Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Directed by Steven Spielberg
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
- Released
- 14 Dec 1977
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Also known as
- The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Close Encounter of the Third Kind, CE3K, Watch the Skies
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Writer
- Steven Spielberg
- Cinematography
- Douglas Slocombe, Vilmos Zsigmond, William A. Fraker
- Music
- John Williams
- Editor
- Michael Kahn
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- Science Fiction
- Drama
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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
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
What people wrote
Holy crap**** this mom is REALLY bad at parenting.
Watched 31 Aug 2026
