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Close Encounters of The Third Kind

Close Encounters
of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) theatrical poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by
Written by Steven Spielberg
Starring
Music by John Williams
Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 16, 1977 (1977-11-16)
Running time
  • Original cut:
  • 135 minutes
  • Director's Cut:
  • 137 minutes
  • Special Edition:
  • 132 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Box office $303.8 million
Soundtrack album
Close Encounters soundtrack.jpg
Original 1977 soundtrack album
Soundtrack album by John Williams
Released 1977 / 1998 (Collector's Edition)
Length 41 mins (Original album and cassette)
44 mins (re-issued cassette)
77 mins (Collector's Edition CD)
Label Arista
Producer John Williams
John Williams chronology
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
(1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Jaws 2
(1978)
Alternative cover
1998 Collector's Edition soundtrack
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars
Filmtracks 4/5 stars

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).

Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for 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 UFO-ologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with aliens, in which the third kind denotes human observations of aliens or "animate beings." Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the aliens.

Made on a production budget of $20 million, Close Encounters was released in a limited number of cities on November 16, 1977 and November 23, 1977 before expanding into wide release the following month. It was a critical and financial success, eventually grossing over $337 million worldwide.


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