Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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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.

Release Date:

December 14, 1977 (United States)

Star:

Richard Dreyfuss | François Truffaut | Teri Garr

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Steven Spielberg | Hal Barwood | Jerry Belson