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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.
Language
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $306,889,114
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English,
Français,
Español
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $306,889,114
Keywords
wyoming, usa
indiana, usa
flying saucer
extraterrestrial technology
obsession
evacuation
blackout
secret base
alien life-form
alien
ufo
vision
alien abduction
missing person
alien contact
mother ship
extraterrestrial life form
alien language
alien space craft
questioning
escapade
curious
obsessive quest
flying ship
ufo sighting
alien encounter
desperate
lightshow
extraterrestrial humanoids
wonder
mysterious lights
alien spaceship
extraterrestrial capsule
moving lights
humanoid alien
secret space ufos
whimsical
admiring
awestruck
flashing lights
Casts

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
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician

Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen
Robert
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
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

Alexander Lockwood
Implantee

Josef Sommer
Larry Butler

Bill Thurman
Air Traffic

James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
Michael J. Dyer
Himself
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
Randy Hermann
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)
Crews
Michael Phillips
Producer
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction

Juliet Taylor
Casting
Clark L. Paylow
Producer

Shari Rhodes
Casting

Michael Kahn
Editor

Joe Alves
Production Design
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration

Steven Spielberg
Director
Julia Phillips
Producer

Steven Spielberg
Writer

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sam Gordon
Property Master

László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Harry Moreau
Animation
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Al Ebner
Publicist
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Richard Oswald
Sound

J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant

Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Stephen Powers
Stunts

Jeannie Epper
Stunts

Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts

Dan Perri
Title Designer

Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director

Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
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