Heaven's Gate
Turkish title: Cennetin Kapısı
“What one loves about life are the things that fade.”
1980 · 3 h 39 min
Cast
Kris Kristofferson 
Christopher Walken 
Isabelle Huppert
Credits
Written by: 
Michael Cimino
Plot
In 1890s Wyoming, a marshal sides with immigrant settlers against wealthy cattle barons who have drawn up a list of people to be killed.
Sinekatalog’s take
Michael Cimino's sprawling Wyoming western was a notorious flop that sank a studio. Reappraised, its sumptuous photography and epic scale impress, even if the story feels loose and overlong.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (19,446 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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