One of the best "feelgood" scenes ever recorded. Michael Cimino is a genius, no matter what the critics say.

@mukimoto6304

4 жыл бұрын

idiot

just watched it last night. some scenes were the best ive ever seen in a western, movie had incredible depth and texture. id like to see the 5 1/2 hour version

The Dance scene is absolutely crucial to the film, and is an incredibly beautiful scene. For you to find no entertainment value in it says more about you than the film.

Almost every scene shot is a portrait of art .

@mukimoto6304

4 жыл бұрын

idiot

@adrianp7475

Жыл бұрын

@@mukimoto6304 u r

I'm not a film critic, but I think Heaven's Gate realisticly captures a period of our history. Our ancestors were very hardy people and I respect the talent and artistry required to produce this magnificent story on film. The roller skate scene brings back old memories. Yes, we actually had wooden floor skate rinks back in the day.

Loved this film.

This is one of the best movies ever made. It's so beautiful and tragic and accurate - and necessary. This scene with David Mansfield playing the violin and dancing on rollerskates is really outstanding.

@mukimoto6304

4 жыл бұрын

idiot

Beautiful scene from a criminally underrated movie.

@mukimoto6304

4 жыл бұрын

idiot

@GaylordRoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@mukimoto6304 ur

Saw it in New York before it was pulled from the cinemas.A true masterpiece and it got a huge standing ovation at the end from the audience..

This scene is meant as a contrast to the Victorian era estrangement and isolation of the dance scene after the Harvard graduation earlier in the film. It paints an important emotional picture of the people scraping by out on the range. The rollerskating is a metaphor for the hard work it takes these people to go in circles and the joy they get out of being alive.

I was captivated by this Film from the moment I first saw it on an obscure German TV channel (of all places)! In the 90's. Must have watched it a hundred times since. Love the story, the music, the actors. I know it's not everyones cup of tea, but I love it, especially this scene!!

The kid roller skating and fiddling is the one that wrote this song and music. Mansfield, what a talent.

@hatsbygrizz-madewithjoy1241

Жыл бұрын

It is from a Cajun piece recorded by Doug Kershaw

Love watching the kid playing and skating at the same time and having a blast! One of my favorite scenes of all time. !!!

LOVE this film - the best film of all time! Cimino is a genius!

@mukimoto6304

4 жыл бұрын

idiot

Outstanding movie, captures the period dramatically, shows what man is capable in his greed

I love entire soundtrack. ¡Thanks David Mansfield !

The uncut long version of this movie is a masterpiece...runs about 4 hours but I have watched about 25 times. Directors could only wish they 1 scene like this in any of their movies.Gets a bad rap because the studio cut about 2 hours of footage in it's original release.

RIP Michael Cimino one of the greatest !

@frankjames6590

7 жыл бұрын

cimino died??

@nstix2009xitsn

2 жыл бұрын

Phillippe O'Rorke He had a particular flair for scenes of collective joy. See also the wedding scene in The Deer Hunter.

A scene of pure joy

The amazing thing about this scene is that the director Mr. Cimino. made the cast wear real 19th century cloths during the filming of the scene.

Für mich, einer Der Besten Gajun-Lieder überhaupt..... For me....one of the Beste gajun-songs ever...... 1.2......1.2.3.4......

I love this young man playing this and he still can play it just as good as he did when the film was made.

@veronicahartman9705

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, David Mansfield is a wonderful musician.

No entiendo, como pudo fracasar está película , yo la vi en TVE, no recuerdo los años y me encantó, ahora gracias a KZread he podido volver a ver las escenas de baile y música, memorable, hurra por Cimino, impresionante.

What a job putting that whole dance scene together.

I love this movie, I also think it,s quite accurate in showing us about life in those days, for sure the music was good.

Pure cinema from Cimino.

Listening from Frankfurt - Germany, this is awesome, thanks!

A masterpiece of editing

I actually cry every time I see all the people about to be slaughtered dancing and having fun. This is a classic film and those that pan it are shortsighted.

auch wenn der Film ein Riesenflop war,dieser Song und der Filmausschnitt ist super .

Look at how young David Mansfield was in this film... he must have been thrilled playing in it. And Heaven's Gate is a true masterpiece and one of my favorite films of all time. So happy the original director's cut is now available. Bravo!

The violin player is David Mansfield at age (circa) 25. This movie was his first. He recently played in Nashville, TN. Since Heaven's Gate he has written the music for over 60 films. He plays many instruments, all exquisitely. Love him.

