Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

219 mins | Drama, Western | Nov. 19, 1980

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.

Heaven's Gate

219 mins | Drama, Western | Nov. 19, 1980

Heaven's Gate
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers United Artists
Original title Heaven's Gate
Directors Dennis Capps, Richard Graves, Michael Stevenson, Michael Grillo, Michael Cimino, Terry Needham, Brian W. Cook
Writers Michael Cimino

Cast

Kris Kristofferson

as James Averill

Christopher Walken

as Nathan D. Champion

John Hurt

as Billy Irvine

Sam Waterston

as Frank Canton

Brad Dourif

as Mr. Eggleston

Isabelle Huppert

as Ella Watson

Joseph Cotten

as The Reverend Doctor

Jeff Bridges

as John L. Bridges

Ronnie Hawkins

as Major Wolcott

Paul Koslo

as Mayor Charlie Lezak

Geoffrey Lewis

as Trapper Fred

Richard Masur

as Cully

Rosie Vela

as Beautiful girl

Nicholas Woodeson

as Small man

Stefan Shcherby

as Big man

Waldemar Kalinowski

as Photographer

Terry O'Quinn

as Captain Minardi

Jack Conley

as Morrison

Margaret Benczk

as Mrs. Eggleston

Jim Knobeloch

as George Kopestonsky

Erika Petersen

as Mrs. Kopestonsky

Robin Bartlett

as Mrs. Lezak

Tom Noonan

as Jake

Marat Yusim

as Russian Merchant

Aivars Smits

as Michael Kovach

Gordana Rashovich

as Mrs. Kovach

Jarlath Conroy

as Mercenary in new suit

Allen Keller

as Dudley

Caroline Kava

as Stefka

Mady Kaplan

as Kathia

Anna Levine Thomson

as Little Dot

Mickey Rourke

as Nick Ray

T Bone Burnett

as Heaven's Gate Band

Patricia Hodges

as Jessie

Kevin McClarnon

as Arapaho Brown

Kai Wulff

as German Merchant

Steven Majstorovic

as Czech Merchant

Gabriel Walsh

as Zindel's Clerk

Norton Buffalo

as Private

Jack Blessing

as Emigrant Boy

Jerry Sullivan

as Governor of Wyoming

Jerry McGee

as Heaven's Gate Band

Cleve Dupin

as Heaven's Gate Band

Stephen Bruton

as Heaven's Gate Band

Sean Hopper

as Heaven's Gate Band

David Mansfield

as John DeCory - Skating Violinist

David S. Cass Sr.

as Moustached Mercenary

Paul D'Amato

as Bearded Mercenary

Peter Osusky

as Peter

Ivan Kormanik

as Ivan

Michael Christensen

as Robert Steingart - Juggler

Anatoli Davydov

as Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant

Nina Gaidarova

as Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife

Wally McCleskey

as Chicken Fighter

Gary Vezane

as Canton's Bodyguard

H.P. Evetts

as Wolcott's Bodyguard

Bruce Morgan

as Miner - Mercenary

Bobby Faber

as Class Marshal - Harvard

Judi Trott

as Irvine's Girlfriend

Willem Dafoe

as Willy (uncredited)

Loyd Catlett

as Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)

Juli Erickson

as Refugee (uncredited)