Heaven's Gate

(1980)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 432 votes

Genres: Drama, Western, History

Year: 1980

Runtime: 217 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Крис Кристофферсон, Кристофер Уокен, Джон Хёрт, Сэм Уотерстон, Брэд Дуриф, Изабель Юппер, Джозеф Коттен, Джефф Бриджес, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Koslo

Plot

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, 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.

In 1890 Wyoming, James Averill is the Sheriff of Johnson County, which is largely inhabited by foreign immigrants. The wealthy cattle owners view the immigrant farmers as a nuisance and hindrance to them enlarging their own land. The cattlemen's association, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, effectively declares war on the immigrant farmers and gets the state government's blessing. They assemble an army of guns-for-hire and, backed by the U.S. Cavalry, set out to rid the state of the immigrants. James Averill's heart is with the immigrants, but he doesn't think they have a chance of winning the inevitable war.