Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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Steven Spielberg Director previously directed Jaws

A landmark in science-fiction films, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind tells the story of Roy Neary and many other people who had close encounters with UFOs, and their insatiable obsession with finding them again.

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Real air-traffic controllers were used for sequence with the UFO encountering the airplane.

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Reference: Jaws

The mother ship near the end of the film plays the theme music from Jaws as part of a communication device to the human spectators.

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Quote: Claude Lacombe

(About Neary & Co) They belong here more than we.

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Cast
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
Philip Dodds Jean Claude
Cary Guffey Barry Guiler
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Name Close Encounters of the Third Kind
US Release Nov. 16, 1977
UK Release March 13, 1978
AUS Release March 16, 1978
Runtime 137
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Rating PG
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $132,088,635
    Foreign +171,700,000
  • = total worldwide gross $303,788,635
  • - a reported budget of $20,000,000
  • = a 1,418.9% net profit of $283,788,635
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