@matthewfranklin9796

5 жыл бұрын

lorena vocca pleasure to read your comment lady Lorena ✨

Just saw the flick for the first time and thought it was excellent. See the directors cut.

I look at this often. It brings back good memories of the rink on Plank Road in Baton Rouge in 1942 and 43 during WW2. Happy Jack was playing the organ back and everyone was skating the Two Step. The place was full of young soldiers and girl friends and neighborhood people. Good times.

@Thejoshter444

5 жыл бұрын

blue2goose1 sounds great, during hard times

@matthewfranklin9796

5 жыл бұрын

blue2goose1 thank god someone remembers we love ye ♓️♊️🇬🇧🇫🇷

@janesmith5436

Жыл бұрын

I remember skating at a place in Dallas in the late 60's and 70's, it was Twilight Time skating rink. The owner always started the first session with that lovely song, "Twilight Time." I remember two stepping, scissors races, shoot the duck, and the sock hops after the last session. what a sweet, innocent time in our lives that was. They also had a Valentine Sweetheart contest. Two of my friends were Sweethearts. They had beautiful portraits out in the lobby. I hope they got them to the former queens before the building was demolished.

Michael Cimino's best movie with The Deer Hunter. Insane genius.

Sorry I have not replied sooner but the soundtrack to Heaven's Gate is readily available online. It features both the upbeat roller rink music and the slow waltz from the scene's end. All of the music was composed by the wonderful david mansfield who played the fiddler on skates in this scene.

It was also critically panned - particularly upon release with critics like Roger Ebert referring to the film as "the most scandalous cinematic waste I've ever seen" and Vincent Canby saying the film is like "a forced four-hour tour of one's own living room". Much of the negative reception was because of the infamously difficult process Michael Cimino put the the cast and crew through - much legend was created out of it.

Heavens Gate - einer der besten Filme, die je gesehen habe! Schaue immer wieder an, auch wegen dieser "Bombenmusik"!

this scene alone made the movie worthwhile, this scene cant be reproduced, it was great, the movie was long and had some parts that weren't so great, it coulda been a great movie, I still enjoyed it

GREAT Scene From a GREAT Movie & a GREAT Soundtrack!!!

I believe that this song is Big Mamau a Cajun classic. If you haven't seen this movie it is well worth the price. Critics be dammed .

@violetjackson5020

10 жыл бұрын

You are so right!

@pdolph1

10 жыл бұрын

Violet Jackson It was funny as I was looking elsewhere for this song and realized that is was Doug Kershaw Big Mamau two step. Kris K is pure genius this was a great movie that didnt break even but is now becoming popular inspite of the critics. another good one is Dwight Y South of Heaven West of Hell the music is awesome!

@Lizzie1550

9 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite KK movies, and I fell in love with it! Wonder if he had to learn to play and skate at the same time? lol

@Lizzie1550

9 жыл бұрын

***** True, the composer/writer usually puts different, but more soulful , emotions into a song. Mansfield's arrangement follows the difficult theme of the movie. Many scenes could be eliminated without affecting the flow of the movie...maybe even improve it.

@halbie71

9 жыл бұрын

GREAT Movie & a GREAT Soundtrack!!!

So beautiful

Forget Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers this is one of the most entertaining scenes in the movie, I smile all the way through it !

Not 100% sure, but the roller dance tune (Mamou two-step was composed years earlier by the great cajun accordianist, Lawrence Walker. Re-arranged by David mansfield for this movie.

This is the only scene anyone remembers...and it’s all about the brows

This was a great scene!!

@friendlyflow

8 жыл бұрын

+Sharon Remme Absolutely, the joy the people are getting is good to see

Back when people got out of their houses and had fun together.

Brilliant,just brilliant

Hi Linda: It’s Birthday Time ... Celebrate - Skate/Dance/Whoop-it-Up !! Love Always, Loretta & Jim

It's amazing how polarized people are regarding this movie. They are either full of praise saying it's an underappreciated masterpiece people lacked the ability to fully grasp, or they downright hate it and use ridiculous insults worthy of videogame playing kids. Personally I think both extremes are wrong. I believe the film is beautifully shot and the craftmanship top class. The biggest problem is that the main story takes forever to get going, and many scenes such as this only veer off.

What a visually breathtaking scene. One of so many in an otherwise uneven film.

Absolutely brilliant!

Love this music and the movie. I play it often.

This music is amazing

A true work of genius.

Loved the movie!

A GREAT movie, really a Masterpiece, but an anunderstood masterpiece... I hope that one next day, this movie will have its "resurrection"...

the moving picture that changed everything between producer and director

@frantic1971 : They DID have these roller skating dances on Saturday nites in hte "Old West" at the time this film depicts.

