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Heaven's Gate (1980) [R]

Release Date:
November 19, 1980

Original Title:
Heaven's Gate

Alternate Titles:
As Portas do Céu
Heaven's Gate – Das Tor zum Himmel
I cancelli del cielo
La Porte du paradis
La puerta del cielo
Portal do Paraíso
Portti ikuisuuteen
Wrota Niebios
天国の門

Genres:
Drama | Western

Production Companies:
Partisan Productions
United Artists

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CA: 14A  DE: 16  FR: TP  US: R 

Runtime: 218

What one loves about life are the things that fade.

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Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.

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Production

Art Direction:
Maurice Fowler
Spencer Deverell

Assistant Camera:
Michael Gershman
Eric Engler
Ken Nishino

Assistant Director:
Michael Grillo
Brian W. Cook

Camera Operator:
Jan Kiesser

Casting Director:
Cis Corman
Tony Gaznick
Jane Hallaren

Choreographer:
Eleanor Fazan

Costume Design:
J. Allen Highfill

Director:
Michael Cimino

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor:
Lisa Fruchtman
Gerald B. Greenberg
William Reynolds
Tom Rolf

Executive In Charge Of Post Production:
William Reynolds

Executive Producer:
Denis O'Dell
Charles Okun

Hairstylist:
Verne Caruso
Mary Keats

Makeup Artist:
Christine Allsopp
Ken Chase
Tom Hoerber
Ben Nye
Jerry O'Dell
Connie Reeve

Music Supervisor:
Joann Carelli

Original Music Composer:
David Mansfield

Producer:
Joann Carelli

Production Design:
Tambi Larsen

Screenplay:
Michael Cimino

Second Assistant Director:
Michael Stevenson
Terry Needham
Dennis Capps
Richard Graves

Set Decoration:
James L. Berkey
Josie MacAvin

Sound:
Malcolm Davies

Sound Editor:
Richard Adams
Tom C. McCarthy
Winston Ryder
Curt Schulkey

Sound Mixer:
C. Darin Knight

Special Effects:
James Camomile
Stan Parks
Ken Pepiot
Samuel E. Price
Kevin Quibell
Paul H. Stewart

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Thomas R. Burman

Stunt Coordinator:
Buddy Van Horn

Stunts:
William H. Burton Sr.
Hank Calia
David S. Cass Sr.
Loyd Catlett
Tom Elliott
H.P. Evetts
Joe Finnegan
Alan Gibbs
Bill Hart
Billy Hank Hooker
Leroy Johnson
George Orrison
Larry Randles
Chuck Waters
Walter Scott
Debbie Evans

Supervising Sound Editor:
James J. Klinger

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