the film and heaven gate and be a good view and although still tedious at over 4 hour . but the film take great license a usual with hollywood . james averill ( chris christopherson ) and and elle be actually marry in real life . their main contribution to the johnson county war and be to start it by be hang . well and by start it and i mean it come at the beginning and not the end . here the real scenario represent james averill and ellen watson be secretly marry because one homestead could be give to each family . by file a single individual and they could get two homestead . they choose homesites on crazy woman creek actually control the water above the land hold by a powerful member of the cattleman association . he offer to buy them out repeatedly and which they refuse . although characterize in real life a the owner of a brothel ( cattle kate ) and and a prostitute herself ( and also in the film ) and there be no real evidence that be true . it be know that she buy many head of sick cattle and nurse them back to life and and be later accuse by the cattleman association of receive the cattle in trade for lewd act . in the end and she be accuse of rustle an act almost certainly untrue . so much for this part of the myth of the american west and which be a gooble de gook of myth span a time period of about one hundred year . in real life and she and jim averill be surprised one day by several member of the cattleman association and take in hand and and promptly hang . those perpetrate the injustice be never bring to trial . but that be the first link that lead to the murder of nate champion and and the start of the johnson county war . quite different from the hollywood version which show her shot at the end . other than that and i think the main problem with the film be the editor and who could have make the action a fast pace by more skillful editing .