Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Regisseur:

Steven Spielberg

Drehbuchautor:

Steven Spielberg (written by)

Premierendatum:

16. November 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

Close Encounter of the First Kind - Sighting of a UFO. Close Encounter of the Second Kind - Physical Evidence. Close Encounter of the Third Kind - Contact. WE ARE NOT ALONE

Plot:

A line worker, after a encounter with UFO's, feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Plot Keywords:

Seti | Alien Abduction | Conspiracy | Desert | Air Traffic Controller

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Great sci-fi

US Showtimes:

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Besetzung

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Roy Neary
François Truffaut	...	Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr	...	Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon	...	Gillian Guiler
Bob Balaban	...	David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Wild Bill (as Warren Kemmerling)
Roberts Blossom	...	Farmer
Philip Dodds	...	Jean Claude
Cary Guffey	...	Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop	...	Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell	...	Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss	...	Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen	...	Robert
Merrill Connally	...	Team Leader

Alternativ:

CE3K (USA) (informal short title)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (USA) (reissue title)
The Close Encounter of the Third Kind (USA) (working title)
Watch the Skies (USA) (working title)
Steven Spielbergs Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) (complete title) [de]
Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art - Die neue Version (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) (director's cut) [de]

Länge:

135 Min (original version) | 137 Min (director's cut) | 132 Min (special edition)

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch | Französisch | Spanisch | Hindi

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

South Africa:PG | Brazil:Livre (DVD re-rating) | South Korea:All | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Spain:T | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | UK:A (original rating) | Ireland:PG

Drehorte:

Alabama, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Gillian's phone number, seen when she tries to dial for help when the aliens come for Barry, is 311-555-2368. This number frequently appeared on phones in Bell Telephone print ads around the late 1960s. Area code 311 has never been used in North America.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Roy's family are leaving him, his wife locks all of the car doors except her own door. In the very next shot, her door is already locked.

Dialogzitate:

Ronnie Neary: All right, everybody to bed!
Toby Neary: No, wait! Dad said we could watching The Ten Commandments!
Ronnie Neary: Roy, that movie is four hours long.
Roy Neary: I said they could watch the five commandments.

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Soundtrack:

CHANCES ARE

Great sci-fi

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the story about a man who has a close encounter with aliens. However, no one seems to believe that it really happened except a woman who's son was abducted. They both have a similar vision apparently put in their minds by the aliens, and they set off together to go meet up with the aliens one more time.

I've never been a huge Spielberg fan. Sure, he's made some good movies, but I just never saw anything real great about most of his movies. That is, until I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This movie had me so entranced in the story that the 2 hours and 15 minutes flew by. I'm not even a big sci-fi type of guy. The cinematography, acting, music score, and directing are all top-notch. The special effects, although obviously sub-par by today's standards, were phenomenal when released in 1977 and is still good enough to not make the movie look cheesy by today's standards.