Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions
Mercenaries - many former soldiers brought from the army also a very accurate [[Maynard Single Shot Percussion Carbine]].
Some mercenaries are seen using [[Maynard Single Shot Percussion Carbine]]s.
[[File:Maynard Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Maynard Single Shot Percussion Carbine- .50 caliber]]
[[File:Maynard Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Maynard Single Shot Percussion Carbine- .50 caliber]]
[[Image:G-Rifle-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the mercenaries shoot from his percussion carbine at Ella on a horse.]]
[[Image:G-Rifle-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the mercenaries takes a shot at Ella on her horse.]]
== Single Action Army ==
== Single Action Army ==
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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.