Contact
(1997) Take a journey to the heart of the universe. | Released
Ratings
62%
7.4
7.4
65%
Financials
Revenue: $171,120,329
Budget: $90,000,000
Profit: + $81,120,329
Movie Details
Tag Line: Take a journey to the heart of the universe.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Jul 11, 1997
Rating: 2009-10-06
Run Time: 2h 30m
Original Language: English
Website: Link
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: South Side Amusement Company , Warner Bros. Pictures
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Synopsis
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Sound | Original Music Composer |
Alan Silvestri
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| Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Tom Johnson
Randy Thom
Gary Rizzo
Dennis S. Sands
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| Sound Effects Editor |
Steve Boeddeker
Teresa Eckton
Douglas Murray
Marian Wilde
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| Dialogue Editor |
Michael Silvers
Ewa Sztompke
Barbara McBane
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| Foley Artist |
Dennie Thorpe
Catherine Harper
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| Foley Mixer |
Tony Eckert
Tony Sereno
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| Orchestrator |
William Ross
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| Sound Designer |
Randy Thom
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| Production Sound Mixer |
William B. Kaplan
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| Boom Operator |
Earl Sampson
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| ADR Mixer |
Charleen Richards-Steeves
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| Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Gary Rizzo
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| Supervising Sound Editor |
Phil Benson
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| Assistant Sound Editor |
Mary Works
Kent Brown
David Dresher
Susan Popovic
Stephen Kearney
Andrew Cowitt
Karen Harding
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| Assistant Dialogue Editor |
Mary Works
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| First Assistant Sound Editor |
Cheryl Nardi
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| Music Editor |
Kenneth Karman
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| Supervising ADR Editor |
Sue Fox
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| ADR Editor |
Lindakay Brown
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| Foley Editor |
Sara Bolder
Mary Helen Leasman
Bruce Lacey
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| Sound Recordist |
Randolph Saucedo
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| Directing | Director |
Robert Zemeckis
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| Second Unit Director |
Steve Starkey
|
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| First Assistant Director |
Bruce Moriarty
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| Second Assistant Director |
Cellin Gluck
Lucille OuYang
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| Script Supervisor |
Luca Kouimelis
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| Second Second Assistant Director |
Darin Rivetti
Alison C. Rosa
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| Production | Producer |
Robert Zemeckis
Steve Starkey
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| Casting |
Victoria Burrows
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| Executive Producer |
Lynda Obst
Joan Bradshaw
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| Co-Producer |
Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan
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| Unit Production Manager |
Joan Bradshaw
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| Associate Producer |
Steven J. Boyd
Rick Porras
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| Casting Associate |
Scot Boland
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| Production Office Coordinator |
Ines Mongil-Echandi
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| Production Assistant |
Nick Booth
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| Additional Casting |
Judith Bouley
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| Assistant Accountant |
Kevin Bowe
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| Location Manager |
Peggy Pridemore
Paul Pav
Luz Eneida Nuñez
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| Assistant Location Manager |
Kristin Dehnert
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| Production Accountant |
Allen E. Taylor
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| Unit Manager |
Nannette Rosa Collazo
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| Casting Coordinator |
Nikki Dalmau
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| Production Coordinator |
Darcy Fray
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| Production Supervisor |
Dawn Guinta
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| Second Assistant Accountant |
Robert Cable
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| Location Assistant |
Primrose Fukuchi
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| Production Secretary |
Carley A. Berkman
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| Travel Coordinator |
Judd Nissen
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| Camera | Director of Photography |
Don Burgess
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| Camera Operator |
Nick Phillips
Robert LaBonge
Josh Bleibtreu
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| Dolly Grip |
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
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| First Assistant Camera |
Michael Condro
Tony Rivetti
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
Ned Martin
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| Still Photographer |
François Duhamel
Michael Douglas Middleton
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| Steadicam Operator |
Mark O'Kane
Gregory Lundsgaard
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| Camera Technician |
Steven J. Winslow
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| Second Assistant Camera |
Chad Rivetti
Frank D. Parrish
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| Key Grip |
Steve Smith
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| Assistant Camera |
Clyde Miller
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| Grip |
James Conroy
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| Best Boy Grip |
Renton-Paul Medcalf
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| Editing | Editor |
Arthur Schmidt
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| Additional Editing |
Harry Keramidas
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| First Assistant Editor |
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
R. Orlando Duenas
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| Digital Color Timer |
John Nicolard
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| Color Timer |
Bob Putynkowski
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| Negative Cutter |
Mo Henry
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| Assistant Editor |
Jana Lynn Gold
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| Art | Assistant Art Director |
Doug J. Meerdink
Brad Ricker
Sally Thornton
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| Art Direction |
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Bruce Crone
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| Production Design |
Ed Verreaux
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| Property Master |
Robin L. Miller
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| Concept Artist |
Steve Burg
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| Set Designer |
Dean Wolcott
Easton Michael Smith
Josh Lusby
Kristen Pratt
Evelyne Barbier
Mariko Braswell
James F. Claytor Sr.
