The production studio initially wanted to use a pair of IMI Desert Eagle pistols as Crofts’s “hero weapons” but due to the sheer size and weight of the Desert Eagle, they were deemed too impractical to be used during some of the action sequences of the film. The auction will include a letter of provenance from Tony Watts, the owner of Bapty & Co, which covers the fact that these two particular pistols were rented out for the production of the 2001 film Tomb Raider starring actress Angelina Jolie as the hero Lara Croft. LARA CROFT DODGE SKRUMBLE MOVIEThis pair of pistols can be seen carried by Angelina Jolie as she portrays Lara Croft, including in the opening fight/training sequence of the movie in which Lara fights the robot Simon, which also highlights the two main modifications done to these pistols, allowing Jolie to duel wield, fire, and reload and release the slides with a pistol in each hand using magazines attached to her belt and the added ambidextrous slide releases.ĭue to the popularity of the Lara Croft character through video games and film, this pair of pistols have easily become one of the most iconic and easily recognizable pairs in recent pop culture, and become even more desirable as the only true pair of “hero” pistols used in the film. This iconic pair of Heckler & Koch USP 9 Match pistols are identified and documented by Tony Watts the former owner and Managing Director of Bapty & Co., the famous London based speciality prop house as having been modified and used for filming in the 2001 movie “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” starring Angelina Jolie, an adaptation of the legendary video game, “Tomb Raider”. Lara Croft’s Brace of H&K USP 9 Pistols Up for Auction
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