Heaven's Gate (Criterion Collection) - DVD
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- Genre: Western
- Description: A visionary critique of American expansionism, HEAVEN'S GATE, directed by Oscar winner Michael Cimino (THE DEER HUNTER), is among Hollywood's most ambitious and unorthodox epics. Kris Kristofferson (LONE STAR) brings his weathered sensuality to the role of a Harvard graduate who has relocated all the way to Wyoming as a federal marshal; there, he learns of a government-sanctioned plot by rich cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting skirmish is based on the real-life bloody Johnson County War of 1892. Also starring Isabelle Huppert (WHITE MATERIAL) and Christopher Walken (THE DEER HUNTER), HEAVEN'S GATE is a savage and ravishingly shot demystification of western movie lore. This is the full director's cut, letting viewers today see Cimino's potent original vision.
- Title: Heaven's Gate (Criterion Collection)
- Format: DVD
- MPAA Rating: R (Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film-rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences.)
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 11/20/2012
- Genre: Western
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- Product Name: Heaven's Gate (Criterion Collection) - DVD
- UPC: 715515101219
A visionary critique of American expansionism, HEAVEN'S GATE, directed by Oscar winner Michael Cimino (THE DEER HUNTER), is among Hollywood's most ambitious and unorthodox epics. Kris Kristofferson (LONE STAR) brings his weathered sensuality to the role of a Harvard graduate who has relocated all the way to Wyoming as a federal marshal; there, he learns of a government-sanctioned plot by rich cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting skirmish is based on the real-life bloody Johnson County War of 1892. Also starring Isabelle Huppert (WHITE MATERIAL) and Christopher Walken (THE DEER HUNTER), HEAVEN'S GATE is a savage and ravishingly shot demystification of western movie lore. This is the full director's cut, letting viewers today see Cimino's potent original vision.
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A visionary critique of American expansionism, HEAVEN'S GATE, directed by Oscar winner Michael Cimino (THE DEER HUNTER), is among Hollywood's most ambitious and unorthodox epics. Kris Kristofferson (LONE STAR) brings his weathered sensuality to the role of a Harvard graduate who has relocated all the way to Wyoming as a federal marshal; there, he learns of a government-sanctioned plot by rich cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting skirmish is based on the real-life bloody Johnson County War of 1892. Also starring Isabelle Huppert (WHITE MATERIAL) and Christopher Walken (THE DEER HUNTER), HEAVEN'S GATE is a savage and ravishingly shot demystification of western movie lore. This is the full director's cut, letting viewers today see Cimino's potent original vision.
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