Close Encounters of the Third Kind Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

This Means Something

Amy Renner

Sep. 30, 2017

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Release Date: Friday, September 1, 2017 Nationwide

Steven Spielberg, Bob Balaban, Richard Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut

Roy Neary sets out to investigate a mysterious power outage and experiences a life-changing “close encounter.”

PG Action 2 hrs, 14 m

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Roy Neary sets out to investigate a mysterious power outage and experiences a life-changing “close encounter.”

Plot

What's the story about?

Electrical lineman Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountain-like image and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his family. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have close encounters of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier, only to suddenly reappear in the Sonora and Gobi Desert. Roy and the agents then follow the clues they have been given to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind: contact.

Cited as official plot version from sonypictures.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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Richard Dreyfuss
... Roy Neary

Waltzing with Brando, Sweetwater
T
Teri Garr
... Ronnie Neary

Expired, Unaccompanied Minors
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Melinda Dillon
... Jillian Guiler
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François Truffaut
... Claude Lacombe
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Bob Balaban
... David Laughlin

80 For Brady, Lady in the Water
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Lance Henriksen
... Robert

On Fire, Appaloosa

Crew Behind the Film

The Close Encounters of the Third Kind behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Steven Spielberg last directed The Fabelmans and Jaws. The film's writer Steven Spielberg last wrote The Fabelmans and Eagle Eye.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Steven Spielberg

Studios: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Columbia Pictures
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some intense sci-fi action, mild language and thematic elements.
Runtime: 2 hrs, 14 m
Tagline: This Means Something
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie trailers and clips.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Re-Release Trailer

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Re-Release Teaser

Production Details

What we know about the Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie production.

Key Facts

The film will be re-released in select theaters for one week on Sept. 1 (7/4/17).

Production Updates

Jul 2017

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, September 1, 2017. There were 13 other movies released on the same date, including Goon: Last of the Enforcers, Marvel's Inhumans [TV] and Fallen. Additional information: 40th Anniversary Re-Release.

Movie Theaters

2017-09-01 Nationwide 40th Anniversary Re-Release

United States

Estimated

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