Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) - Credits and Details

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Credits and Details

Directed by
	Steven Spielberg
Written by
	Steven Spielberg
	Hal Barwood
	Jerry Belson
	John Hill
	Matthew Robbins
Cast
	Richard Dreyfuss	...	Roy Neary
	François Truffaut	...	Claude Lacombe (as Francois Truffaut)
	Teri Garr	...	Ronnie Neary
	Melinda Dillon	...	Jillian Guiler
	Bob Balaban	...	David Laughlin
	J. Patrick McNamara	...	Project Leader
	Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Wild Bill (as Warren Kemmerling)
	Roberts Blossom	...	Farmer
	Philip Dodds	...	Jean Claude
	Cary Guffey	...	Barry Guiler
	Shawn Bishop	...	Brad Neary
	Adrienne Campbell	...	Silvia Neary
	Justin Dreyfuss	...	Toby Neary
	Lance Henriksen	...	Robert
	Merrill Connally	...	Team Leader
	George DiCenzo	...	Major Benchley
	Amy Douglass	...	Implantee
	Alexander Lockwood	...	Implantee
	Gene Dynarski	...	Ike
	Mary Gafrey	...	Mrs. Harris
	Norman Bartold	...	Ohio Tolls
	Josef Sommer	...	Larry Butler
	Michael J. Dyer	...	Self (as Rev. Michael J. Dyer)
	Roger Ernest	...	Highway Patrolman
	Carl Weathers	...	Military Police
	F.J. O'Neil	...	ARP Project Member (as F. J. O'Neil)
	Phil Dodds	...	ARP Musician
	Randy Mark Herman	...	Returnee #1 Flt. 19
	Hal Barwood	...	Returnee #2 Flt. 19
	Matthew Robbins	...	Returnee #3 Flt. 19
	David Anderson	...	Air Traffic Controller
	Richard L. Hawkins	...	Air Traffic Controller
	Craig Shreeve	...	Air Traffic
	Bill Thurman	...	Air Traffic
	Roy E. Richards	...	Air East Pilot
	Gene Rader	...	Hawker
	Eumenio Blanco	...	Sunburned Old Man
	Daniel Nunez	...	Federale
	Chuy Franco	...	Mexican Federale
	Luis Contreras	...	Federale
	James Keane	...	Radio Telescope Team
	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
	Galen Thompson	...	Special Forces Soldier
	John Dennis Johnston	...	Special Forces
	John Ewing	...	Dirty Tricks #1
	Keith Atkinson	...	Dirty Tricks #2
	Robert Broyles	...	Dirty Tricks #3
	Kirk Raymond	...	Dirty Tricks #4
Uncredited Cast
	Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.	...	Scientist
	Danyi Deats	...	Alien
	Basil Hoffman	...	Longly
	J. Allen Hynek	...	Self - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site
	Jenny Inge	...	#1 Alien
	Monty Jordan	...	Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot
	Shay McLean	...	Speaking Child
	Dejah Moore	...	Receptionist
	Carl Neal	...	Extra
	Monty O'Grady	...	Agent
	Julia Phillips	...	UFO watcher at Crescendo Summit
	Murray Pollack	...	Agent
	Stephen Powers	...	UN Observer
	David Rambow	...	Special Forces Hazmat Soldier
	Howard K. Smith	...	Howard K. Smith
Produced by
	Clark L. Paylow
	Julia Phillips
	Michael Phillips
Original Music by
	John Williams

Additional Info
Premiere:	November 15, 1977
Theatrical Release:	December 14, 1977
DVD Release:	May 29, 2001
Blu-ray Release:	November 13, 2007
Countries:
Distributor:	Sony Home Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
7.6 / 10	90 / 100

Production Companies
Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions (as a Julia Phillips & Michael Phillips production)
EMI Films (in association with) (as EMI)

Distributors
Columbia Pictures (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1980) (USA) (VHS) (Betamax)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1981) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) (pan/scan version)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan version)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1984) (USA) (VHS)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS) (special edition)
GoodTimes Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan version)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (Collector's Edition)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2017) (USA) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (+ Blu-ray + Digital) (40th Anniversary Edition)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen collector's edition)
Columbia TriStar Television (USA) (TV)
RCA (II) (USA) (video) (CED VideoDisc)
Sony Pictures Releasing (1998) (USA) (all media)

Filming Locations
1613 Carlisle Drive East, Mobile, Alabama, USA (exteriors: Roy Neary's home)
22250 State Highway 181, Fairhope, Alabama, USA (interiors, exteriors: Gillian Guiler's house)
Bankhead Tunnel, Mobile, Alabama, USA (street scenes)
Bay Minette, Alabama, USA (Evacuation)
Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico (desert)
Black Hills National Forest, Wyoming, USA (Devil's Tower)
Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA (indoor sets: Landing Site - cars follow spacecraft at road bend - Roy Neary's home interiors)
Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA (indoor sets)
Burbank, California, USA (police cars chasing UFO lights)
California, USA (El Mirage Dry Lake)
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, USA (Devil's Rock)
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA
Fairhope, Alabama, USA
Hangar 5, Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA (indoor set)
Hangar 6, Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA (indoor set)
Los Angeles International Airport - 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Mobile Civic Center, Civic Center Drive, Mobile, Alabama, USA (interiors) (Main building) (main arena)
Mojave Desert, California, USA (desert) (opening sequence - sandstorm) (Cotopaxi ship stranding in the middle of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Claude Lacombe makes recordings in India)
Padgett Switch Rd, Irvington, Alabama, USA (Railroad crossing scene)
Palmdale, California, USA (air traffic control center)
Querétaro, Mexico (desert)
Rockwell International Assembly Facility, Palmdale, California, USA (Air Traffic Control Center)
Tequisquiapan, Querétaro, Mexico (desert)
Tequisquipán, Querétaro, Mexico (desert)
Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA (Toll Booth)
Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Howard K. Smith TV News Anchorman scenes)

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