Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions
Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Heaven's Gate: Difference between revisions
[[Image:Fw-SAA-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the settlers fires a Cavalry SAA in a fight.]]
[[Image:Fw-SAA-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of the settlers fires a Cavalry SAA in a fight.]]
[[Image:SAA-detail-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An SAA in hand of the fallen mercenary.]]
[[Image:SAA-detail-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An SAA in hand of the fallen mercenary.]]
[[Image:M Rourke-R1875.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nick Ray ([[Mickey Rourke]]) makes a stand with Champion ([[Christopher Walken]]) using a Cavalry SAA and a long-barreled [[Colt Dragoon]].]]
[[Image:ColtSingleActionArmy.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. - .45 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:ColtSingleActionArmy.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. - .45 Long Colt.]]
[[Image:KK-SAA-A-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff James Averill ([[Kris Kristofferson]]) fires an Artillery SAA.]]
[[Image:KK-SAA-A-HG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheriff James Averill ([[Kris Kristofferson]]) fires an Artillery SAA.]]
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) carries an "Artillery" model..
