Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
Farmer
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen
Robert
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
Amy Douglass
Implantee
Gene Dynarski
Ike
Carl Weathers
Military Policeman
Norman Bartold
Norman Bartold
F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
Hal Barwood
Returnee #2 Flt. 19 / Writer
Matthew Robbins
Returnee #3 Flt. 19 / Writer
Gene Rader
Hawker
Daniel Nunez
Federale
Chuy Franco
Federale
Luis Contreras
Federale
Galen Thompson
Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces
Robert Broyles
Dirty Tricks #3
Monty Jordan
Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) / Utility Stunts
Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)
Stephen Powers
UN Observer (uncredited) / Stunts
George DiCenzo
Major Benchley
Alexander Lockwood
Implantee
Josef Sommer
Larry Butler
Bill Thurman
Air Traffic
James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
Michael J. Dyer
Himself
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
Randy Hermann
Returnee #1 Flt. 19
David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic
Roy E. Richards
Air East Pilot
Eumenio Blanco
Federale
Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team
Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland
Load Dispatcher / Makeup Supervisor
Matt Emery
Support Leader
John Ewing
Dirty Tricks #1
Kirk Raymond
Dirty Tricks #4
Keith Atkinson
Dirty Tricks #2
Steven Spielberg
Director / Writer
Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Michael Phillips
Producer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Michael Kahn
Editor
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Joe Alves
Production Design
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Jerry Belson
Writer
John Hill
Writer
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Al Ebner
Publicist
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Robert Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Harry Moreau
Animation
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1977
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingPG
Budget$20,000,000
Box Office$306,889,114
Filming LocationsAlabama · Mobile · California, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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 Jerry Belson, all of whom contributed to the screenplay in varying degrees. The title is derived from Ufologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with extraterrestrials, in which the third kind denotes human observations of extraterrestrials or "animate beings". Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the extraterrestrials.
Made on a production budget of US$19.4 million, Close Encounters was released in a limited number of cities on November 16 and 23, 1977, and expanded into wide release the following month. It was a critical and financial success, eventually grossing over $300 million worldwide. It received numerous awards and nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, 32nd British Academy Film Awards, the 35th Golden Globe Awards and the 5th Saturn Awards, and has been widely acclaimed by the American Film Institute.
In December 2007, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A Special Edition was released theatrically in 1980, featuring shortened scenes and additional scenes. Spielberg agreed to create this edition to add more scenes that they had been unable to include in the original release, with the studio demanding a controversial scene depicting the interior of the extraterrestrial mothership. Spielberg's dissatisfaction with the altered ending scene led to a third version, the Director's Cut on VHS and LaserDisc in 1998 (and later DVD and Blu-ray). It is the longest version, combining Spielberg's favorite elements from both previous editions but removing the scenes inside the mothership. The film was later remastered in 4K and re-released in theaters in 2017 for its 40th anniversary.