Close Encounters of the Third Kind PG

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Cover
Duration:
132 mins
Year produced:
1977
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss
Francois Truffaut
Teri Garr

You may think of movie aliens as monsters out to conquer the planet - but Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind might give you different ideas. The story follows an average family man who becomes convinced he's seen a UFO near his mid-American home. His family don't believe him - in fact, they think he's losing his mind. Eventually, his obsession takes over his life, and he sets off towards a strange rock formation hundreds of miles away that may hold the answers to his questions. Few people who see what that journey leads to will ever forget it...

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3 stars out of 5 (4 votes)

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4 December 2007
Jonathan from De La Salle Secondary School

it was good

This reviewer rated this film as 4 star out of 5 10 May 2008
lydia from Pickhurst Junior School

this was a good film i liked it but it was a bit weird!!!!!!!! 

14 May 2008
George from Pickhurst Junior School

i thought it was really wierd.

This reviewer rated this film as 1 star out of 5 19 May 2008
milly from Pickhurst Junior School

I thought it had a really magical taste to it , you really wanted to watch more. I thought the ending was fab!!!!  I thought it was one of the best films I have ever watched!!!!!!!!

Fascinating facts

The musical notes played by the mothership during Close Encounters of the Third Kind were performed on the tuba by musician Jim Self – who has also played on the soundtracks of director Steven Spielberg’s films ET: The Extra-Terrestrial and War of the Worlds.

Special effects man Douglas Trumbull created the cloud effects by injecting white paint into tanks of salt and fresh water.