Love this!

That fiddler has some talent! I can multitask too, as I learned at about four years old that I could blow my nose and poop my pants at the same time. But this guy has far more talent than I.

semplicemente MERAVIGLIOSO

Due autentici capolavori,il film e la colonna sonora! Il film era troppo bello e profondo per piacere agli americani che ne hanno decretato l'insuccesso.Peggio per loro!

@antoniofiore2950

9 жыл бұрын

sergio pelizzato Già, basta leggere i commenti qui sotto. Non so se ridere o rimanere sconcertato dalla loro ignoranza

@sergiopelizzato3934

9 жыл бұрын

+Antonio Fiore.Purtroppo non conosco l'inglese,ma leggendo il tuo commento mi immagino di che tenore possano essere i commenti di cui fai menzione.Ma si sa che le opere d'arte e gli artisti che le realizzano sono sempre avanti con i tempi e non sempre vengono apprezzati dai più.Nella fattispecie credo che con Cimino il tempo si dimostrerà galantuomo e in parte ciò e'gia' avvenuto.Comunque le cose di grande valore sono quasi sempre precluse alle moltitudini.Senza alcun snobismo per l'amor del cielo da parte mia! Un cordiale saluto.

amazing movie and the music is wonderfull

@matthewfranklin9796

4 жыл бұрын

Jasna Hadžić so beautiful 😍 Jasna like all Michael’s Works ♓️♊️👍🥂🙏

Michael Cimino RIP

Kris Kristofferson mentioned to Ebert that the crew spent 5 days filming 25% of a sentence in the script (a dog fight). It's dedication or insanity.

fantastic film - fantastic scene

i love this song

Hollywood just has no idea these days - they spend all their cash making stupid super hero bullshit, but 40 - 50 years ago they made the films that we still hold up as the peak of the system.

These are the people that made America ..Canada ..Australia ..tough bad ass'd people who had to scrape every inch of dirt for themselves

@MrCountrycuz

9 жыл бұрын

lake fire This film as about Ukrainian Immigrants getting in the way of the ranchers.

I appreciate your comment, and it helped me to realize what I also liked about HG when it came out. It portrayed the West in the way that it was ..... especially the "open to all" part (except Indians, of course). That was the enduring romance of the West, and this film was a major departutre from the conventional western in that regard.

One day this movie will be accepted for the magnificent pictorial of immigrant life in America that fueled the 19th century, Cimino was so far ahead of his time he may as well have been channeling Nostrodamus in cinematic terms. His cast wore period clothing right down to hosiery and underwear to complete the feel of the time. What killed this film was that its political statement overshadowed its westerny theme .... Nobody wants to see a film that reawakens that nagging feeling that we live in a country that was stolen, abusive, and never meant to provide the equitable bullshit we like to throw at the rest o the world.

@MrCrchandler

8 жыл бұрын

+bleumangue Big deal. That describes all countries everywhere. Land belongs to whoever can take it and hold it.

@martinwoyzeck2634

8 жыл бұрын

Um, not really a bright comment. So anyone who has more power, more money, more weapons,etc. have the right to take and own land?. Just because it has been done, doesn't mean it's right, and everyone knows that

@martinwoyzeck2634

8 жыл бұрын

That is merely opinion that nobody wants to see a film that makes a political statement. All movies, to some degree, has a point of view. What's wrong with that? And that is the biggest flaw in not only professional critics, but the general public in reviewing a movie. The masses need to learn the difference between whether a movie (as film) is good or bad, as opposed to whether they like the genre, or like/dislike a director's political statement in a movie. Too many critics showed their ignorance in the past by bashing Oliver Stone's movies, as they pointing out his political views, as opposed to whether the movie itself was good or not...as film, as Art. I can disagree, or dislike the message, or view of a film, but I differentiate that fro whether the actors, story, cinematography,etc. was good,or not

@steampunk888

8 жыл бұрын

+martin woyzeck You are all partially right. The truth is, this film is a piece of shit AND it attempts to make a whitewashed political statement that nobody cares about.

@Pinrod93

5 жыл бұрын

We need to see our mistakes and learn from them or else we will end up with our heads stuck in the sand or worse, up our ass!

I love this,

Wundervoll...Dancing

This film is notorious for the number of animals killed or injured during its filming. Because of this, the tag at the end of most films nowadays: no animals where hurt during the filming of this motion picture was introduced.

