Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We are not alone.
( Drama / Sci-Fi )

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MPAA Rating:

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:

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 Hal Barwood Returnee #2 Flt. 19 Matthew Robbins Returnee #3 Flt. 19 Gene Rader Hawker Daniel Núñez Federale Chuy Franco Federale Luis Contreras Federale Galen Thompson Special Forces		John Dennis Johnston Special Forces Robert Broyles Dirty Tricks #3 George DiCenzo Major Benchley Alexander Lockwood Implantee Josef Sommer Larry Butler Bill Thurman Air Traffic James Keane Radio Telescope Team Philip Dodds Jean Claude Mary Gafrey Mrs. Harris Michael J. Dyer Himself Roger Ernest Highway Patrolman Randy Herman Returnee #1 Flt. 19 David Anderson Air Traffic Controller Richard L. Hawkins Air Traffic Controller Craig Shreeve Air Traffic Roy E. Richards Air East Pilot Eumenio Blanco Federale Dennis McMullen Radio Telescope Team Cy Young Radio Telescope Team Tom Howard Radio Telescope Team Richard Stuart Truck Dispatcher Bob Westmoreland Load Dispatcher Matt Emery Support Leader John Ewing Dirty Tricks #1 Kirk Raymond Dirty Tricks #4 Keith Atkinson Dirty Tricks #2

Uncredited Cast:

Monty Jordan Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) Basil Hoffman Longly (uncredited) Stephen Powers UN Observer (uncredited)		J. Allen Hynek Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited) Howard K. Smith Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Denny Arnold Stunts Bobby Bass Stunts Craig R. Baxley Stunt Driver Jerry Brutsche Stunt Driver Jeannie Epper Stunts		Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator Melvin Jones Stunts Monty Jordan Utility Stunts Henry Kingi Stunt Driver Stephen Powers Stunts

Sound Crew:

Stephen Katz Sound Supervisor Robert 'Buzz' Knudson Sound Re-Recording Mixer Don MacDougall Sound Re-Recording Mixer		Richard Oswald Sound Jack Schrader Supervising Dialogue Editor Frank E. Warner Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Harry Moreau Animation Carlo Rambaldi Visual Effects Robert Swarthe Animation Supervisor		Douglas Trumbull Visual Effects Director Richard Yuricich VFX Director of Photography

Art Department:

Phil Abramson Set Decoration Sam Gordon Property Master George Jenson Production Illustrator		Bill Parks Construction Manager Dan Perri Title Designer

Directing Crew:

Jim Bloom Second Assistant Director		Charles Myers Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

John A. Alonzo Additional Director of Photography Jim Coe Still Photographer Earl Gilbert Gaffer Laszlo Kovacs Additional Director of Photography		Nick McLean Camera Operator Steven Poster Second Unit Director of Photography Peter Sorel Still Photographer Pete Turner Still Photographer

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