Michael Cimino's (The Deer Hunter) divisive, three and a half-hour western on the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming,...
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.
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57 %47 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
54 %5,494 reviewsAudience score rating
"The 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."
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Variety
Variety"The set-pieces are majestic and its disenchanted view of the american frontier myth still rings ominously true."
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Total Film
Total Film"If anything, Michael Cimino's inert disaster of a Western has gotten worse over the years ..."
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Time Out
Time Out"Heaven's Gate' is something quite rare in movies these days -- an unqualified disaster."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It is a demanding film, without a doubt - but a passionate one."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"This 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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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Emotionally stings like few other westerns."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Flawed but interesting piece of art in the form of an anti-Western."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineHeaven's Gate | Details
- Runtime
- 217
- Genre
- Western
