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Brief Synopsis
A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
Several civilian people are drawn to a remote corner of the US where aliens land in their spaceship and parley with US officials.
Cast & Crew
Steven Spielberg
Director
David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller
Richard L Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic Controller
Luis Contreras
Federale
James Keane
Radio Telescope Team Member
Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team Member
Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team Member
Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team Member
Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher
William Fraker
Director Of Photography Of Additional American Scenes
John Alonzo
Additional Director Of Photography
Laszlo Kovacs
Additional Director Of Photography
Steve Poster
Director Of Photography (2nd Unit)
Richard Yuricich
Director Of Photography-Photographic Effects
John Russell
Camera Design
Geoffrey Rowland
Assistant Editor
Charles Bornstein
Assistant Editor
Joseph A Ippolito
Assistant Editor
John Neal
Music Recording Mixer
Tommy Johnson
Tube Player (Mother Ship)
Al Stillman
Song ("Chances Are")
Robert Allen
Song ("Chances Are")
Leigh Harline
Song ("When You Wish Upon A Star")
Ned Washington
Song ("When You Wish Upon A Star")
Joe Raposo
Song ("The Square Song")
Bob Nolan
Song ("Love Song Of The Waterfall")
Bernard Barnes
Song ("Love Song Of The Waterfall")
Carle Winge
Song ("Love Song Of The Waterfall")
Johnny Mathis
Song Performer ("Chances Are")
Slim Whitman
Song Performer ("Love Song Of The Waterfall")
Connie Morgan
Animator
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Douglas Trumbull
Special Photographic Effects
Steven Spielberg
Special Visual Effects Concept
Gregory Jein
Chief Modelmaker
J Richard Dow
Modelshop Coordinator
Bob Worthington
Modelmaker
Douglas Trumbull
Special Photographic Effects Supervisor
Larry Robinson
Special Visual Effects Coordinator
Roy Arbogast
Special Mechanical Effects
George Polkinghorne
Special Mechanical Effects
John Russell
Mechanical Design
Joe Alves
Production Designer
Gene S Cantamessa
Sound Recording Mixer
Robert Knudson
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Don Macdougall
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Robert W Glass
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Robert A Reitch
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Sony Pictures Releasing
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International
Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Voyager Company
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Domestic Video Distributor
George Jensen
Production Illustrator
Janet Healy
Production Staff
Ray Rich
Key Grip
Douglas Slocombe
Additional Photography Of India Sequence
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Robert Green Hall
Optical Photography
Don Jarel
Matte Photography
Dennis Muren
Mother Ship Photography
Allen Daviau
Additional Photography (Special Edition)
Frank Stanley
Additional Photography
Marcia Reid
Stills
Robert Shepherd
Effects Unit Project Manager
Dr. J Allen Hynek
Technical Advisor
Bill Bethea
Transportation
Ronald L Schwary
Unit Manager (Additional Scenes)
Clark Paylow
Unit Production Manager
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Thomas Hollister
Laboratory Technician
Charles Hinkle
Laboratory Expeditor
Barbara Morrison
Negative Cutter
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Kendall Cooper
Assistant (To Julia Phillips And Michael S Phillips)
Judy Sornstein
2nd Assistant (To Julia Phillips And Michael S Phillips)
Richard Fields
Assistant (To Steven Spielberg)
Glen Erickson
Project Assistant
Hoyt Yeatman
Project Assistant
George Randle
Special Consultant
Jeff Shapiro
Special Consultant
Robert M Mcmillian
Color Consultant
Gene S Cantamessa
Sound
Robert Knudson
Sound
Additional Details
| MPAA Ratings: | PG | Premiere Info: | |
| Release Date: | 1977 | Production Date: | |
| Color/B&W: | Color (Metrocolor) | Distributions Co: | |
| Sound: | Dolby | Production Co: | Emi Films Ltd .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Fries Engineering .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Columbia Pictures .....Studio, Sony Pictures Releasing .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures International .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Voyager Company .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment .....Domestic Video Distributor |
| Duration(mins): | Country: | United States (USA) | |
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Amazing even after all these years!
RedRain 2013-02-25
I love this film and it never ceases to thrill me! There is a madness and a joy to the story that makes your fantasy come true. Would I go with the... MORE>
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Confused categorization
John Jackman 2013-01-22
This is a favourite movie of mine but I always find it is incorrectly tagged as Sci-fi or as it is listed on TCM at Feb 2013 in Horror or other categories.... MORE>
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Good not great.
ojc 2012-10-03
Let's get the good parts out of the way. For its era, this film has wonderful special effects. Acting is solid. Nice music, and the aliens are... MORE>
