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console, and they greet the great craft with an oboe solo variation on the five-note theme; the craft answers in deep, tuba tones. The dialogue becomes blissfully garrulous. And with light flooding out from the windows of this omniscient airship—it’s like New York’s skyscrapers all lighted up on a summer night—there is a conversational duet: the music of the spheres. This is one of the peerless moments in movie history—spiritually reassuring, magical, and funny at the same time. Very few movies have ever hit upon this combination of fantasy and amusement—

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had a flawless wonder, such that it might be the first film ever made" calling it "a tribute to the richness of human imagination" and "as close to a mystical experience as a major film has come, but it's the mysticism of common sense... The movie could have been naive and sentimental—it was inspired

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Roy's wife Ronnie attempts to hide the sunburn caused by Roy's exposure to the UFOs and wants him to forget his encounter with them. She is embarrassed and bewildered by what has happened to him and desperately wants her ordinary life back. The expression of his lost life is seen when he is sculpting

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Matters worsened when Columbia Pictures experienced financial difficulties. In his original 1973 pitch to Columbia, Spielberg claimed production would cost $ 2.7 million, although he revealed to producer Julia Philips that he knew the budget would have to be much higher; the final budget came to

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featuring select films to celebrate Columbia Pictures's 75th anniversary in 1999. It was the first time this version of the film had been shown theatrically. This was once again released in theaters on September 1, 2017, in tribute to the film's 40th anniversary. It made $ 1.8 million in the weekend

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suggests that humankind has reached the point where it is ready to enter the community of the cosmos. While it is a computer which makes the final musical conversation with the extraterrestrial guests possible, the characteristics bringing Neary to make his way to Devils Tower have little to do with

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officer named Paul Van Owen who worked with Project Blue Book. " job for the government is to ridicule and debunk flying saucers." Schrader continued: "One day he has an encounter. He goes to the government, threatening to blow the lid off to the public. Instead, he and the government spend 15 years

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Roy becomes fascinated by UFOs to the dismay of his wife, Ronnie. He obsesses over subliminal images of a mountain shape, often making models of it. Jillian, meanwhile, also becomes obsessed, sketching the unique mountain image. Soon after, she is terrorized in her home by a UFO which descends from

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was released theatrically in 1980. Spielberg agreed to create this edition to add more scenes that they had been unable to include in the original release, with the studio demanding a controversial scene depicting the interior of the extraterrestrial mothership. Spielberg's dissatisfaction with the

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similarly called it "a kid's film in the best sense". Kael wrote that "Spielberg is the son of an electrical-engineer, sci-fi-addict father and a classical-pianist mother, and in the climax of the film he does justice to both. Under the French scientist’s direction, the earthlings are ready with a

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studies the form of "youth spiritual yearning". Barry Guiler, the unfearing child who refers to the UFOs and their paraphernalia as "toys" (although that was unscripted, with the child being drawn to smile by being shown toys offstage), serves as a motif for childlike innocence and openness in the

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preview where several members of the audience audibly snickered at the inclusion, the song was dropped and replaced with Williams's orchestral version. Phrases from "When You Wish Upon a Star" are included in the final sequence in the director's cut and in the special edition of the end titles on

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Meanwhile, Roy's increasingly eccentric behavior causes Ronnie to abandon him, taking their three children with her. When a news program about a supposed train wreck near Devils Tower airs on television, Roy and Jillian recognize the same mountain they have been visualizing. They, along with other

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When asked in 1980 to select a single "master image" that summed up his film career, Spielberg chose the shot of Barry opening his living room door to see the blazing orange light from the UFO. "That was beautiful but awful light, just like fire coming through the doorway. very small, and it's a

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Most of the travelers are apprehended by the Army, but Roy and Jillian reach the site just as UFOs appear in the night sky. The government specialists at the site begin to communicate with the UFOs, which gradually appear by the dozens, by using light and sound on a large electrical billboard. An

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has another, more personal theme for Spielberg: "Your father was a computer engineer; your mother was a concert pianist, and when the spaceship lands, they make music together on the computer", suggesting that Roy Neary's boarding the spaceship represents Spielberg's wish to be reunited with his

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highly recommended the film. Siskel praised the message of not being "afraid of the unknown", said Dreyfuss was "perfectly cast", and described the ending as "a wonderful scene, combining fantasy, adventure and mystery". However, he mentioned that the story got "bogged down" by a subplot in the

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declined to cooperate on the film. NASA reportedly sent a twenty-page letter to Spielberg, telling him that releasing the film was dangerous. In an interview, he said: "I really found my faith when I heard that the Government was opposed to the film. If NASA took the time to write me a 20-page

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in Los Angeles, grossing $ 1,077,000. Its national release was December 14, in 270 theaters and grossing $ 10,115,000 in one week with a per-screen average of $ 37,460. On December 21, 301 more theaters were added. By the end of the second week of national release it had grossed $ 24,695,317.

