Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Synopsis

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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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

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Phil Dodds

ARP Musician

Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

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Shawn Bishop

Brad Neary

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Adrienne Campbell

Sylvia Neary

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Justin Dreyfuss

Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen

Robert

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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

Crew

Art

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

Camera

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

Costume & Make-Up

• Edie Panda Hairdresser
• Bob Westmoreland Makeup Supervisor

Crew

• Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator
• Henry Kingi Stunt Driver
• Denny Arnold Stunts
• Bobby Bass Stunts
• Craig R. Baxley Stunt Driver
• Jerry Brutsche Stunt Driver
• Melvin Jones Stunts
• Monty Jordan Utility Stunts
• Stephen Powers Stunts
• Jeannie Epper Stunts
• Seth Winston Intern

Directing

• Steven Spielberg Director
• Charlsie Bryant Script Supervisor
• Charles Myers First Assistant Director
• Jim Bloom Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Michael Kahn Editor
• Geoffrey Rowland Assistant Editor
• Charles Bornstein Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Earl Gilbert Gaffer

Production

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

Sound

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

Visual Effects

• Richard Yuricich VFX Director of Photography
• Harry Moreau Animation
• Robert Swarthe Animation Supervisor
• Douglas Trumbull Visual Effects Supervisor
• Carlo Rambaldi Creature Design
• Matthew Yuricich Matte Painter
• Robert Hall Visual Effects Camera
• Don Capel Visual Effects Camera

Writing

• Steven Spielberg Writer

Photos