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Titolo originale: Heaven's Gate
Regia: Michael Cimino |
Anno: 1980
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Western
Tag: epic | immigrant | showdown | wyoming, usa | love triangle | montana | brothel | marshal | 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 | Joseph Cotten | Jeff Bridges | Ronnie Hawkins | Paul Koslo | Geoffrey Lewis | Richard Masur | Rosie Vela | Mary Catherine Wright | Nicholas Woodeson | Stefan Shcherby | Waldemar Kalinowski | Terry O'Quinn | Jack Conley | Margaret Benczk | Jim Knobeloch | Erika Petersen | Robin Bartlett | Tom Noonan | Marat Yusim | Aivars Smits | Gordana Rashovich | Jarlath Conroy | Allen Keller | Caroline Kava | Mady Kaplan | Anna Thomson | Mickey Rourke | T Bone Burnett | Patricia Hodges | Kevin McClarnon | Kai Wulff | Steven Majstorovic | Gabriel Walsh | Norton Buffalo | Jack Blessing | Jerry Sullivan | Jerry McGee | Cleve Dupin | Stephen Bruton | Sean Hopper | David Mansfield | David S. Cass Sr. | Paul D'Amato | Peter Osusky | Ivan Kormanik | Michael Christensen | Anatoli Davydov | Nina Gaidarova | Wally McCleskey | Gary Vezane | H.P. Evetts | Bruce Morgan | Bobby Faber | Judi Trott | Willem Dafoe | Loyd Catlett | Juli Erickson | Mark Chapman |

Università di Harvard, anno 1870. James Averill e Billy Irvine, compagni di studi e grandi amici, si laureano nello stesso giorno. Entrambi di buona famiglia, scelgono però strade ben diverse.