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Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions
[[File:Remington 1875.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington Model 1875 "Frontier" Model by Aldo Uberti.]]
[[File:Remington 1875.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington Model 1875 "Frontier" Model by Aldo Uberti.]]
[[Image:F-Revolver-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The immigrant aims his Remington at Nathan D. Champion.]]
[[Image:F-Revolver-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The immigrant aims his Remington at Nathan D. Champion.]]
== Remington Model 1875 "Long Colt" ==
Nick Ray ([[Mickey Rourke]]) used 0,45 Long Colt [[Remington 1875]] revolver.
[[File:Rem1875.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington 1875 - 0.45 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:M Rourke-R1875.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
== Trapdoor Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine ==
== Trapdoor Springfield Model 1873 Cavalry Carbine ==
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Heaven's Gate is 1980 Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill (Kris Kristofferson), educated in the east and full of idealism, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from Eastern Europe. when wealthy land barons hire mercenaries to settle their scores. The hired gunmen, including Nathan Champion (Christopher Walken), plan to kill a number of farmers whose names appear on a death list and whom the farmers believe have been stealing their cattle. Backed by the army and the federal government, the mercenaries prepare to attack the farmers when Averill and Champion clash over the impending massacre and Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert), a local prostitute and woman they both love. The film was shot very realistically with attention to every detail and exaggerated budget greatly exceeded sales in cinemas. The famous flop in the history of film.
The following firearms can be seen in the film Heaven's Gate:
Sheriff James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) uses a Henry 1860 throughout the film, a strange choice considering many more modern repeaters would have been available in the 1890's.