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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.

1977 |2h 17m |  Science Fiction, Drama

Videos

Cast

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Richard Dreyfuss

Roy Neary

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Teri Garr

Ronnie Neary

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Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

cast

Bob Balaban

David Laughlin

cast

J. Patrick McNamara

Project Leader

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Warren J. Kemmerling

Wild Bill

cast

Roberts Blossom

Farmer

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Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

cast

Lance Henriksen

Robert

cast

Gene Dynarski

Ike

cast

Carl Weathers

Military Policeman

cast

Norman Bartold

Norman Bartold

cast

F.J. O'Neil

ARP Project Member

cast

Luis Contreras

Federale

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John Dennis Johnston

Special Forces

cast

George DiCenzo

Major Benchley

cast

Alexander Lockwood

Implantee

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Josef Sommer

Larry Butler

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Bill Thurman

Air Traffic

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James Keane

Radio Telescope Team

cast

Basil Hoffman

Longly (uncredited)

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J. Allen Hynek

Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Hindi, English, French, Spanish

Budget

$20,000,000.00

Revenue

$306,889,114.00