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| Set Decoration |
Michael Taylor
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| Art Department Assistant |
John B. Josselyn
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| Greensman |
Frank McEldowney
Hap Weaver
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| Art Department Coordinator |
Beth Bernstein
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| Construction Coordinator |
Michael Diersing
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| Construction Foreman |
Scott E. Handt
Jerrold F. Brooks
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| Leadman |
David Manhan
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| Conceptual Design |
George Denes Suhayda
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| Set Buyer |
Carl Catanese
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| Swing |
Christopher Casey
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| Location Scout |
Kathleen Beall
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| Standby Painter |
Robert E. Denne
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| Storyboard Artist |
Darryl Henley
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| Title Designer |
Nina Saxon
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| Set Dresser |
Sara Gardner-Gail
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| Graphic Designer |
Doreen Austria
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| Assistant Property Master |
Clifton T. Cooper
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| Conceptual Illustrator |
Richard Kriegler
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| Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Joanna Johnston
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| Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
Keith VanderLaan
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| Makeup Artist |
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Margaret E. Elliott
Jean-Luc Russier
Roxanna Floyd
Barbara Lacy
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| Prosthetics |
Gary Archer
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| Hairstylist |
Frances Mathias
Carolyn Elias
Audrey L. Anzures
Janice Alexander
Vivian McAteer
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| Costume Supervisor |
Pamela Wise
Betty Brikowski
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| Key Makeup Artist |
Hallie D'Amore
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| Set Costumer |
Kenn Smiley
Steve Ellsworth
Patricia Bercsi
Taryn Weaver
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| Key Hair Stylist |
Kathryn Blondell
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| Costumer |
Hope Slepak
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| Assistant Costume Designer |
Jessica Fasman
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| Costume Illustrator |
Robin Richesson
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| Tailor |
Gerardo Rosette
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| Key Costumer |
Nigel Boyd
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| Visual Effects | Additional Visual Effects |
Peter Jackson
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| Digital Compositors |
Tim Alexander
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| Visual Effects Producer |
Debbie Denise
Julia Frey
C. Marie Davis
Mark S. Miller
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| Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
Ken Ralston
Michael L. Fink
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| Visual Effects Supervisor |
Stephen Rosenbaum
Kenneth Jones
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Joe Matza
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| CG Artist |
Joel Aron
Robert Weaver
Gregor Lakner
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| Special Effects Supervisor |
Allen Hall
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| Visual Effects Production Manager |
Mimi Medel
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| Visual Effects Compositor |
Kelly Granite
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| Matchmove Supervisor |
Charlie Clavadetscher
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| Visual Effects Coordinator |
Theresa Corrao
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| 3D Artist |
Timothy Wilcox
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| Digital Compositor |
John Rauh
Jeff Doran
Jean François Fontaine
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| Compositing Supervisor |
M. Scott McKee
Stephen Kennedy
Bart Giovanetti
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| 24 Frame Playback |
Mark Marcum
Ira Toles
Mark Wineman
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| Mechanical Designer |
Jeff Deyoe
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| 3D Animator |
Spencer Knapp
Geoffrey Harvey
Dylan Robinson
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| Roto Supervisor |
Mary Nelson
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| Rotoscoping Artist |
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Maura Alvarez
Joanie Karnowski
Aaron Smith
Lisa Kahatriya
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| VFX Director of Photography |
David Stump
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| Lighting | Chief Lighting Technician |
Steven C. McGee
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| Gaffer |
David Morton
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| Rigging Grip |
Rand R. Vargas
|
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| Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
William Cueto
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| Electrician |
Dave Mikutsky
Douglas W. Smith
|
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| Writing | Screenplay |
James V. Hart
Michael Goldenberg
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| Novel |
Carl Sagan
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| Story |
Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan
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| Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
Bud Davis
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| Stunts |
Jay Caputo
Lynn Salvatori
Kim Robert Koscki
Jill Stokesberry
Dan Plum
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| Dialect Coach |
Tim Monich
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| CG Supervisor |
Jerome Chen
Matt Aitken
Ron Brinkmann
|
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| Visual Effects Art Director |
Martin A. Kline
|
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| Set Production Assistant |
Michelle Vogler
|
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| Special Effects Assistant |
Charlie Bonilla
|
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| Video Assist Operator |
David Presley
Michael Noles
|
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| Aerial Coordinator |
Kevin LaRosa
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| Visual Effects Editor |
Michael McGovern
Heather J. Morrison
Kosta Saric
Dawn Llewellyn
J.W. Kompare
|
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| Unit Publicist |
Jane E. Russell
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| Transportation Coordinator |
Joel Marrow
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| Sequence Supervisor |
David Jones
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Jay Redd
Sam Richards
Laurence Treweek
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| Special Effects |
Marzette Bonar
|
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| Special Effects Coordinator |
Eric Cook
|
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| Production Controller |
Allen E. Taylor
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| Digital Effects Producer |
Craig A. Mumma
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| Set Medic |
Jeff Johnson
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| Special Effects Technician |
Roland Blancaflor
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| Temp Sound Editor |
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
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| Transportation Captain |
Randy Cantor
Kirk A. Holland
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| Projection |
Edward J. Ertel
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| Propmaker |
Wayne Eaton
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| Craft Service |
John Wright
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| Pyrotechnician |
John P. Cazin
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| Software Engineer |
Rob Engle
|
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| Driver |
Dan Brizendine
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| Stand In |
Michael Egan
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| Carpenter |
Thomas C. Mentzer
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| Digital Effects Supervisor |
Victor Jimenez
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| Technical Supervisor |
Bill Feightner
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| Transportation Co-Captain |
David Diaz
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| Cableman |
Peggy Names
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