Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for ans... Read allRoy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 40 nominations total
François Truffaut
- Claude Lacombe
- (as Francois Truffaut)
Warren J. Kemmerling
- Wild Bill
- (as Warren Kemmerling)
- Director
- Writers
- Steven Spielberg
- Hal Barwood(uncredited)
- Jerry Belson(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaDuring the Neary dinner scene, just before Roy piles on the mashed potatoes, the little girl Silvia (Adrienne Campbell) says: "There's a dead fly in my potatoes." This was unscripted and almost caused the rest of the cast to laugh. The scene was kept as-is.
- GoofsThe coordinates received by the scientists (40°36'10" N, 104°44'30" W) aren't very close to Devils Tower at all. The coordinates are actually in a farm paddock about 200 yards east of hwy 85, half way between the towns of Pierce and Ault, Colorado (17mi [27km] east of Ft. Collins, Colorado), 276 miles (444 km) due south from the Devils Tower monument (they got the north latitude wrong by 4 degrees, it SHOULD have been 44°35'25"N. In addition the longitude is incorrect, it should be 104°42'54"W)
- Quotes
Project Leader: He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him.
- Crazy creditsNear the end of the credits it starts to reads as follows: "During the filming of all animal sequences, H.L. EDWARDS, Veterinarian of Gillette, Wyoming, was in attendance at all times to aid the filmmakers and the anesthetist in proper treatment of the animals used, and at no time were the animals harmed or mistreated in any way."
- Alternate versionsA print of the film screened at the American Cinematheque (Los Angeles) several times features most of the Special Edition's edits, but also includes the Roy's tree-tossing sequence and his climb through the window. What's missing from this version is all of the footage from inside the spaceship.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Dream (2010)
- SoundtracksChances Are
(1957)
Words and Music by Al Stillman and Robert Allen
Performed by Johnny Mathis
Published by International Korwin Corp.
From the Columbia Records album "Johnny Mathis' All-Time Greatest Hits"
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This is how you make a movie
I was forced to watch this (again) because there simply nothing else on Netflix. There is, of course, but not nothing quite like this.
Close Encounters is Spielberg at his best. It has the same feel as Jaws. A very down-to-earth, lower-middle class suburban feel mixed with extra-ordinary out of this world.
Spielberg knows how to make a film. He knows how real people talk. What real people look and sound like.
This is a great film about the inexplicable and how it communicates with man. It's about seeing the world with different eyes.
Close Encounters is Spielberg at his best. It has the same feel as Jaws. A very down-to-earth, lower-middle class suburban feel mixed with extra-ordinary out of this world.
Spielberg knows how to make a film. He knows how real people talk. What real people look and sound like.
This is a great film about the inexplicable and how it communicates with man. It's about seeing the world with different eyes.
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- Also known as
- CE3K
- Filming locations
- Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, USA(Devil's Rock)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $135,189,114
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,767,758
- Sep 3, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $306,889,114
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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By what name was Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) officially released in Germany?
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