Based on the johnson county war of 1892, michael cimino's epic western is now hailed as a masterpiece of american cinema and is presented here in its newly and definitive director's cut.harvard graduate james averill has returned to wyoming as a marshall and is facing growing divisions and escalating tensions in the local community'. '.strtoupper('t')he powerful government backed cattle barons are waging war on the immigrant settlers they brand 'thieves and anarchists' and are drawing up a 'death list' for their hired mercenaries to act upon'. '.strtoupper('a')s hostilities mount, the inevitability of a full scale and blood war edges even closer.special featuresnew interview with jeff bridgesnew interview with cinematographer vilmos zsigmondextracts from 'final cut the making and unmaking of heaven's gate' michael epstein's acclaimed documentary based on steven's bach book