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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Michael Cimino
written by

Cast

Brad Dourif
Mr. Eggleston
Joseph Cotten
The Reverend Doctor
Jeff Bridges
John L. Bridges
Paul Koslo
Mayor Lezak
Rosie Vela
Beautiful Girl
Terry O'Quinn
Captain Minardi
Jack Conley
Morrison
Margaret Benczak
Mrs. Eggleston
Jim Knobeloch
Kopestonsky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak
Marat Yusim
Russian Merchant
Aivars Smits
Mr. Kovach
Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in New Suit
Anna Thomson
Little Dot
Kevin McClarnon
Arapaho Brown
Kai Wulff
German Merchant
Steven Majstorovic
Czech Merchant
Gabriel Walsh
Zindel's Clerk
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
Heaven's Gate Band
T Bone Burnett
Heaven's Gate Band
David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached Mercenary
Paul D'Amato
Bearded Mercenary
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 Girl Friend
Steve Holbrook
Young mercenary
Loyd Catlett
Morrison's Sentry
Ian Hislop
Bit Part - Graduation Scene
Lincoln Hurst
Harvard Undergraduate
Sollace Mitchell
Graduating Student
Eric Wood
Immigrant

Produced By

Denis O'Dell
executive producer
Charles Okun
executive producer

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond
director of photography

Sound

Richard Adams
sound editor
Donald A. Bolger
boom operator
Charles J. Bond
cable person
Arthur Carelli
cable person
Ken Dufva
foley artist
Michael Jablow
assistant sound editor
Chris Jenkins
re-recording mixer
James J. Klinger
supervising sound editor
Jas. Klinger
assistant sound editor
C. Darin Knight
sound mixer
Robert Knudson
re-recording mixer
Skip Macdonald
assistant sound editor
Don MacDougall
re-recording mixer
Tom C. McCarthy
sound editor
Gene Radzik
stereo sound consultant: Dolby: 2004 5.1 update
Winston Ryder
sound editor
Curt Schulkey
sound editor
Jonathan Andrews
sound liason
Robert Davenport
dubbing recordist
Robin Haskins
re-recordist
Richard Portman
re-recording mixer
Dan Sharp
sound re-recordist

Casting Director

Jane Hallaren
Casting Director

Production Design

Art Direction

Spencer Deverell
Art Director

Set Design

James L. Berkey
Set Decorator

Costumes

J. Allen Highfill
Costume Designer

Makeup

Christine Allsopp
makeup artist: dailies, UK
Thomas R. Burman
special makeup effects artist
Verne Caruso
hair stylist
Ken Chase
makeup artist
Tom Hoerber
makeup artist
Mary Keats
hair stylist
Ben Nye
makeup artist
Jerry O'Dell
makeup artist
Connie Reeve
daily makeup artist uk
Ken Diaz
makeup artist

Special Effects

James Camomile
special effects
Stan Parks
special effects
Ken Pepiot
special effects
Samuel E. Price
special effects
Kevin Quibell
special effects
Paul Stewart
special effects

Assistant Director

Andy Armstrong
second assistant director
Dennis Capps
second assistant director
Brian W. Cook
assistant director
Richard Graves
second assistant director
Michael Grillo
assistant director
Duncan Henderson
dga trainee
Terry Needham
second assistant director
Michael Stevenson
second assistant director
Ken Tuohy
second assistant director

Production Management

Robert Grand
production manager
Denis O'Dell
production manager
Charles Okun
production manager
Peter Price
production manager
William Reynolds
executive in charge of post-production

Art Department

Ragnar Antonsen
drapery foreman
Gus Basso
greensman
Joseph D. Brady
construction foreman
Carmine Goglia
stand-by painter
Jaymes Hinkle
scenic sign painter
Dick Kyker
property master
Maurice Larson
sign painter gang boss
Nancy Mickelberry
set designer
James F. Orendorff
construction coordinator
David Q. Quick
assistant property master
Rudy Reachi
assistant property master
Bob Sherwood
stand-by propman
Alan Sims
assistant property master / lead man
James T. Woods
painter gang boss
Bill Gold
poster designer
Tom Jung
poster designer

Editorial

Donah Bassett
negative cutter
Melissa Bretherton
assistant editor
Neil Farrell
assistant editor
Barbara Gandolfo-Frady
assistant editor
Aubrey Head
color timer
Harry Peck Bolles
apprentice editor
Michael E. Polakow
assistant editor
Michael Ripps
assistant editor
Ralph Sandler
assistant film editor
Penelope Shaw
assistant editor
José Antonio Torres
assistant film editor

Other

Ted Albert
unit publicist
Bryan Buchanan
lead stand-in
Kim Burke
wrangler
Eleanor Fazan
choreographer
Wayne Fitzgerald
title designer
Joy Helman
unit publicist: UK
Scott Hough
production assistant
Lynda Karjola
production coordinator
Alex Matcham
assistant accountant
Patty Nelson
secretary: Mr. Cimino
Fred O'Dell
wrangler
Betty Owens
assistant production accountant
Sally Pardo
production assistant
Ellen Ribner
researcher
Tom Seidman
assistant trainee
Nanette Siegert
production coordinator
William Snyder
production assistant
Tad Tadlock
additional choreographer
Ann Tait
production controller
Rudy Ugland
boss wrangler
Jerry Young
wrangler

Music Department

Joann Carelli
music supervisor
William Saracino
music editor

Casting Department

Pam Caper
casting associate
Jim Comfort
extras casting assistant

Costume Department

Sandy Berke Jordan
costumer: women
Claudia Everett
wardrobe assistant
Frimi Okun
costumer
Laurie Riley
costumer: men

Camera Department

Ray De La Motte
camera operator
Dick Deats
key grip
Doug DiGioia
camera operator
Eric Engler
assistant camera
Jeff Gershman
camera operator
Michael Gershman
assistant camera
Paul Gilbert
camera operator
Ernst Haas
still photographer
John Harris
camera operator
Jan Kiesser
camera operator
Ken Miller
best boy grip
Louis Niemeyer
assistant camera
Ken Nishino
assistant camera
László Pal
additional camera operator
Kelvin Pike
camera operator
Paul M. Pollard
camera operator
László Regos
camera operator
Joseph D. Steuben
camera operator
Jenny Thomson
camera operator: "b" camera, second unit

Location Management

Alan B. Curtiss
location manager
Joe Stanley
location manager

Script Department

Sally Jones
script supervisor
June Samson
script supervisor
Natalie Drache
script supervisor
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