Heaven's Gate

Averill (Kris Kristofferson), "Bridges" (Jeff Bridges) and Ella (Isabelle Huppert) feature in the fairly ecstatic opening of the roller-skating rink from which the movie takes its name, in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, 1981.

Sam Waterston (as Canton) is the administrator for the cattlemen's association explaining why they should hire bounty hunters, John Hurt (as Irvine) is a disillusioned member, in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, 1981.

Bounty hunter Nate Champion (Christopher Walken) kills an immigrant farmer (Marat Yusim) in highly cinematic style, then observes many others, in Michael Cimino's gigantic Western Heaven's Gate, 1981

Joseph Cotten as "the Reverend Doctor" introduces Harvard commencement speaker William "Billy" Irvine (John Hurt), classmate Averill (Kris Kristofferson) in the boisterous crowd, in Michael Cimino's Western epic Heaven's Gate, 1981.

A Wyoming sheriff (Kris Kristofferson) tries to protect immigrant farmers from ruthless ranchers in Heaven's Gate (1981).

A low-key but intense conversation between Sheriff Averill (Kris Kristofferson) and gunman Nathan Champion (Christopher Walken) in director Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, 1981, with Jeff Bridges observing.