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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    We Are Not Alone
    ( Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi )


    Close Encounters of the Third Kind Poster

    MPAA Rating:
    PG

    US Runtime: 132 min

    Premiere Date:
    16 Nov 1977   [USA]
     
    Production Design:
     

    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
    Philip Dodds as Jean Claude
    Cary Guffey as Barry Guiler
    Shawn Bishop as Brad Neary
    Adrienne Campbell as Sylvia Neary
    Justin Dreyfuss as Toby Neary
    Lance Henriksen as Robert
    Merrill Connally as Team Leader
    George DiCenzo as Maj. Benchley
    Amy Douglass as Implantee
    Alexander Lockwood as Implantee
    Gene Dynarski as Ike
    Mary Gafrey as Mrs. Harris
    Norman Bartold as Ohio tollbooth attendant
    Josef Sommer as Larry Butler
    Rev. Michael J. Dyer as Himself
    Roger Ernest as Highway Patrolman
    Carl Weathers as MP
    Phil Dodds as ARP musician
    Randy Hermann as Returnee #1 Flt. 19
    Hal Barwood as Returnee #2 Flt. 19
      Matthew Robbins as Returnee #3 Flt. 19
    David Anderson as Air traffic controller
    Richard L. Hawkins as Air traffic controller
    Craig Shreeve as Air traffic controller
    Bill Thurman as Air traffic controller
    Roy E. Richards as Air East pilot
    Gene Rader as Hawker
    Eumenio Blanco as Federale
    Daniel Núñez as Federale
    Chuy Franco as Federale
    Luis Contreras as Federale
    James Keane as Radiotelescope team
    Dennis McMullen as Radiotelescope team
    Cy Young as Radiotelescope team
    Tom Howard as Radiotelescope team
    Richard Stuart as Truck dispatcher
    Bob Westmoreland as Load dispatcher
    Galen Thompson as Special Forces trooper
    John Dennis Johnston as Special Forces trooper
    John Ewing as Dirty Tricks #1
    Keith Atkinson as Dirty Tricks #2
    Robert Broyles as Dirty Tricks #3
    Kirk Raymond as Dirty Tricks #4
    Basil Hoffman as Longly (uncredited)
    Monty Jordan as Special Forces commander/helicopter pilot (uncredited)
    J. Allen Hynek as Himself (uncredited)
    Howard K. Smith as Himself (uncredited)
     

    Special Effects:

    Future General Corporation
     

    Filming Locations:

    • Bay Minette, Alabama, USA
    • Burbank, California, USA   [police cars chasing UFO lights]
    • Devil’s Tower National Monument, Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, USA
    • El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA
    • Los Angeles International Airport - One World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Mobile, Alabama, USA
    • Mojave Desert, California, USA
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Palmdale, California, USA   [air traffic control center]

    Tech Info:

    • Budget: $20,000,000 (USA)
    • Color Info: Color (Metrocolor)
    • Cinematographic Process: Panavision
    • Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track / the double-d symbol Dolby
    • Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
    • Film Negative Format: 35 mm
    • Printed Film Format: 35 mm

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