Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino's (The Deer Hunter) divisive, three and a half-hour western on the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff (Kris Kristofferson) born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests. Co-stars Christopher Walken and Isabelle Huppert.
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressThe balance of director Michael Cimino's film is so confusing, so overlong at three-and-a-half hours and so ponderous that it fails to work at almost every level.
Total Film
pressThe set-pieces are majestic and its disenchanted view of the american frontier myth still rings ominously true.
Time Out
pressIf anything, Michael Cimino's inert disaster of a Western has gotten worse over the years ...
The New York Times
pressHeaven's Gate' is something quite rare in movies these days -- an unqualified disaster.
Roger Ebert
pressThis movie is $36 million thrown to the winds. It is the most scandalous cinematic waste I have ever seen, and remember, I've seen Paint Your Wagon.
Variety
pressThe balance of director Michael Cimino's film is so confusing, so overlong at three-and-a-half hours and so ponderous that it fails to work at almost every level.
Total Film
pressThe set-pieces are majestic and its disenchanted view of the american frontier myth still rings ominously true.
Time Out
pressIf anything, Michael Cimino's inert disaster of a Western has gotten worse over the years ...
The New York Times
pressHeaven's Gate' is something quite rare in movies these days -- an unqualified disaster.
Roger Ebert
pressThis movie is $36 million thrown to the winds. It is the most scandalous cinematic waste I have ever seen, and remember, I've seen Paint Your Wagon.
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