Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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PG | 2 hr 12 mins | Drama, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Now Playing

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Synopsis:

Several civilian people are drawn to a remote corner of the US where aliens land in their spaceship and parley with US officials.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/16/1977

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Steven Spielberg	Director
Cast	Credit
Richard Dreyfuss	Roy Neary
Francois Truffaut	Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr	Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon	Jillian Guiler
Cary Guffey	Barry Guiler
Bob Balaban	David Laughlin
Pat McNamara	Project Leader
Warren Kemmerling	Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom	Farmer
Philip Dodds	Jean Claude
Shawn Bishop	Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell	Silvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss	Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen	Robert
Merrill Connally	Team Leader
George DiCenzo	Major Benchley
Amy Douglass	Implantee
Alexander Lockwood	Implantee
Gene Dynarski	Ike
Mary Gafrey	Mrs Harris
Norman Bartold	Ohio Tolls
Josef Sommer	Larry Butler
Reverend Michael J Dyer	Himself
Roger Ernest	Highway Patrolman
Carl Weathers	Military Policeman
F J O'Neil	ARP Project Member
Randy Hermann	Flight 19 Returnee
Hal Barwood	Flight 19 Returnee
Matthew Robbins	Flight 19 Returnee
David Anderson	Air Traffic Controller
Richard L Hawkins	Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve	Air Traffic Controller
Bill Thurman	Air Traffic Controller
Roy E Richards	Air East Pilot
Gene Rader	Hawker
Eumenio Blanco	Federale
Daniel Nunez	Federale
Chuy Franco	Federale
Luis Contreras	Federale
James Keane	Radio Telescope Team Member
Dennis McMullen	Radio Telescope Team Member
Cy Young	Radio Telescope Team Member
Tom Howard	Radio Telescope Team Member
Richard Stuart	Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland	Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery	Support Leader
Bob Thompson	Special Forces
John Christy Ewing	Dirty Tricks
Keith Atkinson	Dirty Tricks
Robert Broyles	Dirty Tricks
Kirk Raymond	Dirty Tricks
Stanley Brock
Production Credits	Credit
Clark Paylow	Associate Producer
Julia Phillips	Producer
Michael Phillips	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
EMI Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Voyager Company	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Repertory	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Wyoming, USA
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Bay Minette, Alabama, USA
Washington DC, USA
California, USA
India
Writer	Credit
Colin Cantwell	Writer (dialogue) - technical dialogue
Steven Spielberg	Screenplay
Steven Spielberg	From Story
Paul Schrader	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Steve Warner	Auditor - location auditor
Peggy Ann Rosson	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Joe Alves	Production Designer
Philip Abramson	Set Decorator
Rocco Gioffre	Art Assistant - matte artist assistant
Daniel Lomino	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Shari Rhodes	Casting
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Sally Dennison	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Don Dow	Film Lab - laboratory technician
Fast Eddie Mahler	Video - video technician
David Hardberger	Camera Assistant
Nick McLean	Camera Operator
Douglas Slocombe	Photography - photography of India sequence
John Russell	Camera - camera design
Vilmos Zsigmond	Director of Photography
Peter Sorel	Photography - still photographer
Alan Harding	Camera Assistant
Thomas Hollister	Film Lab - laboratory technician
Dave Berry	Camera Operator
William A Fraker	Director of Photography - director of photography of additional American scenes
John Alonzo	Director of Photography
Jim Coe	Photography - still photographer
Eugene Eyerly	Camera Operator
Charles Hinkle	Film Lab - laboratory expeditor
Bruce Nicholson	Camera Assistant
Max Morgan	Camera Operator
Laszlo Kovacs	Director of Photography
Peter Turner	Photography - still photographer
Richard Rippel	Camera Assistant
Scott Squires	Camera Assistant
Dave Stewart	Photography - UFO photography
Ron Peterson	Camera Operator
Steven Poster	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Robert Green Hall	Photography - optical photography
Eldon Rickman	Camera Operator
Richard Yuricich	Director of Photography - director of photography-photographic effects
Don Jarel	Photography - matte photography
Dennis Muren	Photography - Mother Ship photography
Allen Daviau	Photography
Frank Stanley	Photography
Marcia Reid	Photography - stills
Music	Credit
Johnny Mathis	Song Performer
Al Stillman	Song
Kenneth Wannberg	Music Editor
John Ellis	Soloist - light board oboe solo
John Williams	Music
Slim Whitman	Song Performer
Robert Allen	Song
John Neal	Music - music recording mixer
Tommy Johnson	Music - tube player
Leigh Harline	Song
Ned Washington	Song
Joe Raposo	Song
Bob Nolan	Song
Bernard Barnes	Song
Carle Winge	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Charlie Bryant	Script Supervisor
Clark Paylow	Unit Production Manager
Joe O'Har	Location Manager
Charles Myers	Assistant Director
Ronald L Schwary	Unit Manager
Robert Shepherd	Project Manager - effects unit project manager
Jim Bloom	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Al Ebner	Publicity - publicist
Murray Weissman	Publicity - publicist
Marvin Levy	Publicity - publicist
Peter Benoit	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Richard L Oswald	Sound Effects
Robert A Reitch	Sound Editor - assistant dialogue editor
Gene S Cantamessa	Sound - sound recording mixer
Frank Warner	Sound Effects Editor - sound effects editor supervisor
Robert Knudson	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
David M Horton	Sound Effects
Bill Jackson	Sound Editor - assistant dialogue editor
Don MacDougall	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Sam Gemette	Sound Effects
Gary Gerlich	Sound Effects
Robert W Glass Jr	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Chester L Slomka	Sound Effects
Neil Burrow	Sound Effects
Visual Effects	Credit
Roy Arbogast	Mechanical Special Effects - special mechanical effects
Dan Perri	Titles - title design
Harry Moreau	Animator
Steven Spielberg	Visual Effects - special visual effects concept
Douglas Trumbull	Special Effects - special photographic effects
Douglas Trumbull	Effects Supervisor - special photographic effects supervisor
Larry Robinson	Effects Coordinator - special visual effects coordinator
Matthew Yuricich	Matte Painter - matte artist
Robert Swarthe	Animation Supervisor
George Polkinghorne	Mechanical Special Effects - special mechanical effects
Gregory Jein	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Carol Boardman	Animator
Eleanor Dahlen	Animator
J Richard Dow	Visual Effects - modelshop coordinator
John Russell	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Jor Van Kline	Visual Effects - modelmaker