Editing Heaven's Gate (film) (section)

===2012 digitally restored Director's Cut===
In 2012, MGM released yet another version, digitally restored and 216 minutes long. It premiered at the [[2012 Venice Film Festival]] as part of the Venice Classics series.<ref>Drees, Rich (August 31, 2012). [http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2012/08/31/cimino-premiers-216-minute-cut-of-heavens-gate-at-venice-film-festival/ "Cimino Premiers 216-Minute Cut of Heaven's Gate at Venice Film Festival"]. FilmBuffOnline. Retrieved September 6, 2012.</ref><ref>Lang, Brett (July 26, 2012). [https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/venice-film-festival-unveils-line-films-malick-de-palma-and-demme-49411 "Venice Film Festival Unveils Line-Up with Films from Malick, De Palma and Demme"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208140834/https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/venice-film-festival-unveils-line-films-malick-de-palma-and-demme-49411/ |date=December 8, 2018 }}. The Wrap. Retrieved July 27, 2012.</ref>

[[The Criterion Collection]] released the restored 216-minute version on [[Blu-ray Disc]] and DVD on November 20, 2012. This "Director's Cut" was personally supervised by Michael Cimino and Joann Carelli. Cimino explains in the special features portion of the DVD that this is his preferred version of the film, and he feels it is the complete version that he intended to make.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andrews |first1=Nigel |title='Heaven's Gate': the restored director's cut |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9a7d72e0-f8fd-11e2-86e1-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/9a7d72e0-f8fd-11e2-86e1-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Financial Times]]|date=August 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.criterion.com/films/28036-heaven-s-gate The Criterion Collection]</ref>