Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

135 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Dec. 14, 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.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

135 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Dec. 14, 1977

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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions
Original title Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Directors Jim Bloom, Charles Myers, Charlsie Bryant, Steven Spielberg
Writers Matthew Robbins, Jerry Belson, Steven Spielberg, John Hill, Hal Barwood

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

as Roy Neary

François Truffaut

as Claude Lacombe

Teri Garr

as Ronnie Neary

Melinda Dillon

as Jillian Guiler

Bob Balaban

as David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara

as Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling

as Wild Bill

Roberts Blossom

as Farmer

Phil Dodds

as ARP Musician

Cary Guffey

as Barry Guiler

Shawn Bishop

as Brad Neary

Adrienne Campbell

as Sylvia Neary

Justin Dreyfuss

as Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen

as Robert

Merrill Connally

as Team Leader

Amy Douglass

as Implantee

Gene Dynarski

as Ike

Carl Weathers

as Military Policeman

Norman Bartold

as Norman Bartold

F.J. O'Neil

as ARP Project Member

Hal Barwood

as Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Matthew Robbins

as Returnee #3 Flt. 19

Gene Rader

as Hawker

Daniel Nunez

as Federale

Chuy Franco

as Federale

Luis Contreras

as Federale

Galen Thompson

as Special Forces

John Dennis Johnston

as Special Forces

Robert Broyles

as Dirty Tricks #3

George DiCenzo

as Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood

as Implantee

Josef Sommer

as Larry Butler

Bill Thurman

as Air Traffic

James Keane

as Radio Telescope Team

Philip Dodds

as Jean Claude

Mary Gafrey

as Mrs. Harris

Michael J. Dyer

as Himself

Roger Ernest

as Highway Patrolman

Randy Hermann

as Returnee #1 Flt. 19

David Anderson

as Air Traffic Controller

Richard L. Hawkins

as Air Traffic Controller

Craig Shreeve

as Air Traffic

Roy E. Richards

as Air East Pilot

Eumenio Blanco

as Federale

Dennis McMullen

as Radio Telescope Team

Cy Young

as Radio Telescope Team

Tom Howard

as Radio Telescope Team

Richard Stuart

as Truck Dispatcher

Bob Westmoreland

as Load Dispatcher

Matt Emery

as Support Leader

John Ewing

as Dirty Tricks #1

Kirk Raymond

as Dirty Tricks #4

Keith Atkinson

as Dirty Tricks #2

Monty Jordan

as Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Basil Hoffman

as Longly (uncredited)

Stephen Powers

as UN Observer (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek

as Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith

as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)