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Michael Cimino
- Script: Michael Cimino
- Photo: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music: David Mansfield
- Cast: 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 (Capt. Minardi), Jack Conley (Morrison), Margaret Benczak (Mrs. Eggleston), Jim Knobeloch (Kopestansky), Erika Petersen (Mrs. Kopestonsky), 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), 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 DeCoy, Heaven’s Gate band violinist), T-Bone Burnett (Heaven’s Gate band), David S. Cass Sr. (Moustached mercenary), Paul D’Amato (Bearded mercenary), Peter Osusky (Peter), Ivan Kormanik (Ivan), Michael Christensen (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), Bruce Morgan (Miner (mercenary)), Bobby Faber (Class marshal (Harvard)), Judi Trott (Irvine’s girlfriend), Robin Bartlett (Mrs. Lezak), Loyd Catlett (Morison’s sentry), Juli Erickson (Refugee), Les Gapay (Extra), Al Nazario Hunter (Regulator), David Lewis (Extra), Eric Wood (Immigrant), Willem Dafoe (Extra), Lincoln Hurst (Harvard undergraduate)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 149 min
- Aka: Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate; The Johnson County Wars
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