Close Encounters of the Third Kind(Movie, 1977)

Name: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1977
Duration: T02:15:00
Rating: 3.7

| 2h 15min | Genres: Science Fiction, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 1,822 votes)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It is the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO. Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science-fiction film. Though Spielberg received sole credit for the script, he was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Academy Award for Best Cinematography Saturn Award for Best Director National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound nominated for: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

About Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California, Alabama, Mobile (Alabama)

Plays in: United States of America

Made by: Columbia Pictures, EMI Films Ltd., Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hindi (HI)

Translated into 29 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Gallegan (GL), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 03/09/1978 (World premiere: 11/18/1977)

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, Roberts Blossom, Lance Henriksen, Carl Weathers, Cy Young, David Anderson, George DiCenzo, J. Allen Hynek, Josef Sommer, Matthew Robbins, Warren J. Kemmerling, Eugene Dynarski, James Keane, John Dennis Johnston, Basil Hoffman

Director: Steven Spielberg

Producer: Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips

Screenwriter: Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, Jerry Belson, Matthew Robbins, John Hill, Hal Barwood

Film Editor: Michael Kahn

Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond

Composer: John Williams

Production Designer: Joe Alves

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo"

"Encuentros en la tercera fase"

"Rencontre du 3e type"

"Rencontre du 3e type (HDR)"

"Rencontres du troisieme type"

"Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo"

"미지와의 조우"

"Близькі контакти третього виду"

"Близькі контакти третього роду"

"CE3K"

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut)"

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition)"

"Director's Cut: Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

"The Close Encounter of the Third Kind"

"The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

"Watch the Skies"

Keywords: potatoes, mother ship, vision, extraterrestrial technology, beguilement, flying saucer, exchange, alien, obsession, blackout, ufo, missing person, secret base, indiana, usa, escapade, lightshow, light, wyoming, usa

Budget: 20,000,000 USD

Revenue: 306,889,114 USD (= 1,534%)

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind(Movie, 1977)

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 5:54)

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