This is a great movie, there has been many about the Johnson County wars, This one is the best. I have watched it 8 0r 10 times and would watch it again. This is possibly Chris Christopherson's best picture. The sets were real and it seems like you are there.It was not historically correct., but the brutality of the Cattleman's Association was not entirely fiction. I give it two thumbs up ! The critics had their heads up their asses, when they booed this one. It may not make anyone rich but is truly a work of art. Another sleeper is South of Heaven West of Hell. Good music as well.

@erikandersen3274

8 жыл бұрын

+paul dolph *Kris Kristofferson

@Pinrod93

5 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% Paul. I saw it when it came out at the theater. A true work of art and one of my favorite all time moves. I love the music and atmosphere this move projects. A lot of feeling. Another good one is Charles Bronson in Hard Times! David Barr

Ah yes, simple pleasures

A masterpiece. Critics can cry foul all they want, and the mass audience can play sheep, but nothing will change that fact. I hear the French love the film... If so, there once again far ahead of their American peers.

I believe Cimino is making an adaption of André Malraux "Man's Fate" to be released in 2009. Might not be up to Spielberg's next project, the soon-to-be-classic'Tintin' though. Thats what we're left with really...

Thank you for posting this!!!!!! Great scene!!!

Everyone who's bad mouthing this film either never saw it or only the crappy theatrical release cut down version. Watch the director's cut, the one that should have been released to the theaters and then decide. In Europe, where the full version was shown, this film is considered a classic American western.

The purpose of this scene was showing community of a culture and the bonds with in...no conversation needed.

@matthewfranklin1827

4 жыл бұрын

jasonoctober1973 exactly 🍀🌹☘️👍🥂🙏🏻

Michael Cimino's dedication to authenticity is legendary, thirteen3, whether as a ruinous obsession or drive for perfection is a separate matter. I've heard that he even required his actors and actresses to wear the underwear of the period. That’s all I need to know to accept that this is the way people conducted themselves in Johnson County, Wyoming, in 1892. We’ve all been raised on the cowboy-and-Indian aspect of the opening of the American West, but that does not make it the WHOLE truth.

@babymoondancer I think he was using it to show how life was then and that there was a happy, community forming that love life. I thought its use was effective. It actually made me jealous of the fun of it. The magic of it was that the actors looked like they were actually having great fun.

A few beautifully shot scenes and amazing cinematography don't make a movie. Ironically scenes like these deviate from the main plot, which feels like it never really gets going. Maybe the movie is great if you already have read the novel it's based on, but a film really needs to stand on its own.

@SamManzanita

5 жыл бұрын

Coline Collard What are you saying ? This scene is as beautiful as important. You just don't understand that poor people can have a happy moment and try to think to other things. This show us for what they fight after, just to live and to love. I'm sure if that movie was as popular as Titanic you wouldn't say that.

@kavan30013

5 жыл бұрын

@@SamManzanita Coline seems to understand the problem with Heaven's Gate and by extension this scene really well. The scene is awesome to look at but in terms of story and character its pointless. And pointless scenes can be okay if the characters and stories are well developed. HG was never well developed. The party scene in Titanic was supposed to contrast the way of life in 1st and 3rd class. This scene is about the community but we never get a real sense of the community. Not to mention the actors spent weeks prepping this scene-a real indulgence in a movie where there was so little character development occurs.

Year of the dragon 🐉

I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the date, 2006

I think this movie gets a bad rap. I have watched it 3 times and each time I enjoy more. Good movie..great cast.

watching this makes me want to put my eyes out

best western movye ever made bob dejulio

i love it

@frantic1971 - William Brown patented a design for the wheels of the roller skate in Birmingham, England, in 1876. I have seen 19th century roller skates for sale in antique shops in the Pacific Northwest. Don't be so sure of yourself. As for the scene, my wife and I think it is one of the happiest scenes we'ver ever seen on film. We'd love to try the dance. But then, we met at a ballroom dance.

My favorite scene in that movie love that cajin fiddle

@frankjames6590

7 жыл бұрын

what about that accordion player....Anita ellenmcgee?

I have seen this movie. What was so bad about it ?? I liked it

not one of the best movies but in my opinion THE best movie of all time! :)

My God, that is one of the BEST western movie EVER made....you can always tell when a western is good cause it's got a lot of killin' in it! LOL

More people saw this than the movie

the soundtrack was released. i have it on cd. it's hard to find, though. i found it at a specialty store in pasadena, ca. a few years ago.

1870's Roller Disco! Hey, it's still the 70's, just that it's the 1870's! That's all!!!

@matthewfranklin1827

4 жыл бұрын

boildpeanuts 🇬🇧♥️🇺🇸🥂🍷🌹☘️🙏🏻

Great fiddling!