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Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 19, 1980

Runtime

3h 37m

Genres

Drama, Western, Romance

User Score

68%

Original Title

Heaven's Gate

Production Companies

Partisan Productions, United Artists

Director

Michael Cimino

Budget

$44,000,000

Revenue

$3,484,331

Description

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.