Heavens Gate
Movie • 1980 • Drama
ReportHarvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
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There is cock fighting. It is a real life cockfight, not simulated
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The American Humane Association said four horses were killed during the production of this film, including one blown up with dynamite
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They where accused of killing at least four horses, bleeding other horses from the neck, disemboweling cows, accidentally blowing up a horse and its rider with dynamite (the rider survived), staging actual cockfights, and decapitating a chicken.
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The production of the film caused a huge stinkup that led to the "No animals were harmed" disclaimer being a part of Western-made movies involving animals.
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