Close encounters of the third kind

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Close encounters of the third kind

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Columbia/EMI presentation, a Phillips production, a Stephen Spielberg film ; produced by Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips ; written and directed by Steven Spielberg

Title variation

Close encounters of the 3rd kind
Watch the skies

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Summary

Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents have close encounters of a second kind - discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in unusual places. Roy continues to chase his vision to a remote area where he and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind - contact

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TLM

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videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; visual effects, Douglas Trumbull

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles ; closed captioned

PerformerNote

Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban, Roberts Blossom

Runtime

404

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

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