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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Richard Dreyfuss | Roy Neary |
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Francois Truffaut | Claude Lacombe |
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Teri Garr | Ronnie Neary |
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Melinda Dillon | Jillian Guiler |
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Bob Balaban | David Laughlin |
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J. Patrick McNamara | Project Leader |
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Warren J. Kemmerling | Wild Bill |
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Roberts Blossom | Farmer |
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Philip Dodds | Jean Claude |
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Cary Guffey | Barry Guiler |
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Shawn Bishop | Brad Neary |
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Adrienne Campbell | Silvia Neary |
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Justin Dreyfuss | Toby Neary |
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Lance Henriksen | Robert |
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Merrill Connally | Team Leader |
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George DiCenzo | Major Benchley |
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Amy Douglass | Implantee |
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Alexander Lockwood | Implantee |
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Gene Dynarski | Ike |
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Mary Gafrey | Mrs. Harris |
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Norman Bartold | Ohio Tolls |
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Josef Sommer | Larry Butler |
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Michael J. Dyer | Rev. Michael J. Dyer |
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Roger Ernest | Highway Patrolman |
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Carl Weathers | Military Police |
Director | Steven Spielberg |
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Writer | Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson, John Hill, Matthew Robbins | |
Producer | Clark Paylow, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips | |
Musician | John Williams | |
Photography | Vilmos Zsigmond |