Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Synopsis: Two parallel stories are told. In the first, a group of research scientists from a variety of backgrounds are investigating the strange appearance of items in remote locations, primarily desert regions. In continuing their investigation, one of the lead scientists, a Frenchman named Claude Lacombe, incorporates the Kodály method of music education as a means of communication in their work. The response, in turn, at first baffles the researchers, until American cartographer David Laughlin deciphers the meaning of the response. In the second, electric company lineman and family man Roy Neary and single mother Jillian Guiler are among some individuals in Muncie, Indiana who experience some paranormal activity before some flashes of bright lights in the sky, which they believe to be a UFO. Roy becomes obsessed with what he saw, unlike some others, especially in some form of authority, who refuse to acknowledge their belief that it was a UFO in not wanting to appear crazy. That obsession bo

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Steven Spielberg

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

Production: Sony Pictures Releasing

Won 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 38 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.7
Metacritic:: 90
Rotten Tomatoes:: 95%

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: PG
Year:: 1977
: 138 min
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Are we the first?
Are we the first to arrive here?
Is the interpreter with you?
I'm not a professional interpreter.
My occupation is cartography.
I'm a mapmaker.
Can you translate French into English
and English into French?
Yes, I explained to the team leader in
Villa Hermosa.
I'm just a little taken by surprise.
-tes-vous MonsieurLoglin?
-Laughlin, oui.
Oh, Laughlin. Pardon.
They're all there! All of them!
Check for landing marks!
Mr. Lacombe wants the numbers
off the engine blocks!
M-447148!
W-445529!
Number 445529, check!
Approximately 46 gallons
in the right tank!
Tell me something.
What's happening here?
-It's flight number 1 9!
-1 9 what?
It's that training mission from the
naval air station at Fort Lauderdale.
They were doing target runs
on an old hulk.
Who flies crates like these anymore?
No one! These planes were reported
missing in 1 945.
But it looks brand-new!
Where's the pilot?
I don't understand!
Where's the crew?!
How the hell did it get here?!
He says this guy's local.
He was here last night.
He saw it happen.
Sunburn?
He says the sun came out last night.
He says it sang to him.
Ernie, keep an eye on that point-out.
He's on 1 22.5.
I'll be right back.
Indianapolis Center, you have any
traffic for Air East 31?
Air East 31 , negative.
The only traffic I have is
a TWA L-1 01 1 in your 6:00 position...
...range 1 5 miles...
...and an Allegheny DC-9 in your 1 2:00
position, 50 miles.
Stand by. I'll take a look at
broadband, over.
Air East 31 has traffic 2:00,
slightly above and descending.
Air East 31 , roger.
I have a primary target
about that position now.
I have no known traffic.
Stand by, I'll check low, over.
Check and see if they know who it is.
Center, Air East 31.
The traffic's not lower than us.
He's 1:
00 now,
still above me and descending.
Air East 31 ,
can you say aircraft type?
Negative, Center, no distinct outline.
To tell you the truth,
the target is rather brilliant.
It has the brightest anti-collision
lights I think I've ever seen.
Alternating white to red.
The colors are striking.
Center, this is TWA 517.
Traffic now looks like
extra-bright landing lights.
I thought Air East
had his landing lights on.
It could be a satellite.
I have a primary target now
in your 1 0:
00 position...
...five miles, over.
Affirmative, 31.
The traffic is proceeding northeast.
No altitude readout.
Roger, Center. It doesn't appear
he'll be a problem.
He's going to descend
about 1500 feet below me.
Wait a second!
Stand by, one.
Okay, Center, Air East 31.
The traffic has turned.
He's heading formy windshield.
We're turning immediately.
Descend and maintain flight level 31 0.
Break Allegheny,
turn right 30 degrees.
Get on the horn to the 45th Recon Wing
and see what they're testing up there.
Do you have test operations
in restricted area 2508?
Air East 31, roger.
The traffic is luminous and
exhibiting non-ballistic motion.
Roger. Continue descent
at your discretion.
Okay, Center. Descent
at pilot's discretion is approved.
The traffic is approaching head-on,
ultra-bright and really moving.
And right by us! Right now!
Now that was really close.
Air East 31 is out of340....
Ask if they want to report officially.
TWA 51 7, do you want to report a UFO?
Over.
TWA 51 7, do you want to report a UFO?
Over.
Negative. We don't want to report.
Air East 31 ,
do you wish to report a UFO? Over.
Negative. We don't want
to report one either.
Air East 31 , do you wish to file a
report of any kind? Over.
I wouldn't know what kind

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. A figure of the New Hollywood era, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. more…

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