Heaven's gate [blu-ray] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Partisan Productions, Ltd. presents ; produced by Joann Carelli ; written and directed by Michael Cimino.
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Joseph Cotten, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Koslo, Richard Masur. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. DVD release date: Nov. 20, 2012. Special features: illustrated audio interview with the director Cimino and producer Joann Carelli; interviews with the actor Kris Kristofferson, soundtrack arranger and performer David Mansfield, and second assistant director Michael Stevenson; The Johnson County War, a video interview with historian Bill O'Neal; restoration demonstration; the trailer and TV spots; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic and programmer Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan and a 1980 interview with Cimino.
Contents:
disc one. Feature -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.
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