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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
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- 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
Steven Spielberg
Director
Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Michael Phillips
Producer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Michael Kahn
Editor
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Joe Alves
Production Design
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Hal Barwood
Writer
Jerry Belson
Writer
John Hill
Writer
Matthew Robbins
Writer
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Robert Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Harry Moreau
Animation
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Al Ebner
Publicist
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Richard Oswald
Sound
J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts
Stephen Powers
Stunts
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
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