Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”–an epic western about the Johnson County wars in 1892 ... Released at just over 3 1/2 hours in 1980 and subject to devastating early reviews, it was ...

But the truth is, Heaven’s Gate is good. In its Nov. 20, 1980, review, The Hollywood Reporter said the film — about the 1892 Johnson County War, in which wealthy Wyoming cattle owners ...

To viewers who binge-watch 10-hour HBO series, Heaven’s Gate seems a lot less problematic than it must have done to viewers hoping for a rootin’ tootin’ Western in 1980. The film’s ...

Once reviled, Michael Cimino’s controversial “Heaven’s Gate” (1980) may remain — despite the Criterion Collection’s effort to resuscitate it — a cautionary tale of directorial hubris ...

Heaven's Gate with Kris Kristofferson was quite a box office flop back 1980, but would it have fared better if John Wayne had taken his role instead?

Kris Kristofferson chuckles and then sighs as he recalls what it was like working on the climactic battle scene in "Heaven's Gate," Michael Cimino's 1980 epic anti-western that became one of the ...

"Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of 'Heaven's Gate'" isn't likely to receive a longer theatrical exposure than the notorious 1980 flop it examines. Even so, unmistakably sympathetic but mostly ...