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.
Release Date
December 14, 1977Runtime
135 minRating
PGDirected by
Steven Spielberg, Charlsie Bryant, Charles Myers, Jim BloomWritten by
Hal Barwood, John Hill, Steven Spielberg, Jerry Belson, Matthew RobbinsLanguage
EnglishBudget
$20,000,000Revenue
$306,889,114Status
Released
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
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Lance Henriksen
Robert
Gene Dynarski
Ike
Carl Weathers
Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
Matthew Robbins
Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Luis Contreras
Federale
John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces
Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)
George DiCenzo
Major Benchley
Alexander Lockwood
Implantee
Josef Sommer
Larry Butler
Bill Thurman
Air Traffic
James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)Images
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