Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut)

    Genre
    Drama, Sci-Fi
  • |
    • Runtime
    137 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1977
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish, French, Hindi
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Steven Spielberg
WRITTEN BY:
Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson
CAST INCLUDES:
Francois Truffaut, Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

In the Director’s Cut of Steven Spielberg’s (SHINDLER’S LIST, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL) classic 94%-fresh rated, Academy Award winning CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, the viewer is in for a “masterpiece of wide-eyed whimsy”, according to Empire Magazine. Starring Richard Dreyfuss (THE GOODBYE GIRL, JAWS) as Roy, a UFO witness determined to figure out what is going on, this iconic cinematic masterpiece highly regarded for its beauty, magic, and incredible special effects. New York Times describes it as "The best -- the most elaborate -- 1950's science fiction movie ever made, a work that borrows its narrative shape and its concerns from those earlier films, but enhances them with what looks like the latest developments in movie and space technology."

SYNOPSIS

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.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut)

    Genre
    Drama, Sci-Fi
  • |
    • Runtime
    137 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1977
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish, French, Hindi
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Steven Spielberg
WRITTEN BY
Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson
CAST INCLUDES
Francois Truffaut, Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
In the Director’s Cut of Steven Spielberg’s (SHINDLER’S LIST, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL) classic 94%-fresh rated, Academy Award winning CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, the viewer is in for a “masterpiece of wide-eyed whimsy”, according to Empire Magazine. Starring Richard Dreyfuss (THE GOODBYE GIRL, JAWS) as Roy, a UFO witness determined to figure out what is going on, this iconic cinematic masterpiece highly regarded for its beauty, magic, and incredible special effects. New York Times describes it as "The best -- the most elaborate -- 1950's science fiction movie ever made, a work that borrows its narrative shape and its concerns from those earlier films, but enhances them with what looks like the latest developments in movie and space technology."

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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