Several civilian people are drawn to a remote corner of the United States where aliens land in their spaceship and parley with U.S. officials.
Production Columbia Pictures Corporation; EMI Films (in association with);
Cast Names Basil Hoffman; J. Allen Hynek; Monty Jordan; Stephen Powers; Howard K. Smith; Richard Dreyfuss; François Truffaut; Teri Garr; Melinda Dillon; Bob Balaban; J. Patrick McNamara; Warren J. Kemmerling; Roberts Blossom; Philip Dodds; Cary Guffey; Shawn Bishop; Adrienne Campbell; Justin Dreyfuss; Lance Henriksen; Merrill Connally; George DiCenzo; Amy Douglass; Alexander Lockwood; Gene Dynarski; Mary Gafrey; Norman Bartold; Josef Sommer; Rev. Michael J. Dyer; Roger Ernest; Carl Weathers;
Box Office USD 9,083,988
Release Date 1977-11-15 (New York City, New York) (premiere) 1977-11-16 1980-08-01 (special edition)
Genres Adventure; Drama; Sci-Fi;
Running Time 2 hr. 12 min. (special edition) 2 hr. 17 min. (director's cut) 2 hr. 15 min. (original version)