Michael Cimino
Director
Michael Cimino
Screenplay
Joann Carelli
Producer
Denis O'Dell
Executive Producer
Charles Okun
Executive Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
William Reynolds
Editor
Tom Rolf
Editor
David Mansfield
Original Music Composer
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
C. Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Editor
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey
Sound Editor
Malcolm Davies
Sound
James Camomile
Special Effects
Stan Parks
Special Effects
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects
Samuel E. Price
Special Effects
Kevin Quibell
Special Effects
William H. Burton Sr.
Stunts
Hank Calia
Stunts
David S. Cass Sr.
Stunts
Loyd Catlett
Stunts
Tom Elliott
Stunts
H.P. Evetts
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Alan Gibbs
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Billy Hank Hooker
Stunts
Leroy Johnson
Stunts
George Orrison
Stunts
Larry Randles
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Paul Stewart
Special Effects
William Reynolds
Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Tambi Larsen
Production Design
Walter Scott
Stunts
Debbie Evans
Stunts
Maurice Fowler
Art Direction
Spencer Deverell
Art Direction
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
J. Allen Highfill
Costume Design
Christine Allsopp
Makeup Artist
Thomas R. Burman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Verne Caruso
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
Tom Hoerber
Makeup Artist
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Jerry O'Dell
Makeup Artist
Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist
Eleanor Fazan
Choreographer
Joann Carelli
Music Supervisor
Michael Grillo
Assistant Director
Brian W. Cook
Assistant Director
Jan Kiesser
Camera Operator
Michael Gershman
Assistant Camera
Eric Engler
Assistant Camera
Ken Nishino
Assistant Camera
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Terry Needham
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Capps
Second Assistant Director
Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director
Cis Corman
Casting Director
Tony Gaznick
Casting Director
Jane Hallaren
Casting Director
Kris Kristofferson
James Averill
Christopher Walken
Nathan D. Champion
John Hurt
Billy Irvine
Sam Waterston
Frank Canton
Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
Ronnie Hawkins
Major Wolcott
Paul Koslo
Mayor Charlie Lezak
Geoffrey Lewis
Trapper Fred
Richard Masur
Cully
Rosie Vela
Beautiful girl
Mary Catherine Wright
Nell
Nicholas Woodeson
Small man
Stefan Shcherby
Big man
Waldemar Kalinowski
Photographer
Terry O'Quinn
Captain Minardi
Jack Conley
Morrison
Margaret Benczk
Mrs. Eggleston
Jim Knobeloch
George Kopestonsky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak
Tom Noonan
Jake
Marat Yusim
Russian Merchant
Aivars Smits
Michael Kovach
Gordana Rashovich
Mrs. Kovach
Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in new suit
Allen Keller
Dudley
Caroline Kava
Stefka
Mady Kaplan
Kathia
Anna Thomson
Little Dot
Mickey Rourke
Nick Ray
T Bone Burnett
Heaven's Gate Band
Patricia Hodges
Jessie
Kevin McClarnon
Arapaho Brown
Kai Wulff
German Merchant
Steven Majstorovic
Czech Merchant
Gabriel Walsh
Zindel's Clerk
Norton Buffalo
Private
Jack Blessing
Emigrant Boy
Jerry Sullivan
Governor of Wyoming
Jerry McGee
Heaven's Gate Band
Cleve Dupin
Heaven's Gate Band
Stephen Bruton
Heaven's Gate Band
Sean Hopper
Heaven's Gate Band
David Mansfield
John DeCory - Skating Violinist
David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached Mercenary
Paul D'Amato
Bearded Mercenary
Peter Osusky
Peter
Ivan Kormanik
Ivan
Michael Christensen
Robert Steingart - Juggler
Anatoli Davydov
Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant
Nina Gaidarova
Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife
Wally McCleskey
Chicken Fighter
Gary Vezane
Canton's Bodyguard
H.P. Evetts
Wolcott's Bodyguard
Bruce Morgan
Miner - Mercenary
Bobby Faber
Class Marshal - Harvard
Judi Trott
Irvine's Girlfriend
Willem Dafoe
Willy (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett
Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)
Juli Erickson
Refugee (uncredited)