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to the end of one of the structures extending from the mothership. Model makers also included a mailbox, great-white shark, Volkswagen bus, and a small graveyard. The model also included alien figures moving in the windows of the miniature, though were not very visible in the final film. The

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typeface, with only a script to work from. Delighted with the result, Spielberg applied the logo to all production stationery and crew shirts. Unusual in filmmaking, Spielberg carried enough influence to maintain creative control over the film's entire branding and asked Perri to design the

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report that the UFOs make distinctive sounds: a five-tone musical phrase in a pentatonic scale. Scientists broadcast the phrase to outer space, but are mystified by the response, a seemingly meaningless series of numbers (104 44 30 40 36 10) repeated until Laughlin, with his background in

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a huge model of Devils Tower in his living room, with his family deserting him. Roy's obsession with an idea implanted by an extraterrestrial intelligence, his construction of the model, and his gradual loss of contact with his wife, mimic the events in the short story "

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were considered for the role. Internationally renowned as a film director, this is Truffaut's only acting role in a film he did not direct, and his only role in an English-language film. During filming, Truffaut used his free time to write the script for

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It made a record $ 3,026,558 on December 26, 1977, and set a one-week record of $ 17,393,654 from December 26 to January 1. The film opened internationally on February 24, 1978, and grossed $ 27 million by the end of March from 19 countries.

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and that he and Kahn went through thousands of feet of film to find the right shots for the end sequence. When Kahn and Spielberg completed the first cut of the film, Spielberg was dissatisfied because "there wasn't enough wow-ness".

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said that, during shooting, Spielberg got more ideas by watching films every night, which in turn extended the production schedule because he was continually adding new scenes. Zsigmond previously turned down the chance to work on

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was the only version officially available for many years on VHS. It was RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video's biggest selling title with sales of 60,000 in its first three years of release in the United States. Then, in 1990,

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set that contains only the director's cut. This set contains several extra features, including the 1997 documentary, a featurette from 1977, trailers, and deleted scenes that includes the mothership interior from the 1980

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meets science fiction". Incidentally, Williams briefly included the signature melody into the score at Spielberg's behest, just before Roy Neary turns to board the mothership. The synthesizer playing the five notes is an

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also selected the film as the 11th best Sci-Fi and fantasy film of all time. In 2024, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was included in Rolling Stone 's "The 150 Best Science Fiction Movies of All Time" list at #3.

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sailors, adults, children, and animals. Barry also returns and reunites with Jillian. The government officials hastily prepare Roy for inclusion in its select group of potential visitors to the mothership.

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and Roy; Elijah was taken into a "chariot of fire", akin to Roy boarding the UFO. Climbing Devils Tower behind the faltering Jillian, Roy exhorts Jillian to keep moving and not to look back, a contrast to

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a very accessible story about the everyday individual who has a sighting that overturns his life, and throws it into complete upheaval as he starts to become more and more obsessed with this experience."

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restoration of the original camera negative. Following its theatrical re-release of the director's cut, the film was released in 4K and Blu-ray with all three versions given the same 4K treatment.

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and Spielberg. Their working relationship has continued for the rest of Spielberg's films. Spielberg said that no film he has ever made since has been as hard to edit as the last 25 minutes of

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was released in a limited number of cities on November 16 and 23, 1977, and expanded into wide release the following month. It was a critical and financial success, eventually grossing over

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designed the extraterrestrials. Trumbull joked that the visual effects budget of $ 3.3 million could have been used to produce an additional film. His work helped lead to advances in

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finally emerge from the mothership and select Roy to join their travels. As Roy enters the mothership, one of the extraterrestrials pauses for a few moments with the humans. Lacombe uses

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offered two versions for LaserDisc, one a variant of the original 1977 edition (with subtle edits made by Spielberg which became the syndicated television version), the other the

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Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Don MacDougall, Robert Glass, Steve Katz, Frank Warner, Richard Oswald, David Horton, Sam Gemette, Gary Gerlich, Chet Slomka and Neil Burrow

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that correspond to the five-note extraterrestrial tonal phrase. The extraterrestrial replies with the same gestures, smiles, and returns to its ship, which takes to the sky.

