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Bach, Steven. Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate. New York: W. Morrow, 1985.

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Burns, Mickey. "'Heaven's Gate' Takes a Swing: Slamming the Capitalist Patriarchy." Cineaction n46 (1998): 48-55.

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Cameron, Shelley. “Last of the big time westerns.” Reel Movie Critic. http://www.reelmoviecritic.com/rmc/H_2005/heavens_gate.htm

Canby Vincent. Rev. of Heaven's Gate, dir. by Michael Cimino. New York Times 19 Nov. 1980.

Carlson, Chip. Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon: Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective. Glendo: High Plains Press, 2001.

Champion, Nathan D. The Cattle Barons' Rebellion against Law and Order; First Eyewitness Accounts of the Johnson County War in Wyoming, 1892. [1892] Evanston: Branding Iron Press, 1955.

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Clarke, Roger. Story Of The Scene: The Inside Scoop on Famous Moments in Film. London: Methuen, 2009.

David, Robert B. Malcolm Campbell, Sheriff. Casper: Wyomingana, Inc., 1932.

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DeArment, Robert. Alias Frank Canton. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1996.

“Debellier Goes Mad.” New York Times 8 Jul 1892: 1.

Denby, David. "Movies: can 'Heaven's Gate' be born again?" New York Magazine 13 Dec. 1980: 82-85.

Ebert, Roger. Heaven’s Gate. Chicago Sun Times 1 Jan. 1981. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19810101/REVIEWS/101010302/1023

Filipski, Kevin. “The Second Life of Heaven’s Gate." New York Times 9 Apr 2000.

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdcRiPLp4oU&feature=PlayList&p=8E6F2DDE8D9801B0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17

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Gould, Lewis L. “Willis van Devanter and the Johnson County War.” Montana: The Magazine of Western History 17.4 (1967): 18-27.

Greene, Naomi. "Coppola, Cimino: The Operatics of History." Film Quarterly 38.2 (1984-1985): 28-37.

Hall, Phil. “Heaven’s Gate." Film Threat: Truth in Entertainmen 7 Oct. 2004. http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=6533

Hanson, Margaret Brock, ed. Powder River Country, The Papers of J. Elmer Brock. Cheyenne: Frontier Printing, Inc, 1981.

Harmetz, Aljean. “How a Film Studio Died Outside of ‘Heavens’s Gate.’” New York Times 31 Jul 1985: C15.

Heald, George D. Wyoming Flames of ’92: Official Communications During the Johnson County Cattle War. Oshoto, 1974.

Heaven's Gate Issue" of American Cinematographer (Los Angeles), November 1980.?

Heaven's Gate clip: Champion loves Ella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF6tjUovsZY

Heaven's Gate clip: Champion and Averill Fight Over Ella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOZDyq9Xm1o&feature=related

Heaven's Gate clip: The Cavalry Breaks up the Final Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIe0dmF68yM&feature=related

Heaven's Gate clip: The Famous Roller Skating Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNlthlz1d8&feature=related

Heaven's Gate clip: The Final Scene, Back East http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wwuAck9ws

Heaven's Gate clip: The Plight of the Immigrants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5obvA0Qqs&feature=related

Heaven’s Gate Trailer http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/21985/Heaven-s-Gate/trailers

“Heaven’s Gate.” Time Out Film Guide. http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/71871/Heavens_Gate.html

Heilman, Jeremy. “Heaven’s Gate. MovieMartyr.com 25 Mar. 2002. http://www.moviemartyr.com/1980/heavensgate.htm

Hewitt, William L. “The ‘Cowboyification’ of Wyoming Agriculture.” Agricultural History 76.2 (2002): 481-94.

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Lindroth, James R. "The Subjective Insert: Tradition And Memory in Two Contemporary Films." Perspectives On Contemporary Literature 9.(1983): 114-23.

Lindroth, James. "From Natty to Cymbeline: Allusions in Cimino's 'Heaven's Gate.'" Literature/Film Quarterly 17.4 (1989): 224-30.

Lindsey, Robert. “’Heaven’s Gate’ Accents Studios’ Woes.” New York Times 6 Jan 1981: C9.

Lubow, Arthur. "Crimson Reds." Rev. of Heaven's Gate, dir. by Michael Cimino. Threepenny Review 10 (Summer 1982): 19-20.

Manfred, Frederick. Riders of Judgement. New York: Random House, 1957.

Maslin, Judith. "Film view: Tales of Hollywood Are Incredible but True." New York Times 28 July 1985: 15-16.

McCabe, Bruce. Rev. of Heaven’s Gate, dir. Michael Cimino. Boston Globe 3 May 1981.

McElrath, Frances. The Rustler: A Tale of Love and War in Wyoming. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902.

McFerrin, Randy. “High Noon on the Western Range: A Property Rights Analysis of the Johnson County War.” Journal of Economic History 67.1 (2007): 69-93.

McGee, Patrick. "The Multitude at Heaven's Gate." From Shane to Kill Bill. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. 216-34.

Mercer, A.S. The Banditti of the Plains, or, The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892. Cheyenne: A.S. Mercer, 1894.

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Meschter, Daniel Y. Sweetwater Sunset: A History of the Lynching of James Averell and Ella Watson near Independence Rock, Wyoming, on July 20, 1889. Wenatchee: D. Y. Meschter, 1996.

Murray, William. "Failure of an Epic." New York Times 28 July 1985: 7.7.

O’Neal, Bill. The Johnson County War. Austin: Eakin Press, 2004.

Osgood, Ernest Staples. The Day of the Cattleman. [1929] Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1957.

Prial, Frank J. “’Heaven’s Gate’ Tries Again at Cannes.” New York Times 21 May 1981: C25.

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Pym, John. "Almost Anarchy: Afterthoughts on Heaven's Gate." Sight and Sound 51.1 (1981-1982): 20-24.

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Sarris, Andrew. "Films in focus: Cimino: from colossal to titanic." Village Voice 25 Nov 1980: 45.

Schaefer, Jack. Shane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949.

Schubert, Frank N. “The Suggs Affray: The Black Cavalry in the Johnson County War.” Western Historical Quarterly 4.1 (1973): 57-68.

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Wells, J. "Heaven's Gate." Films in Review 30 Jan 1981: 55-56.

Westerbeck, C.L., Jr. "Screen: giving it the gate: Cimino's 'Heaven' bites the dust." Commonweal 19 Dec. 1980: 724-25.

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