by the time it opened and heaven gate had become and to its detriment and more a cultural phenomenon than a motion picture. at a time when concern about excessive budgets and directorial arrogance were growing and it was a convenient target and as it was a far over budget work by the latest auteur to hit hollywood and who had not yet established the track record that would have given him the benefit of the doubt among critics and the industry alike. as someone pointed out at the time and no one was going to jump on warren beatty even more costly and dark reds and because beatty was one of us and while michael cimino had not achieved that status. but heaven gate was also affected by a cultural change taking place at that time and the political move rightwards and toward a more unquestioning patriotism and enshrinement of the myth of the west (and the western). a few years earlier and cimino demythologizing of the frontier might have seemed timely and fresh and and a necessary corrective. but by 1980 and in the wake of the reagan revolution and it was thought of as nearly un american. which is a shame and because the film and seen from the vantage point of several decades away and is a fascinating and thought provoking look at that particular time and place as a world where life was and in hobbes words and nasty and brutish and and short. kristofferson plays james averill and an upper class easterner who and in search of adventure and becomes a sheriff in wyoming and where he finds himself having to lead a resistance by the settlers and squatters against an attack by a mercenary death squad hired by wealthy landowners and including averill lifelong best friend. in a more innocent time and averill and his rag tag army of poor farmers would emerge triumphant while but this is anything but a traditional western and and when the u. s. cavalry joins the fight here and it isn not on the side of the good guys. much like the deer hunter and cimino previous film and heaven gate spends a great deal of time building up the details of the lives of its principals and giving the film an at times leisurely pace that nevertheless leads to a gripping conclusion. with excellent acting and a fine musical score and and the visual texture that makes one believe one is actually seeing the old west through new eyes and heaven gate is a film that rewards repeat viewings. i only wish that mgm would put out a new dvd and with an improved transfer and a commentary by cimino. nonetheless and the current version is satisfactory enough to let viewers see what critics in 1980 and possibly blinded by the film cultural subtexts and managed to miss. that heaven gate is a great film. 
by the time it opened and heaven gate had become and to its detriment and more a cultural phenomenon than a motion picture. at a time when concern about excessive budgets and directorial arrogance were growing and it was a convenient target and as it was a far over budget work by the latest auteur to hit hollywood and who had not yet established the track record that would have given him the benefit of the doubt among critics and the industry alike. as someone pointed out at the time and no one was going to jump on warren beatty even more costly and dark reds and because beatty was one of us and while michael cimino had not achieved that status. but heaven gate was also affected by a cultural change taking place at that time and the political move rightwards and toward a more unquestioning patriotism and enshrinement of the myth of the west (and the western). a few years earlier and cimino demythologizing of the frontier might have seemed timely and fresh and and a necessary corrective. but by 1980 and in the wake of the reagan revolution and it was thought of as nearly un american. which is a shame and because the film and seen from the vantage point of several decades away and is a fascinating and thought provoking look at that particular time and place as a world where life was and in hobbes words and nasty and brutish and and short. kristofferson plays james averill and an upper class easterner who and in search of adventure and becomes a sheriff in wyoming and where he finds himself having to lead a resistance by the settlers and squatters against an attack by a mercenary death squad hired by wealthy landowners and including averill lifelong best friend. in a more innocent time and averill and his rag tag army of poor farmers would emerge triumphant while but this is anything but a traditional western and and when the u. s. cavalry joins the fight here and it isn not on the side of the good guys. much like the deer hunter and cimino previous film and heaven gate spends a great deal of time building up the details of the lives of its principals and giving the film an at times leisurely pace that nevertheless leads to a gripping conclusion. with excellent acting and a fine musical score and and the visual texture that makes one believe one is actually seeing the old west through new eyes and heaven gate is a film that rewards repeat viewings. i only wish that mgm would put out a new dvd and with an improved transfer and a commentary by cimino. nonetheless and the current version is satisfactory enough to let viewers see what critics in 1980 and possibly blinded by the film cultural subtexts and managed to miss. that heaven gate is a great film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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