Heaven's Gate
What one loves about life are the things that fade.
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.
- Genre: Drama, Western, Romance
- Studio: Partisan Productions, United Artists
- Keyword: epic, immigrant, dance, showdown, wyoming, usa, love triangle, montana, brothel, marshal, studies, idealist, cock fighting, cockfight, cattle baron, fiddler, roller skating rink, 19th century, repression, johnson county war
- Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert