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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

December 14, 1977
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Cast (58)

François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
Amy Douglass
Implantee
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
Josef Sommer
Larry Butler
Bill Thurman
Air Traffic
James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
Randy Herman
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)

Crew (60)

Directing

Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor

Writing

Production

Shari Rhodes
Casting
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Julia Phillips
Producer
Al Ebner
Publicist

Sound

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Art

Joe Alves
Production Design
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Dan Perri
Title Designer

Camera

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Nick McLean
Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor
Edie Panda
Hairdresser

Crew

Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts

Editing

Lighting

Visual Effects

Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Harry Moreau
Animation
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director