Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. The film depicts the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object; and of Jillian, a single mother whose three-year-old son was also abducted by a UFO. Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for Steven Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science-fiction film. Though Spielberg received sole credit for the script, he was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Jerry Belson, all of whom contributed to the screenplay in varying degrees. The title is derived from Ufologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with extraterrestrials, in which the third kind denotes human observations of extraterrestrials or "animate beings". Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the extraterrestrials.
Cast[]
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Roy Neary
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Richard Dreyfuss | |
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Claude Lacombe
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François Truffaut | |
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Jillian Guiler
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Melinda Dillon | |
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Veronica "Ronnie" Neary
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Teri Garr | |
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David Laughlin
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Bob Balaban | |
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Barry Guiler
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Cary Guffey | |
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Robert
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Lance Henriksen | |
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Philip Dodds | |
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Farmer
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Roberts Blossom | |
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Brad Neary
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Shawn Bishop | |
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Toby Neary
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Justin Dreyfuss | |
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Adrienne Campbell | |
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Major "Wild Bill" Walsh
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Warren Kemmerling | |
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Major Benchley
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George DiCenzo | |
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Project Leader
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Patrick John McNamara | |
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Team Leader
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Merrill Connally | |
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Gene Dynarski | |
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Josef Sommer | |
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Carl Weathers | |
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David Abraham Cheulkar | |
International versions[]
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Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia |
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Polish (Telewizja Polska) |
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia |
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Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia |
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Polish (Warner Home Video) |
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia |
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Russian (Ostankino) |
Близкие контакты третьего вида |
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Близкие контакты третьей степени |
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Russian (STS) |
Близкие контакты третьего рода |
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Russian (DVD) |
Близкие контакты третьей степени |
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Ukrainian (ICTV) |
Близькі контакти третього виду |
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Ukrainian (1+1) |
Близькі контакти третього роду |
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Ukrainian (Tak Treba Production, K1) |
Близькі контакти третього ступеня |