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Close Encounter

7.0202613mMovieScience Fiction

A skeptical teenage girl, Riley, reluctantly joins her UFO-obsessed father, Jerry, on a road trip to a UFO convention, only to experience an otherworldly encounter that brings them closer together.

DirectorJeph Porter
WritersJeph Porter·Mikey Chastain
ProducerJeph Porter

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Cast · Directed by Jeph Porter

ACAllison Carmody
Allison Carmody
Riley
DDDale Dobson
Dale Dobson
Jerry
ABAlison Banowsky
Alison Banowsky
Mom (voice)

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