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    Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Close Encounters of the Third Kind


    earlgately — 10 years ago(June 07, 2015 09:09 PM)

    Regarding the Air Traffic Controllers in the near opening scenes which were speaking to the aircraft noting a UFO in their flight paths (but not wanting to make a report after): One of them looks AND sounds amazingly like Morgan Freeman. There were two "Air Traffic Controllers" listed in the credits and more listed as "Air Traffic". Could it be possible that Morgan Freeman did a short 5 minute spot while still doing his stint on "The Electric Company?

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      vinidici — 10 years ago(June 07, 2015 11:27 PM)

      I thought of Freeman, too, but I don't think the air traffic controller guy is him. He has too prominent of a scene, in my opinion, to be Freeman who, at the time, wasn't yet far enough up the ladder to be prominently featured in film productions of this magnitude.
      But of course I could be wrong. I hope others will soon chime in to confirm one way or other.

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        rayers12000 — 9 years ago(July 01, 2016 03:37 PM)

        Now way..everyone seems to forget his amazing voice.
        it in my humble opinion could not have been him?

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          truther — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 05:33 AM)

          If you're talking about the guy with a dozen or so lines who's at the center of the scene, sitting at the console with the other air traffic controllers around him, then no that's not Morgan Freeman.

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            vinidici — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 06:54 AM)

            Yes, that's the guy and I agree it isn't Morgan Freeman.

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              earlgately — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 09:03 AM)

              I also agree. Given that the credits have two Air Controllers listed, and the second guy to talk is the one I am considering, his credit reads Richard L Hawkins. I looked him up and he has under a dozen credits with no pictures. But it could be either as both have not updated their database entries.

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                teresah233 — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 03:45 PM)

                In the Trivia section I believe it is stated tat all the all the air traffic controllers are actual air traffic controllers.
                If Morgan Freeman had been in this movie it would have been pointed out once his career took off.

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                  earlgately — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 04:16 PM)

                  But if they were "real air traffic controllers", would they be acting in dozens of other films? Perhaps there were a couple actors and instead of extras, the balance were true controllers.

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                    dreamstate123 — 10 years ago(June 25, 2015 02:07 AM)

                    Not Morgan at all. Sounds a bit like him.

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                      koffeenkreame41-1 — 10 years ago(July 05, 2015 09:29 PM)

                      Not Morgan at all. Sounds a bit like him.
                      This.
                      "I'm the ultimate badass,you do NOT wanna f-ck wit me!"Hudson,Aliens

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                        JavierBoredom — 10 years ago(July 15, 2015 02:42 PM)

                        Nope:
                        http://cdn.moviestillsdb.com/sm/a7d3635f06deeb5bed968f28ee12665f/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.jpg

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                          spookyrat1 — 9 years ago(June 17, 2016 04:01 PM)

                          Sounds like him, looks a little like a younger Freeman, but is not him.

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                            vidville — 9 years ago(September 05, 2016 02:42 PM)

                            Looks & sounds nothing like him!

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                              BradyBraveJoel — 9 years ago(August 09, 2016 02:37 PM)

                              Remember him as Easy Reader on Electric Company?

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                                gottaluvafriend — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 01:44 PM)

                                He's not Morgan Freeman.

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                                  sage2112 — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 10:10 PM)

                                  Bob Balaban looks more like Dreyfuss in Jaws than that guy looks like Freeman.
                                  And, there's a guy later in the film that looks and sounds just like Carl Weathers - primarily because it is him.

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                                    Sidewindr — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 06:34 AM)

                                    There's also a guy in the crowd staring up at the end just as the mother ship is leaving who looks a lot like Roy Scheider 🙂

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                                      wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 12:47 AM)

                                      Could be since they all look and sound alike to me!
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                                        Blueghost — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 04:36 AM)

                                        It sure looks and sounds like him when he was younger

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