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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Year

Genre

Box Office

$135,189,114

Production

Julia/Michael Phillips Productions,Columbia Pictures,EMI Films

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 39 nominations total

Roy Neary

Richard Dreyfuss

Claude Lacombe

FranÃ§ois Truffaut

Ronnie Neary

Jillian Guiler

David Laughlin

Project Leader

J. Patrick McNamara

Wild Bill

Warren J. Kemmerling

Farmer

Roberts Blossom

Jean Claude

Barry Guiler

Brad Neary

Silvia Neary

Adrienne Campbell

Toby Neary

Justin Dreyfuss

Robert

Lance Henriksen

Team Leader

Merrill Connally

Major Benchley

Implantee

Implantee

Alexander Lockwood

Ike

Mrs. Harris

Ohio Tolls

Larry Butler

Self (as Rev. Michael J. Dyer)

Michael J. Dyer

Highway Patrolman

Military Police

ARP Project Member

ARP Musician

Returnee #1 Flt. 19

Randy Mark Herman

Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Returnee #3 Flt. 19

Matthew Robbins

Air Traffic Controller

Air Traffic Controller

Richard L. Hawkins

Air Traffic

Air Traffic

Air East Pilot

Roy E. Richards

Hawker

Sunburned Old Man

Federale

Mexican Federale

Federale

Radio Telescope Team

Radio Telescope Team

Dennis McMullen

Radio Telescope Team

Radio Telescope Team

Truck Dispatcher

Load Dispatcher

Bob Westmoreland

Support Leader

Special Forces Soldier

Special Forces

John Dennis Johnston

Dirty Tricks #1

Dirty Tricks #2

Dirty Tricks #3

Dirty Tricks #4

Scientist

Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.

Guest at Conference

Longly

Self - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site

Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot

Speaking Child

Receptionist

Extra

Agent

UFO watcher at Crescendo Summit

Agent

UN Observer

Special Forces Hazmat Soldier

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith

Returnee Nurse

Dian Van Patten

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Are we the first? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Are we the first?

Is the interpreter with you? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Is the interpreter with you?

I'm not a uh professional interpreterMy occupation is cartographyI'm a mapmaker - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I'm not a uh professional interpreterMy occupation is...

How long have you been working on this project? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

How long have you been working on this project?

Mr. Lacombe wants the numbers off the engine blocks! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Mr. Lacombe wants the numbers off the engine blocks!

W-445529! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Who flies crates like these anymoreNo one These planes were reported missing in 1945 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Who flies crates like these anymoreNo one These planes were...

But it looks brand-new!

Where's the pilotI don't understandWhere's the crew HeyHow the hell did it get here - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Where's the pilotI don't understandWhere's...

He says this guy is local. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

He says this guy is local.

He says the sun came out last night. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

He says the sun came out last night.

Twa 517 do you want to report a ufo OverTwa 517 do you want to report a ufo OverPilot 2 Negative We don't want to reportAir east 31 do you wish to report a ufo OverPilot 1 Negative We don't want to report one of those eitherUh air east 31 do you wish to - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Twa 517 do you want to report a ufo OverTwa 517 do you want...

Twa 517, do you want to report a ufo? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Twa 517, do you want to report a ufo?

J“ of the shape of a square j“ j“ if you really want to find it j“ J“ so look with care for the shape of a square j“ - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J“ of the shape of a square j“ j“ if you really want to find...

J“ can you find it? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J“ can you find it?

J“ is the door shaped like a square? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J“ is the door shaped like a square?

- What are you doing?
- I'm just.... - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

- What are you doing? - I'm just....

Honey? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Barry! Barry. Barry! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Barry! Barry. Barry!

I don't understand these fractionsAll right What's one third of 60That's a fraction I don't understand themAll right lookLet's sayThat this boxcar is 60 feet long okayAnd one third of it is across this switch here All rightOkay And now another train is - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I don't understand these fractionsAll right What's...

Roy, what is all this stuff on my table? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy, what is all this stuff on my table?

What is this Hey you know what's playing in townPinocchio The kids have never seen PinocchioYou guys have never seen Pinocchio You'll love itAww I don't believe thisWho wants to go to see some dumb cartoon rated g for kidsHow old are you EightYou wanna be - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

What is this Hey you know what's playing in...

Roy: Okay, now, I'm gonna give you your choice. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy: Okay, now, I'm gonna give you your choice.

Everybody to bed - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Everybody to bed

All right everybody to bedToby No way Dad said we could finish watching the ten commandmentsRoy that movie is four hours long you knowRoy I told them they'd watch only five commandments - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

All right everybody to bedToby No way Dad said we could...

Just a second. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Help. I'm lost. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Help. I'm lost.

Eight thirty-four, 834.... F-27. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Eight thirty-four, 834.... F-27.

You're in the middle of the road, jackass! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

You're in the middle of the road, jackass!

Can you tell me where cornbread is Turkey - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Can you tell me where cornbread is Turkey

Eight thirty-four, 834... - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Eight thirty-four, 834...

