Plot Outline: Roy Neary sets out to investigate a mysterious power outage and experiences a life-changing “close encounter.”
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Friday, September 1, 2017 In Theaters (Nationwide)
for some intense sci-fi action, mild language and thematic elements.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Plot: What's it 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.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Crew and Production Team
A look at the Close Encounters of the Third Kind behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Steven Spielberg previously directed Disclosure Day, The Fabelmans and Jaws. The film's writer Steven Spielberg penned The Fabelmans and Eagle Eye.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Production and Filming
Key Facts
- The film will be re-released in select theaters for one week on Sept. 1 (7/4/17).
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Filming Timeline
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— Close Encounters of the Third Kind entered Completed status.
Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Release Date: When was the film released?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released nationwide on . 13 other films are opening on the same date, including Unlocked, Tulip Fever and Goon: Last of the Enforcers.
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