Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Film
Alien Abduction Stars in the Movie The Fourth Kind...case. It's the fall's very Art-Belliest movie. Also possibly the silliest. (See pictures of movie flying saucers.) Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind popularized astronomer J. Allen Hynek's classification of alien... In this article: Art Bell, Milla Jovovich, The Fifth Element, Direct evidence, J. Allen Hynek, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and Roland Emmerich |
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New York Daily News | 6 days ago
Richardson: A 'Sheep' apart from herd
...his bedtime to get sneak peeks of the movies his father watched on late-night television. "My father would watch these great movies like 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,'" Broomes said. "I was supposed to be in bed but I would hide...
In this article: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Steven Spielberg, Juan Williams, Riverside Church, Manhattan, and Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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San Jose Mercury News | 6 days ago
Review: 'Planet 51' lacks animation
...references every notable Hollywood science-fiction saga - "E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial," "Star Wars," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Lost in Space," "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman." This world has our pop...
In this article: Planet 51, Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long, Singin' in the Rain, Pixar, Jessica Biel, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and McCarthyism
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Denver Post Entertainment | 6 days ago
Leonids a cosmic time to watch E.T.
...I explained up the huge meteor crater in Arizona where that terrific film reaches its climax. I was surprised she'd never seen the classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and made a mental note to rent it again. Then I mentioned...
In this article: Leonids, Coal, Drag Me to Hell, Starman, Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, Carl Sagan, Jodie Foster, Contact, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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The Cavalier Daily | November 16, 2009
Through the darkness
...at the end of his lecture, I found a reason to have hope. Dreyfuss is an accomplished actor, having appeared in films like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and is an activist for privacy, democracy, and individual participation...
In this article: Richard Dreyfuss, Democracy, Jaws, Ellis Island, White House, Europe, and The Cavalier Daily
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Blogcritics | November 16, 2009
Movie Review: The Fourth Kind
The second kind: evidence. The third kind: contact. The fourth kind: abduction. The Fourth Kind takes us one step past Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg took us as far as contact. In The Fourth Kind,...
In this article: Steven Spielberg and Twitter
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 15, 2009
Sony Pictures Classics stays small
...then fled, moved to Hollywood and became key collaborators on such films as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," "The Deer Hunter" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Documentary maker James Chressanthis interviewed actors Jon...
In this article: Sony Pictures Classics, Grace Kelly, Laszlo Kovacs, Donald Spoto, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Oscar, 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Documentary, and Paramount Vantage
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 12, 2009
Film review: The Fourth Kind
...our own minds about the story's veracity from the "facts" presented. Said facts, however, appear to have been assembled from repeat viewings of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The X-Files, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Communion. All...
In this article: Milla Jovovich, War of the Worlds, Orson Welles, Elias Koteas, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and The X-Files
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Description from Wikipedia:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban and Cary Guffey. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an Indiana electrical lineman, whose life changes after he has an encounter with an unidentified flying object. However, the United States government is also aware of the UFOs as is a team of international scientific researchers.
Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science fiction film. Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Jerry Belson contributed with script writing work, alongside Spielberg. In the end Spielberg was given solo writing credit.
Filming began in May 1976. Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the aliens. Close Encounters was released in November 1977 and was a critical and financial success. The film was reissued in 1980 as Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition, Spielberg's "director's cut" of the film with additional scenes. The film received numerous awards and nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, 32nd British Academy Film Awards, the Saturn Awards and has been widely acclaimed by the American Film Institute. In December 2007 the film was named to the National Film Registry.
- Name:
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- November 16, 1977
- Directed By:
- Steven Spielberg
- Produced by:
- Written By:
- Steven Spielberg
- Editor:
- Michael Kahn
- Cinematography:
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music By:
- John Williams
- Distributed By:
- Columbia Pictures
- Length:
- 132 minutes
- Language:
- English
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