Other Titles • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • CE3K (1977) • The Close Encounter of the Third Kind (1977) • Watch the Skies (1976) • Steven Spielbergs Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art (1977) • Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art (1977) • Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art - Die neue Version (1981)
Trivia from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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Theatrical release: November 16, 1977.
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The film was shot in India, Alabama, and Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming.
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is number 64 on the American Film Institute's list of Americas 100 Greatest Movies.
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The small, lithe aliens were played by young girls who Steven Spielberg believed were more graceful than boys.
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A close encounter of the first kind is when a UFO is sighted. Close encounters of the second kind involve the discovery of physical evidence, and close encounters of the third kind are contact with extraterrestrials.
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Although actor Richard Dreyfuss won the Oscar for Best Actor that year, he got it for THE GOODBYE GIRL, not for CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
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The laserdisc features interviews with Spielberg, composer John Williams, and special effects man Douglas Trumbull, as well as previously edited material.
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In 1980, Steven Spielberg issued a reedited version of the film entitled THE SPECIAL EDITION. He shortened some scenes and added a sequence at the end showing the interior of the mother ship.
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Estimated budget: $20 million.
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When CLOSE ENCOUNTERS was released in 1977, it quickly became Columbia Pictures' most profitable film, eventually taking in $166 million at the domestic box office and $338 million worldwide.
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Because Spielberg really wanted the story to surprise spectators, he kept a closed set during production and requested that the actors stay mum about the film's content.
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One working title of the film was WATCH THE SKIES.
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