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released it on DVD and Blu-ray in 2007. For the first time, all three versions were packaged together. Then in 2017, in honor of its 40th anniversary, the film was given a

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middle. Ebert said "the last 30 minutes are among the most marvelous things I've ever seen on the screen" and that the film was "like a kid's picture...in its innocence".

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on December 5, 1945. The planes are in perfect condition, but without any occupants. An elderly witness nearby claims "the sun came out at night, and sang to him". Near

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was attempted for the extraterrestrials, but the idea failed. However, Rambaldi successfully used puppetry to depict two of the extraterrestrials, starting with a

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to begin in late 1974. To discuss the script, Spielberg visited the home where Schrader lived with his brother Leonard. However, Spielberg started work on

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success, grossing $ 116.39 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 171.7 million in foreign countries, for $ 288 million worldwide.

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was Spielberg's first choice. Although McQueen was impressed with the script, he said that he was not right for the role as he was unable to cry on cue.

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face of the unknown. Spielberg also compared the theme of communication as highlighting that of tolerance: "If we can talk to extraterrestrials in

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essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010

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is so subterranean that it would take a creative screen story, perhaps someone else making the picture and giving it the equal time it deserves."

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documentary featuring interviews with Spielberg and other cast and crew involved with the film, and stills and script excerpts. In 1993, the

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and motifs. The film portrays new technologies as a natural and expected outcome of human development and indication of health and growth.

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was created for the UFOs, but Spielberg found it would be too expensive and ineffective because CGI was in its infancy in the mid-1970s.

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when he did not have children, and if he were making it today, he would never have had Roy leave his family and board the mothership.

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was released on August 3, 1980, making a further $ 15.7 million, accumulating a final $ 303.7 million box office gross.

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the clouds. She fights off violent attempts by the UFO and unseen beings to enter the home, but in the chaos, Barry is abducted.

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influenced Spielberg's writing style. "I hung my story on the mood the song created, the way it affected me personally." During

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wrote highly profane remarks about Spielberg, Zsigmond, and Truffaut, because she was fired during post-production due to a

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used for the rest of the production, so that when the miniature effects were combined with full-sized elements through an

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as Claude Lacombe, a French government scientist in charge of UFO-related activities in the United States. The UFO expert

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farming community and the "light show" a group of teenagers see in the night sky. In late 1973, after completing work on

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technical expertise or computer literacy. These are virtues taught in schools that will be evolved in the 21st century.

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with extraterrestrials, in which the third kind denotes human observations of extraterrestrials or "animate beings".

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parents. The director had not consciously intended this aspect. In a 2005 interview, Spielberg stated that he made

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travelers experiencing similar visions, set out for Devils Tower in spite of the public warnings about toxic gas.

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The film was to be released in mid-1977 but was delayed to November because of the various production problems.

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Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers, Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting Tips, Mutants of Technology

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so they could have something to hang a campaign on. I never should have shown the inside of the mothership."

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In December 2007, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States

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brought tropical storms to Alabama. A large portion of the sound stage in Alabama was damaged because of a

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enormous mothership eventually lands to release many abductees from different eras: World War II pilots,

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Graham, Jefferson (November 28, 1983). "'Gandhi' vid tops 50,000 units; eyeing all-time RCA/Col total".

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report in August 1975 had suggested filming would start in late 1975. Spielberg did not want to do any

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experts continue to investigate increasing UFO activity and strange, related occurrences. Witnesses in

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refers to the film as "the best expression of Spielberg's benign, dreamy-eyed vision". A.D. Murphy of

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were commissioned but cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond could not participate due to other commitments.

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for a science-fiction film. Though Spielberg received sole credit for the script, he was assisted by

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mothership model is on permanent display steps away from the space shuttle orbiter Discovery in the

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Segers, Frank (April 12, 1978). "At Three-Quarter Fiscal Pole, Col, $ 71,367,000 (Credit Sci-Fi)".

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by ten minutes, so that its 132-minute runtime is 3 minutes shorter than the original release. The

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The small extraterrestrials in the final scenes were played by fifty local six-year-old girls in

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by Disney—but Spielberg never relinquishes his practicality and his eye for everyday detail."

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technology couldn't be made for $ 2.5 million." Borrowing a phrase from the ending of

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score (one for Best Original Film Score and one for Best Instrumental Composition for "

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very large door, and there's a lot of promise or danger outside that door." In 2007,

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Adam Savage Examines the Mother Ship Model from Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

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Other critics found a variety of Judeo-Christian analogies. Devils Tower parallels

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was a long-cherished project for Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with

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