Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Movie Details

Original Title Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Original Language EN

Budget $20,000,000

Revenue $306,889,114

Status Released

Popularity 4.4

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Roy Neary

Popularity: 2.6

François Truffaut

Claude Lacombe

Popularity: 2.9

Teri Garr

Ronnie Neary

Popularity: 0.9

Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

Popularity: 1.1

Bob Balaban

David Laughlin

Popularity: 11.0

J. Patrick McNamara

Project Leader

Popularity: 1.1

Warren J. Kemmerling

Wild Bill

Popularity: 5.4

Roberts Blossom

Farmer

Popularity: 1.1

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Phil Dodds

ARP Musician

Popularity: 2.1

Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

Popularity: 1.7

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Shawn Bishop

Brad Neary

Popularity: 0.0

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Adrienne Campbell

Sylvia Neary

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Steven Spielberg

Producer Clark L. Paylow, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips

Editor Michael Kahn

Writer Steven Spielberg

Production

Julia/Michael Phillips Productions

Columbia Pictures

EMI Films

Videos & Trailers

Fathom Events Spot

Teaser

Steven Spielberg Discusses His Iconic Sci-Fi Film CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND | TCMFF 2024

Featurette

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Trailer HD 1080p

Trailer

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Deleted Scenes

Featurette

TCM Big Screen Classics Spot

Teaser

'Property Brothers' Drew Scott talks 'Close Encounters' on TCM

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Ian Beale 8/10

Feb 16, 2017

**Do the mashed potato!** Roy Neely is a gas repair man who has a close encounter with an alien craft and begins having strange visions of mashed potatoes, shaving cream and mud mountains. This all leads to Needy's marriage breaking up and he sets out to find the truth about his mashed potato vis ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jun 4, 2023

I always remember as a child hoping/praying that if extra terrestrials ever did come to visit us, that they wouldn't arrive in America. Think "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) or most other sci-fi stories: the first things they would see when they opened their door would be guns, tanks, missile ... Read more