Filmmakers
Above the lineMC
Director
Michael Cimino
MC
Screenplay
Michael Cimino
VZ
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
TR
Editing
Tom Rolf
Editor
LF
Editing
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
GG
Editing
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
WR
Editing
William Reynolds
Editor
DM
Music
David Mansfield
Original Music Composer
TL
Production Design
Tambi Larsen
JH
Costume Design
J. Allen Highfill
Cast
64KK
Kris Kristofferson
James Averill
CW
Christopher Walken
Nathan D. Champion
JH
John Hurt
Billy Irvine
SW
Sam Waterston
Frank Canton
BD
Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
IH
Isabelle Huppert
Ella Watson
JC
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
JB
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
RH
Ronnie Hawkins
Major Wolcott
PK
Paul Koslo
Mayor Charlie Lezak
GL
Geoffrey Lewis
Trapper Fred
RM
Richard Masur
Cully
RV
Rosie Vela
Beautiful girl
MW
Mary Catherine Wright
Nell
NW
Nicholas Woodeson
Small man
SS
Stefan Shcherby
Big man
WK
Waldemar Kalinowski
Photographer
TO
Terry O'Quinn
Captain Minardi
JC
Jack Conley
Morrison
MB
Margaret Benczk
Mrs. Eggleston
JK
Jim Knobeloch
George Kopestonsky
EP
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky
RB
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak
TN
Tom Noonan
Jake
MY
Marat Yusim
Russian Merchant
AS
Aivars Smits
Michael Kovach
GR
Gordana Rashovich
Mrs. Kovach
JC
Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in new suit
AK
Allen Keller
Dudley
CK
Caroline Kava
Stefka
MK
Mady Kaplan
Kathia
AT
Anna Thomson
Little Dot
MR
Mickey Rourke
Nick Ray
TB
T Bone Burnett
Heaven's Gate Band
PH
Patricia Hodges
Jessie
KM
Kevin McClarnon
Arapaho Brown
KW
Kai Wulff
German Merchant
SM
Steven Majstorovic
Czech Merchant
GW
Gabriel Walsh
Zindel's Clerk
NB
Norton Buffalo
Private
JB
Jack Blessing
Emigrant Boy
JS
Jerry Sullivan
Governor of Wyoming
JM
Jerry McGee
Heaven's Gate Band
CD
Cleve Dupin
Heaven's Gate Band
SB
Stephen Bruton
Heaven's Gate Band
SH
Sean Hopper
Heaven's Gate Band
DM
David Mansfield
John DeCory - Skating Violinist
DS
David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached Mercenary
PD
Paul D'Amato
Bearded Mercenary
PO
Peter Osusky
Peter
IK
Ivan Kormanik
Ivan
MC
Michael Christensen
Robert Steingart - Juggler
AD
Anatoli Davydov
Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant
NG
Nina Gaidarova
Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife
WM
Wally McCleskey
Chicken Fighter
GV
Gary Vezane
Canton's Bodyguard
HE
H.P. Evetts
Wolcott's Bodyguard
BM
Bruce Morgan
Miner - Mercenary
BF
Bobby Faber
Class Marshal - Harvard
JT
Judi Trott
Irvine's Girlfriend
WD
Willem Dafoe
Willy (uncredited)
LC
Loyd Catlett
Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)
JE
Juli Erickson
Refugee (uncredited)
MC
Mark Chapman
Charles (uncredited)
Departments
62Production
- Cis CormanCasting Director
- Tony GaznickCasting Director
- Jane HallarenCasting Director
- William ReynoldsExecutive In Charge Of Post Production
- Denis O'DellExecutive Producer
- Charles OkunExecutive Producer
- Joann CarelliProducer
Camera
- Ken NishinoAssistant Camera
- Michael GershmanAssistant Camera
- Eric EnglerAssistant Camera
- Jan KiesserCamera Operator
Sound
- Joann CarelliMusic Supervisor
- Malcolm DaviesSound
- Richard AdamsSound Editor
- Tom C. McCarthySound Editor
- Winston RyderSound Editor
- Curt SchulkeySound Editor
- C. Darin KnightSound Mixer
- James J. KlingerSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Maurice FowlerArt Direction
- Spencer DeverellArt Direction
- James L. BerkeySet Decoration
- Josie MacAvinSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Mary KeatsHairstylist
- Verne CarusoHairstylist
- Connie ReeveMakeup Artist
- Christine AllsoppMakeup Artist
- Ken ChaseMakeup Artist
- Tom HoerberMakeup Artist
- Ben NyeMakeup Artist
- Jerry O'DellMakeup Artist
- Thomas R. BurmanSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
Crew
- Eleanor FazanChoreographer
- James CamomileSpecial Effects
- Stan ParksSpecial Effects
- Ken PepiotSpecial Effects
- Samuel E. PriceSpecial Effects
- Kevin QuibellSpecial Effects
- Paul H. StewartSpecial Effects
- Buddy Van HornStunt Coordinator
- Debbie EvansStunts
- William H. Burton Sr.Stunts
- Hank CaliaStunts
- David S. Cass Sr.Stunts
- Loyd CatlettStunts
- Tom ElliottStunts
- H.P. EvettsStunts
- Joe FinneganStunts
- Alan GibbsStunts
- Bill HartStunts
- Billy Hank HookerStunts
- Leroy JohnsonStunts
- George OrrisonStunts
- Larry RandlesStunts
- Chuck WatersStunts
- Walter ScottStunts
Directing
- Michael GrilloAssistant Director
- Brian W. CookAssistant Director
- Michael StevensonSecond Assistant Director
- Terry NeedhamSecond Assistant Director
- Dennis CappsSecond Assistant Director
- Richard GravesSecond Assistant Director