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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.

Writers
	Steven Spielberg
	Hal Barwood	uncredited
	Jerry Belson	uncredited
	John Hill	uncredited
	Matthew Robbins	uncredited

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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SPIELBERG ON CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AND HIS CHANGE IN VALUES!

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General Information Edit

Name	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
US Release	Nov. 16, 1977
UK Release	March 13, 1978
AUS Release	March 16, 1978
Runtime	137
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Sci-Fi Adventure Drama
Theme(s)	Add a new theme space obsession mystery haunting alien
Rating	PG
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