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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
7.8
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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14 wins
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Cast
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| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | ||
| François Truffaut | ... |
Claude Lacombe
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| Teri Garr | ... | ||
| Melinda Dillon | ... | ||
| Bob Balaban | ... | ||
| J. Patrick McNamara | ... | ||
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Warren J. Kemmerling | ... |
Wild Bill
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Roberts Blossom | ... | |
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Philip Dodds | ... | |
| Cary Guffey | ... | ||
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Shawn Bishop | ... | |
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Adrienne Campbell | ... |
Silvia Neary
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Justin Dreyfuss | ... | |
| Lance Henriksen | ... | ||
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Merrill Connally | ... | |
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Storyline
Roy Neary sets out to investigate a power outage when his truck stalls and he is bathed in light from above. After this, strange visions and five musical notes keep running through his mind. Will he find the meaning of the visions, and who - or what - placed them in his mind? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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Now There Is More (USA 1980 special edition re-release) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
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CE3K See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,400,870 (estimated)Gross:
$300,000,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, EMI Films, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
(special edition) | (director's cut) | (original version)Color:
Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Roy Neary: Well they're not moon burns, goddamnit.
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(uncredited)
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Whistled by a UFO observer See more »
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Trivia
The film holds the record for most cinematographers on a production (11, counting the Special Edition). See more »Goofs
Continuity: As the 12 people in red selected by the government head for the mothership, the blond woman is two people in front of Roy, and not wearing her sunglasses. In the next shot, she has her sunglasses on, and is now in immediately in front of him. See more »Quotes
[Roy's wife does not believe how he got the burns on his face]Roy Neary: Well they're not moon burns, goddamnit.
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Soundtracks
"She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"(uncredited)
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