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Financials
Revenue: $306,889,114
Budget: $20,000,000
Profit: + $286,889,114
Movie Details
Tag Line: We are not alone.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Dec 14, 1977
Rating: 1993-01-01
Run Time: 2h 15m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United Kingdom , United States of America
Production Companies: Julia/Michael Phillips Productions , Columbia Pictures , EMI Films
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Production | Producer |
Michael Phillips
Clark L. Paylow
Julia Phillips
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| Casting |
Juliet Taylor
Shari Rhodes
|
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| Production Assistant |
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
|
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| Production Accountant |
Peggy Rosson
|
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| Production Secretary |
Joyce Goldberg
Gail Siemers
|
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| Publicist |
Murray Weissman
Al Ebner
|
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| Location Manager |
Joe O'Har
|
|
| Production Consultant |
J. Allen Hynek
|
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| Art | Art Direction |
Daniel A. Lomino
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| Production Design |
Joe Alves
|
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| Set Decoration |
Phil Abramson
|
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| Construction Manager |
Bill Parks
|
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| Property Master |
Sam Gordon
|
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| Production Illustrator |
George Jenson
|
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| Title Designer |
Dan Perri
|
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| Writing | Writer |
Hal Barwood
John Hill
Jerry Belson
Matthew Robbins
Steven Spielberg
|
| Editing | Editor |
Michael Kahn
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| Directing | Director |
Steven Spielberg
|
| Assistant Director |
Charles Myers
|
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| Second Assistant Director |
Jim Bloom
|
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| Script Supervisor |
Charlsie Bryant
|
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| Sound | Original Music Composer |
John Williams
|
| Supervising Dialogue Editor |
Jack Schrader
|
|
| Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Robert Knudson
Don MacDougall
|
|
| Sound Supervisor |
Stephen Katz
|
|
| Music Editor |
Kenneth Wannberg
|
|
| Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
Frank E. Warner
|
|
| Sound |
Richard Oswald
|
|
| Camera | Director of Photography |
Vilmos Zsigmond
|
| Additional Director of Photography |
László Kovács
John A. Alonzo
|
|
| Second Unit Director of Photography |
Steven Poster
|
|
| Camera Operator |
Nick McLean
|
|
| Still Photographer |
Peter Sorel
Pete Turner
Jim Coe
|
|
| Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Supervisor |
Bob Westmoreland
|
| Hairdresser |
Edie Panda
|
|
| Visual Effects | VFX Director of Photography |
Richard Yuricich
|
| Animation Supervisor |
Robert Swarthe
|
|
| Animation |
Harry Moreau
|
|
| Visual Effects Director |
Douglas Trumbull
|
|
| Visual Effects |
Carlo Rambaldi
|
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| Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
Buddy Joe Hooker
|
| Stunt Driver |
Henry Kingi
Craig R. Baxley
Jerry Brutsche
|
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| Stunts |
Stephen Powers
Jeannie Epper
Denny Arnold
Bobby Bass
Melvin Jones
|
|
| Utility Stunts |
Monty Jordan
|
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| Lighting | Gaffer |
Earl Gilbert
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| Department | Role | Name |







