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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
We are not alone.
( Drama / Sci-Fi )

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 137 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 14, 1977   [USA]		  
Director: Steven Spielberg   [Director]
 
Writer: Steven Spielberg   [Writer]
 
Producers: Clark L. Paylow   [Producer]
Julia Phillips   [Producer]
Michael Phillips   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Michael Kahn   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Williams   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Joe Alves   [Production Design]
 
Casting by Shari Rhodes   [Casting]
Juliet Taylor   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Columbia Pictures   (US)
EMI Films   (GB)
Julia/Michael Phillips Productions   (US)
 

Plot Summary:

    An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
Farmer
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
 
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
Robert
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
Amy Douglass
Implantee
Gene Dynarski
Ike
Carl Weathers
Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
 
 
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Special Effects Department:
Future General Corporation
  
 
Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
 
Tech Info:
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$306,889,114
Color Info:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track / the double-d symbol Dolby
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

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