Michael Cimino 's epic saga of the American west, starring
Kris Kristofferson
Christopher Walken
1870: classmates Averill and Irvine graduate from Harvard and seem set for a spectacular future. Twenty years later, Averill is a federal marshall and Irvine is a drunk who, with fellow cattlemen, is opposed to the growing numbers of foreign immigrants. A loose account of a dark period in American history, this massive and complex film, both violent and moving, is famous for the amount of money it cost to make - more than$35 million - much of it spent on minute attention to period detail.
* BARRY NORMAN : page 24