Story Line
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.
“We are not alone.”
Top Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1977-12-14
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Science FictionDrama
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User Reviews (2)
Ian Beale
8/10
•2/16/2017**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...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/4/2023I 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 th...