Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary |
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François Truffaut as Claude Lacombe |
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Teri Garr as Ronnie Neary |
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Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler |
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Bob Balaban as David Laughlin |
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J. Patrick McNamara as Project Leader |
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Warren J. Kemmerling as Wild Bill |
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Roberts Blossom as Farmer |
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Phil Dodds as ARP Musician |
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Cary Guffey as Barry Guiler |
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Shawn Bishop as Brad Neary |
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Adrienne Campbell as Sylvia Neary |
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Justin Dreyfuss as Toby Neary |
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Lance Henriksen as Robert |
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Merrill Connally as Team Leader |
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Amy Douglass as Implantee |
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Gene Dynarski as Ike |
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Carl Weathers as Military Policeman |
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Norman Bartold as Norman Bartold |
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F.J. O'Neil as ARP Project Member |
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Hal Barwood as Returnee #2 Flt. 19 |
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Matthew Robbins as Returnee #3 Flt. 19 |
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Gene Rader as Hawker |
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Daniel Nunez as Federale |
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Chuy Franco as Federale |
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Luis Contreras as Federale |
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Galen Thompson as Special Forces |
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John Dennis Johnston as Special Forces |
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Robert Broyles as Dirty Tricks #3 |
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George DiCenzo as Major Benchley |
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Alexander Lockwood as Implantee |
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Josef Sommer as Larry Butler |
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Bill Thurman as Air Traffic |
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James Keane as Radio Telescope Team |
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Philip Dodds as Jean Claude |
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Mary Gafrey as Mrs. Harris |
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Michael J. Dyer as Himself |
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Roger Ernest as Highway Patrolman |
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Randy Herman as Returnee #1 Flt. 19 |
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David Anderson as Air Traffic Controller |
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Richard L. Hawkins as Air Traffic Controller |
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Craig Shreeve as Air Traffic |
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Roy E. Richards as Air East Pilot |
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Eumenio Blanco as Federale |
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Dennis McMullen as Radio Telescope Team |
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Cy Young as Radio Telescope Team |
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Tom Howard as Radio Telescope Team |
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Richard Stuart as Truck Dispatcher |
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Bob Westmoreland as Load Dispatcher |
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Matt Emery as Support Leader |
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John Ewing as Dirty Tricks #1 |
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Kirk Raymond as Dirty Tricks #4 |
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Keith Atkinson as Dirty Tricks #2 |
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Monty Jordan as Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) |
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Basil Hoffman as Longly (uncredited) |
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Stephen Powers as UN Observer (uncredited) |
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J. Allen Hynek as Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited) |
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Howard K. Smith as Howard K. Smith (uncredited) |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | Clark L. Paylow | Producer |
| Production | Julia Phillips | Producer |
| Production | Michael Phillips | Producer |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Kahn | Editor |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Art | Daniel A. Lomino | Art Direction |
| Art | Phil Abramson | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Steven Spielberg | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edie Panda | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | Charles Myers | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jim Bloom | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Bill Parks | Construction Manager |
| Art | Sam Gordon | Property Master |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Stephen Katz | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Jack Schrader | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Steven Poster | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | László Kovács | Additional Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Harry Moreau | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Robert Swarthe | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Richard Yuricich | VFX Director of Photography |
| Production | Peggy Rosson | Production Accountant |
| Production | Joyce Goldberg | Production Secretary |
| Production | Carol Bidault de L'Isle | Production Assistant |
| Production | Gail Siemers | Production Secretary |
| Art | George Jenson | Production Illustrator |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Kenneth Wannberg | Music Editor |
| Directing | Charlsie Bryant | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Earl Gilbert | Gaffer |
| Camera | Nick McLean | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pete Turner | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Peter Sorel | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jim Coe | Still Photographer |
| Production | Murray Weissman | Publicist |
| Production | Al Ebner | Publicist |
| Production | Joe O'Har | Location Manager |
| Sound | Richard Oswald | Sound |
| Production | J. Allen Hynek | Production Consultant |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Craig R. Baxley | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Bass | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Brutsche | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Melvin Jones | Stunts |
| Crew | Monty Jordan | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen Powers | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Visual Effects | Douglas Trumbull | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Carlo Rambaldi | Visual Effects |