Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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2h 15min | Drama, Science Fiction | Nov 16, 1977 | Released

After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Producer: Clark L. Paylow Julia Phillips Michael Phillips

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Story:

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Cast (59 Members)

Major Benchley

Military Policeman

Claude Lacombe

Radio Telescope Team

Robert

Roy Neary

Jillian Guiler

Ronnie Neary

Ike

Implantee

Implantee

David Laughlin

Project Leader

Wild Bill

Jean Claude

Sylvia Neary

Toby Neary

Team Leader

Returnee #3 Flt. 19

Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Larry Butler

Air Traffic

Farmer

Barry Guiler

Special Forces

Federale

Longly (uncredited)

Support Leader

Air Traffic Controller

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Dirty Tricks #2

ARP Project Member

Dirty Tricks #3

Air Traffic

Special Forces

Air Traffic Controller

Radio Telescope Team

Load Dispatcher

Radio Telescope Team

Dirty Tricks #1

Brad Neary

Mrs. Harris

Federale

Returnee #1 Flt. 19

Federale

Hawker

Himself

Highway Patrolman

ARP Musician

Air East Pilot

Federale

Radio Telescope Team

Truck Dispatcher

Dirty Tricks #4

Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.

Scientist (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek

Himself - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Monty Jordan

Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Stephen Powers

UN Observer (uncredited)

George DiCenzo Major Benchley

Carl Weathers Military Policeman

François Truffaut Claude Lacombe

James Keane Radio Telescope Team

Lance Henriksen Robert

Richard Dreyfuss Roy Neary

Melinda Dillon Jillian Guiler

Teri Garr Ronnie Neary

Gene Dynarski Ike

Alexander Lockwood Implantee

Amy Douglass Implantee

Bob Balaban David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling Wild Bill

Philip Dodds Jean Claude

Adrienne Campbell Sylvia Neary

Justin Dreyfuss Toby Neary

Merrill Connally Team Leader

Matthew Robbins Returnee #3 Flt. 19

Hal Barwood Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Josef Sommer Larry Butler

Norman Bartold Norman Bartold

Bill Thurman Air Traffic

Roberts Blossom Farmer

Cary Guffey Barry Guiler

John Dennis Johnston Special Forces

Luis Contreras Federale

Basil Hoffman Longly (uncredited)

Matt Emery Support Leader

Richard L. Hawkins Air Traffic Controller

Howard K. Smith Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Keith Atkinson Dirty Tricks #2

F.J. O'Neil ARP Project Member

Robert Broyles Dirty Tricks #3

Craig Shreeve Air Traffic

Galen Thompson Special Forces

David Anderson Air Traffic Controller

Tom Howard Radio Telescope Team

Bob Westmoreland Load Dispatcher

Dennis McMullen Radio Telescope Team

John Ewing Dirty Tricks #1

Shawn Bishop Brad Neary

Mary Gafrey Mrs. Harris

Daniel Nunez Federale

Randy Hermann Returnee #1 Flt. 19

Chuy Franco Federale

Gene Rader Hawker

Michael J. Dyer Himself

Roger Ernest Highway Patrolman

Phil Dodds ARP Musician

Roy E. Richards Air East Pilot

Eumenio Blanco Federale

Cy Young Radio Telescope Team

Richard Stuart Truck Dispatcher

Kirk Raymond Dirty Tricks #4

Bennett Wayne Dean Sr. Scientist (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek Himself - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Monty Jordan Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Stephen Powers UN Observer (uncredited)

Crew (33 Members)

Steven Spielberg

Director

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Editor

Casting

Producer

Stunt Coordinator

Production Design

Visual Effects Director

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

Producer

Producer

Casting

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Writer

Writer

Camera Operator

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Charlsie Bryant

Script Supervisor

George Jenson

Production Illustrator

Writer

Writer

Music Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Property Master

Gaffer

Still Photographer

Still Photographer

Still Photographer

Publicist

Publicist

Location Manager

Title Designer

Steven Spielberg Director

John Williams Original Music Composer

Michael Kahn Editor

Juliet Taylor Casting

Clark L. Paylow Producer

Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator

Joe Alves Production Design

Douglas Trumbull Visual Effects Director

Vilmos Zsigmond Director of Photography

Julia Phillips Producer

Michael Phillips Producer

Shari Rhodes Casting

Daniel A. Lomino Art Direction

Phil Abramson Set Decoration

Matthew Robbins Writer

Hal Barwood Writer

Nick McLean Camera Operator

Frank E. Warner Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Charlsie Bryant Script Supervisor

George Jenson Production Illustrator

Jerry Belson Writer

John Hill Writer

Kenneth Wannberg Music Editor

Don MacDougall Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sam Gordon Property Master

Earl Gilbert Gaffer

Pete Turner Still Photographer

Peter Sorel Still Photographer

Jim Coe Still Photographer

Murray Weissman Publicist

Al Ebner Publicist

Joe O'Har Location Manager

Dan Perri Title Designer

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

2h 15min | Drama, Science Fiction | Nov 16, 1977 | Released

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