Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4381 reviews
Sci-Fi/Drama
2h 17m
1977
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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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.
- DirectorSteven Spielberg
- Release14 December 1977
- Genre
- Duration2h 17m
- Budget$20,000,000
- Revenue$306,889,114
- Rate4381 reviews
- Productions
Julia/Michael Phillips Productions, Columbia Pictures, EMI Films
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

George DiCenzo
Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood
Implantee

Josef Sommer
Larry Butler

Bill Thurman
Air Traffic

James Keane
Radio Telescope Team

Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
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