Heaven's Gate (1980) (Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate)

An average movie

“Even though this movie has obviously a terrible reputation, I still wanted to check it out for many years, especially since I always had a weak spot for Michael Cimino's work. Well, after finally watching the damned thing, even though it wasn't definitely not the worst movie I have seen, it still didn't really work though. The main issue I had was how long and how slow the movie was. I mean, the shorter version seems awful but I have seen either the original cut or the director's cut lasting almost 4 hours and it was just pretty tedious. Even though 'The Deer Hunter' was 3 hours long, I never had any problem with this movie as every single minute was interesting, entertaining and helped the whole picture to become more and more spellbinding. However, with this directing follow-up, even tho” read more

Watched in 2014 (183 movies items)

"10.09.2014 "

My movie year 2017 (682 movies items)

"27.5. (Teatteri/35 mm) Lyhyt versio. Oliko tämä nyt niin surkea? Lopetan kommenttien kirjoittamisen muuten ihan justiinsa, jollei tämä taas tästä kohta ala mielekkäämpään suuntaan etenemään..."

Academy Award for Best Production Design: 1980s (50 movies items)

"Tambi Larsen (Art Director), James L. Berkey (Set Decorator) "

Films I'd Like to Watch (97 movies items)

"Despite being a box office bomb and panned by film critics at the time of its original release, it has gotten a warmer reception in the recent years, most particularly the 2012 director's cut released by the Criterion Collection. I just like to watch it myself for curiosity. Runtime: 3h 36m"

Films I'd Like to Watch (97 movies items)

"Despite being a box office bomb and panned by film critics at the time of its original release, it has gotten a warmer reception in the recent years, most particularly the 2012 director's cut released by the Criterion Collection. I just like to watch it myself for curiosity. Runtime: 3h 36m"

Films I'd Like to Watch (97 movies items)

"Despite being a box office bomb and panned by film critics at the time of its original release, it has gotten a warmer reception in the recent years, most particularly the 2012 director's cut released by the Criterion Collection. I just like to watch it myself for curiosity. Runtime: 3h 36m"

Watched in 2016 (190 movies items)

"Rewatched at cinema"

Super Epic Lengthy Films (150 movies items)

"Running time: 219 mins Re cut version: 149 mins Director's cut: 216 mins"

Films That Ruined Director's Careers (52 movies items)

"Michael Cimino"