Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Release: 1977-12-14
·Runtime: 137m
·★ 7.4
Science Fiction
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Julia/Michael Phillips Productions
Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Melinda Dillon
as Jillian Guiler
J. Allen Hynek
as Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Bill Thurman
as Air Traffic
Roberts Blossom
as Farmer
Richard Dreyfuss
as Roy Neary
Teri Garr
as Ronnie Neary
Bob Balaban
as David Laughlin
Gene Dynarski
as Ike
Alexander Lockwood
as Implantee
François Truffaut
as Claude Lacombe
J. Patrick McNamara
as Project Leader
Norman Bartold
as Norman Bartold
Cary Guffey
as Barry Guiler
Lance Henriksen
as Robert
F.J. O'Neil
as ARP Project Member
George DiCenzo
as Major Benchley
Josef Sommer
as Larry Butler
Basil Hoffman
as Longly (uncredited)
Warren J. Kemmerling
as Wild Bill
Luis Contreras
as Federale
Matthew Robbins
as Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Carl Weathers
as Military Policeman
James Keane
as Radio Telescope Team
Crew
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Joe Alves
Production Design
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Steven Spielberg
Director, Writer
Michael Kahn
Editor
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director