Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1977-12-14) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 40 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $135,189,114 |
| Screen: | Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson |
| Productions: | Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions, Columbia Pictures, EMI Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | हिन्दी, English, Français, Español |
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- 8437: Teri Garr - Ronnie Neary
- 4778: Melinda Dillon - Jillian Guiler
- 12438: Bob Balaban - David Laughlin
- 12439: J. Patrick McNamara - Project Leader
- 12440: Warren J. Kemmerling - Wild Bill
Crews
- 488: Steven Spielberg - Director - Directing
- 8429: Clark L. Paylow - Producer - Production
- 12432: Julia Phillips - Producer - Production
- 12433: Michael Phillips - Producer - Production
- 491: John Williams - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12235: Vilmos Zsigmond - Director of Photography - Camera
- 493: Michael Kahn - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Ian Beale
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**Do the mashed potato!** Roy Neely is a gas repair man who has a close encounter with an alien craft and begins having strange visions of mashed potatoes, shaving cream and mud mountains. This all leads to Needy's marriage breaking up and he sets out to find the truth about his m ....
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I always remember as a child hoping/praying that if extra terrestrials ever did come to visit us, that they wouldn't arrive in America. Think "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) or most other sci-fi stories: the first things they would see when they opened their door would be guns ....
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