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Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American epic Western film written and directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, and Joseph Cotten, and loosely based on the Johnson County War.
Kristofferson in 1978. American singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson has been in numerous films, television films, television series and video games. He started acting in the 1970s, appearing in the films The Last Movie (1971), Cisco Pike (1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ...
Kristofferson also spent much of the period working on Heaven's Gate, an epic film that opened to disastrous reviews in November 1980, devastating his movie career. He toured with friend Willie Nelson in the winter of 1979-1980 in support of Nelson’s tribute LP Sings Kristofferson , which made the Top 5 and spawned the hit single "Loving Her ...
Kris Kristofferson's 10 Best Songs. ... he starred in Michael Cimino’s 1980 Western epic “Heaven’s Gate.” ... his role in the “Blade” movies. In later years, Kristofferson suffered ...
Kristofferson's rugged good looks led to roles in movies such as "Cisco Pike," "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid," "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea," "Convoy," "Heaven's Gate," "Lone Star ...
Kris Kristofferson, the beloved singer-songwriter and actor, died on Saturday at 88 years old. As we remember Kristofferson's life and legacy, here's what to know about the late legend.
Repossessed is an album by Kris Kristofferson, released on Mercury Records in 1986 (see 1986 in music).It was Kristofferson's first full-length solo album since 1981's To the Bone, although the singer did collaborate with other artists in the meantime, most notably on Highwayman with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Kristofferson was next cast in the lead role as the enigmatic Sheriff James Averill in Michael Cimino's bleak and sprawling 1980 anti-Western Heaven's Gate. Despite being a scandalous studio-bankrupting and industry-changing failure at the time (it cost Kristofferson his Hollywood A-list status), the film gained critical recognition in ...