Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Theatrical - Wide 1980-11-14

Cast Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr Melinda Dillon
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Steven Spielberg

Genres: Adventure Sci-Fi

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Planes reported missing in 1945 suddenly appear in the Mojave desert. A commercial flight is buzzed by a ‘bright’ object that the pilot ‘wouldn’t know how to describe’. Roy Neary, while working one night, has a Close Encounter… The US Government... See more determine where the visitors plan to land and create an elaborate cover-up to keep people away. However, a group of people, including Neary, share a vision which draws them to the place and a meeting with new, and old, friends.

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