Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Overview

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

Release date

Dec 14, 1977

Rating

7.3 / 10

Runtime

2 hours 17 minutes

Genres

Science Fiction
Drama

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss
As Roy Neary
François Truffaut
As Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
As Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
As Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
As David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
As Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
As Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
As Farmer
Phil Dodds
No picture available
As ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
As Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
No picture available
As Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
No picture available
As Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
No picture available
As Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
As Robert
Merrill Connally
No picture available
As Team Leader
Amy Douglass
No picture available
As Implantee
Gene Dynarski
As Ike
Carl Weathers
As Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
As Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
As ARP Project Member
Hal Barwood
No picture available
As Returnee #2 Flt. 19
Matthew Robbins
As Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Gene Rader
No picture available
As Hawker
Daniel Nunez
No picture available
As Federale
Chuy Franco
No picture available
As Federale
Luis Contreras
As Federale
Galen Thompson
No picture available
As Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
No picture available
As Special Forces
Robert Broyles
No picture available
As Dirty Tricks #3
George DiCenzo
As Major Benchley
Alexander Lockwood
As Implantee
Josef Sommer
As Larry Butler
Bill Thurman
As Air Traffic
James Keane
As Radio Telescope Team
Philip Dodds
No picture available
As Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
No picture available
As Mrs. Harris
Michael J. Dyer
No picture available
As Himself
Roger Ernest
No picture available
As Highway Patrolman
Randy Herman
No picture available
As Returnee #1 Flt. 19
David Anderson
No picture available
As Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins
No picture available
As Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
No picture available
As Air Traffic
Roy E. Richards
No picture available
As Air East Pilot
Eumenio Blanco
No picture available
As Federale
Dennis McMullen
No picture available
As Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young
No picture available
As Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
No picture available
As Radio Telescope Team
Richard Stuart
No picture available
As Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland
No picture available
As Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery
No picture available
As Support Leader
John Ewing
No picture available
As Dirty Tricks #1
Kirk Raymond
No picture available
As Dirty Tricks #4
Keith Atkinson
No picture available
As Dirty Tricks #2
Monty Jordan
No picture available
As Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Basil Hoffman
As Longly (uncredited)
Stephen Powers
No picture available
As UN Observer (uncredited)
J. Allen Hynek
As Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
No picture available
As Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Crew

Steven Spielberg
Role: Director
Clark L. Paylow
No picture available
Role: Producer
Julia Phillips
No picture available
Role: Producer
Michael Phillips
No picture available
Role: Producer
John Williams
Role: Original Music Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Role: Director of Photography
Michael Kahn
Role: Editor
Shari Rhodes
Role: Casting
Juliet Taylor
Role: Casting
Joe Alves
Role: Production Design
Daniel A. Lomino
No picture available
Role: Art Direction
Phil Abramson
No picture available
Role: Set Decoration
Steven Spielberg
Role: Writer
Edie Panda
No picture available
Role: Hairdresser
Bob Westmoreland
No picture available
Role: Makeup Supervisor
Charles Myers
No picture available
Role: Assistant Director
Jim Bloom
Role: Second Assistant Director
Bill Parks
No picture available
Role: Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
No picture available
Role: Property Master
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
No picture available
Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Katz
No picture available
Role: Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
No picture available
Role: Supervising Dialogue Editor
Steven Poster
Role: Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Role: Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Role: Additional Director of Photography
Harry Moreau
No picture available
Role: Animation
Robert Swarthe
No picture available
Role: Animation Supervisor
Richard Yuricich
No picture available
Role: VFX Director of Photography
Peggy Rosson
No picture available
Role: Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
No picture available
Role: Production Secretary
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
No picture available
Role: Production Assistant
Gail Siemers
No picture available
Role: Production Secretary
George Jenson
No picture available
Role: Production Illustrator
Don MacDougall
No picture available
Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Role: Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
No picture available
Role: Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
No picture available
Role: Script Supervisor
Frank E. Warner
No picture available
Role: Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
No picture available
Role: Gaffer
Nick McLean
No picture available
Role: Camera Operator
Pete Turner
No picture available
Role: Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
No picture available
Role: Still Photographer
Jim Coe
No picture available
Role: Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
No picture available
Role: Publicist
Al Ebner
No picture available
Role: Publicist
Joe O'Har
No picture available
Role: Location Manager
Richard Oswald
No picture available
Role: Sound
J. Allen Hynek
Role: Production Consultant
Henry Kingi
Role: Stunt Driver
Craig R. Baxley
Role: Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
No picture available
Role: Stunts
Bobby Bass
No picture available
Role: Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Role: Stunt Driver
Jeannie Epper
Role: Stunts
Melvin Jones
No picture available
Role: Stunts
Monty Jordan
No picture available
Role: Utility Stunts
Stephen Powers
No picture available
Role: Stunts
Dan Perri
Role: Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Role: Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Role: Visual Effects

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