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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.
Film locations for Steven Spielberg's 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with Richard Dreyfuss and Francois Truffaut, in Alabama and Wyoming; including Devil's Tower.
- 1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Dec 14, 1977 · With Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon. Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Steven Spielberg
- 1977-12-14
As seen on Astronomy Picture of the Day The Milky Way, our home cosmic island of over 100 billion stars, shine above the Devils Tower in Wyoming. The mountain was the feature landmark for the alien landing in the famous 1977 movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches. Two parallel stories are told.
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 visions.
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Close Encounters shows all the sensibilities of the American post-War suburban Baby Boomer nurtured on Disney, 50s sci-fi and childhood experiences like being awakened by his father...