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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) [PG]

Release Date:
December 14, 1977

Original Title:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Alternate Titles:
CE3K
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition)
Director's Cut: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo
Encuentros en la tercera fase
Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo
Rencontre du 3e type
Rencontre du 3e type (HDR)
Rencontres du troisieme type
The Close Encounter of the Third Kind
The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Watch the Skies
Близькі контакти третього виду
Близькі контакти третього роду
미지와의 조우

Genres:
Drama | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BR: L  CA: PG  DE: 12  DK: 15  ES: APTA  FR: U  GB: PG  GR: PG  HU: 12  IE: PG  IT: T  KR: ALL  NL: 9  PL: 16  PT: M/12  RO: 15  SE: 11  US: PG 

Runtime: 135

We are not alone.

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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.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#64 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2001
#31 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films
2006
#58 		100 Years: 100 CHEERS
100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time

Performers

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Production

Additional Director of Photography:
John A. Alonzo
László Kovács

Animation:
Harry Moreau

Animation Supervisor:
Robert Swarthe

Art Direction:
Daniel A. Lomino

Assistant Director:
Charles Myers

Camera Operator:
Nick McLean

Casting:
Shari Rhodes
Juliet Taylor

Construction Manager:
Bill Parks

Director:
Steven Spielberg

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor:
Michael Kahn

Gaffer:
Earl Gilbert

Hairdresser:
Edie Panda

Location Manager:
Joe O'Har

Makeup Supervisor:
Bob Westmoreland

Music Editor:
Kenneth Wannberg

Original Music Composer:
John Williams

Producer:
Julia Phillips
Michael Phillips
Clark L. Paylow

Production Accountant:
Peggy Rosson

Production Assistant:
Carol Bidault de L'Isle

Production Consultant:
J. Allen Hynek

Production Design:
Joe Alves

Production Illustrator:
George Jenson

Production Secretary:
Joyce Goldberg
Gail Siemers

Property Master:
Sam Gordon

Publicist:
Al Ebner
Murray Weissman

Script Supervisor:
Charlsie Bryant

Second Assistant Director:
Jim Bloom

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Steven Poster

Set Decoration:
Phil Abramson

Sound:
Richard Oswald

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Don MacDougall
Robert Knudson

Sound Supervisor:
Stephen Katz

Still Photographer:
Jim Coe
Peter Sorel
Pete Turner

Stunt Coordinator:
Buddy Joe Hooker

Stunt Driver:
Henry Kingi
Craig R. Baxley
Jerry Brutsche

Stunts:
Denny Arnold
Bobby Bass
Jeannie Epper
Melvin Jones
Stephen Powers

Supervising Dialogue Editor:
Jack Schrader

Supervising Sound Effects Editor:
Frank E. Warner

Title Designer:
Dan Perri

Utility Stunts:
Monty Jordan

VFX Director of Photography:
Richard Yuricich

Visual Effects:
Carlo Rambaldi

Visual Effects Director:
Douglas Trumbull

Writer:
Hal Barwood
John Hill
Steven Spielberg
Jerry Belson
Matthew Robbins

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