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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
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Production | Producer |
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Michael Phillips
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Clark L. Paylow
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Julia Phillips
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Casting |
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Juliet Taylor
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Shari Rhodes
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Production Assistant |
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Carol Bidault de L'Isle
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Production Accountant |
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Peggy Rosson
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Production Secretary |
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Joyce Goldberg
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Gail Siemers
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Publicist |
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Murray Weissman
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Al Ebner
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Location Manager |
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Joe O'Har
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Production Consultant |
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J. Allen Hynek
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Art | Art Direction |
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Daniel A. Lomino
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Production Design |
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Joe Alves
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Set Decoration |
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Phil Abramson
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Construction Manager |
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Bill Parks
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Property Master |
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Sam Gordon
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Production Illustrator |
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George Jenson
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Title Designer |
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Dan Perri
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Writing | Writer |
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Hal Barwood
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John Hill
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Jerry Belson
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Matthew Robbins
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Steven Spielberg
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Editing | Editor |
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Michael Kahn
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Directing | Director |
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Steven Spielberg
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Assistant Director |
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Charles Myers
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Second Assistant Director |
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Jim Bloom
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Script Supervisor |
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Charlsie Bryant
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
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John Williams
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Supervising Dialogue Editor |
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Jack Schrader
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Robert Knudson
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Don MacDougall
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Sound Supervisor |
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Stephen Katz
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Music Editor |
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Kenneth Wannberg
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Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
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Frank E. Warner
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Sound |
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Richard Oswald
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Camera | Director of Photography |
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Vilmos Zsigmond
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Additional Director of Photography |
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László Kovács
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John A. Alonzo
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Second Unit Director of Photography |
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Steven Poster
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Camera Operator |
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Nick McLean
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Still Photographer |
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Peter Sorel
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Pete Turner
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Jim Coe
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Supervisor |
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Bob Westmoreland
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Hairdresser |
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Edie Panda
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Visual Effects | VFX Director of Photography |
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Richard Yuricich
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Animation Supervisor |
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Robert Swarthe
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Animation |
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Harry Moreau
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Visual Effects Director |
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Douglas Trumbull
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Visual Effects |
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Carlo Rambaldi
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Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
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Buddy Joe Hooker
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Stunt Driver |
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Henry Kingi
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Craig R. Baxley
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Jerry Brutsche
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Stunts |
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Stephen Powers
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Jeannie Epper
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Denny Arnold
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Bobby Bass
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Melvin Jones
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Utility Stunts |
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Monty Jordan
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Lighting | Gaffer |
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Earl Gilbert
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