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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1977-12-14
- video_camera_front Companies Julia/Michael Phillips Productions, Columbia Pictures, EMI Films
- timer Runtime: 137 Mins
- star Rating: 7.4 / 10
- favorite Likes: 4268 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0075860
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smart_display 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 Nunez
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 Hermann
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

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)
groups Crew

Michael Phillips
Producer

Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction

Juliet Taylor
Casting

Clark L. Paylow
Producer

Shari Rhodes
Casting

Michael Kahn
Editor

Joe Alves
Production Design

Phil Abramson
Set Decoration

Steven Spielberg
Director

Julia Phillips
Producer

Steven Spielberg
Writer

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

Charles Myers
Assistant Director

Bill Parks
Construction Manager

Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor

Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sam Gordon
Property Master

László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography

Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director

Edie Panda
Hairdresser

Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography

John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography

Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography

Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant

Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor

Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant

Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary

Gail Siemers
Production Secretary

Harry Moreau
Animation

George Jenson
Production Illustrator

Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator

Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor

Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor

Nick McLean
Camera Operator

Earl Gilbert
Gaffer

Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Peter Sorel
Still Photographer

Murray Weissman
Publicist

Joe O'Har
Location Manager

Al Ebner
Publicist

Pete Turner
Still Photographer

Jim Coe
Still Photographer

Richard Oswald
Sound

J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant

Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver

Stephen Powers
Stunts

Jeannie Epper
Stunts

Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver

Denny Arnold
Stunts

Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver

Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts

Bobby Bass
Stunts

Melvin Jones
Stunts

Dan Perri
Title Designer

Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director

Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
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