Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions
[[Image:Jeff Bridges-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|John behind the bar cover a back of his chief with a rifle in his hand.]]
[[Image:Jeff Bridges-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|John covers the sheriff from behind the bar.]]
[[Image:J Bridges-W-M1866.jpg|thumb|none|600px|John at the horse fired from a rifle at the mercenaries.]]
[[Image:J Bridges-W-M1866.jpg|thumb|none|600px|John fires his Winchester while on horseback, the lack of handguards and loading gate can be seen.]]
== Henry Model 1860 ==
== Henry Model 1860 ==
Revision as of 03:52, 29 November 2012
Heaven's Gate is director Michael Cimino's bleak 1980 "anti-western" based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill (Kris Kristofferson), educated in the East and full of idealism, attempts to protect Eastern European immigrants - farmers against the land barons and owners of pastures who 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 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, while shot very realistically with attention to every detail, became notorious for its enormous budget and its negative buzz and subsequently became one of the biggest box office flops of all time.
The following firearms can be seen in the film Heaven's Gate:
Most of the characters in the movie use "Cavalry" model Single Action Army revolvers. Sheriff Averil James (Kris Kristofferson) used the "Artillery" models.
Unidentified pocket revolver
Sheriff's deputy John L. Bridges Jeff Bridges and Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert) wears an unidentified pocket revolvers.
Remington Model 1875 "Frontier"
One of the immigrants is armed with a 5.5" Remington 1875.