Woman: Unit 211, 10-30, five, sev... - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Woman: Unit 211, 10-30, five, sev...

Unit 211, I'm back on the street.
What do you guys got out there? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Unit 211, I'm back on the street. What do you guys got ...

Man 1: Oh, my god. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Man 1: Oh, my god.

Barry. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Oh, my God! Lady! Lady! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Oh, my God! Lady! Lady!

Roy: Oh, my god! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy: Oh, my god!

This is nuts. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ice creamThis is nuts - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ice creamThis is nuts

Wait a minute! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Wait a minute! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jesus, look at that. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jesus, look at that.

Honey wake upHoney Ronnie wake up You're not gonna believe what I sawRonnie Don't Not nowNo no no listen Ronnie I never would have believed itThere was this uh In the cab there was this wholeIt went it was There was a red whoosh that - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Honey wake upHoney Ronnie wake up You're not gonna...

It's better than goofy golf Come on - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

It's better than goofy golf Come on

Roy: Go faster. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy: Go faster.

Ronnie Roy what did it look likeIt was like an ice cream coneWhat flavorOrangeIt was orange And it wasn't like an ice cream coneIt was more like a shell You know it was like thisRonnie Like a tacoWas it like one of those Sara Lee um moon shaped - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ronnie Roy what did it look likeIt was like an ice cream...

Don't you think I'm taking this really well? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Don't you think I'm taking this really well?

Is this the bathroom? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Is this the bathroom?

Laughlin: I don't believe it. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Laughlin: I don't believe it.

Hey, this is not your toy to play with every time I turn around. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Hey, this is not your toy to play with every time I turn...

He looks like a 50 50 bar - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

He looks like a 50 50 bar

Roy, I found this overnight-tanning stuff. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy, I found this overnight-tanning stuff.

Roy don't talk about this until you know what you're talking about okayRonnie that's crazy If I can't talk about it how am I gonna know what's going on - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy don't talk about this until you know what...

Ronnie I saw something last night that I can't explainI saw something last night I can't explainI'm going out there again tonight you knowNo you're not Yes I amNo you're not Yes I amNo you're not - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ronnie I saw something last night that I can't explainI...

No, you're not. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

No, you're not.

This isn't a moonburn you know goddamn it - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This isn't a moonburn you know goddamn it

This is important. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This is important.

I want to know... - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I want to know...

Where did these sounds come from? - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Where did these sounds come from?

Hello? Oh, hi, how are you? You came here too, huh? Yes. Jillian guiler. Roy neary. I'm sorry about - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Hello? Oh, hi, how are you? You came here too, huh? Yes....

- You got the same burn. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

- You got the same burn.

I know this sounds crazy but ever since yesterday on the roadI've been seeing this shapeIn shaving cream and pillowsDamn it I know this I know what this isThis means somethingThis is important - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I know this sounds crazy but ever since yesterday on the...

Damn it, I know this. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Damn it, I know this.

This means something - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This means something

This is important. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This is important.

It's like Halloween for grownups. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

It's like Halloween for grownups.

Man 1: Here are the patterns. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Man 1: Here are the patterns.

All right, everybody, calm down!
Hold it down! Quiet! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

All right, everybody, calm down! Hold it down! Quiet!

This could mean the India sounds reached a dead end. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

This could mean the India sounds reached a dead end.

- Excuse me. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Excuse meBefore I got paid to uh speak FrenchI uhI used to read mapsThis first number is a longitudeI've got two sets of three numbersDegrees minutes and seconds - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Excuse meBefore I got paid to uh speak FrenchI uhI used to...

Before I got paid to, uh, speak French... - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Before I got paid to, uh, speak French...

I've got two sets of three numbers. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I've got two sets of three numbers.

Man 1: This is what we need. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Man 1: This is what we need.

That's a 2500 globe What are you guys doing - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

That's a 2500 globe What are you guys doing

Man 1: All right, everybody, calm down! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Man 1: All right, everybody, calm down!

Man 2: That's not right. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Man 2: That's not right.

Toys! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We're going to need a geodetic survey map of Wyoming. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We're going to need a geodetic survey map of Wyoming.

ToysToysCome on come onOh my godYou can come and play nowYou can come and play nowCome in through the doorOne two threeJillian Oh honeyMom look The sun's here - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

ToysToysCome on come onOh my godYou can come and play nowYou...

Oh, honey. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Go away! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

You can come and play now. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

You can come and play now.

You can come and play now - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

You can come and play now

Come in through the door. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Come in through the door.

Jillian: Oh, honey. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jillian: Oh, honey.

Jillian: Oh, honey. - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jillian: Oh, honey.

Barry! Barry! - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J“ just because j' j“ my composure sort of slips j“ j“ the moment that your lips meet mine j'j' - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

J“ just because j' j“ my composure sort of slips j“ j“...

Clean everything up - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Clean everything up

Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

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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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Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson

Production: Julia/Michael Phillips Productions,Columbia Pictures,EMI Films

Genre: drama, sci-fi

Year: 1977

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $135,189,114

Released: 14 Dec 1977

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 39 nominations total

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