Close Encounters of the Third Kind

In the Sonoran Desert, French scientist Claude Lacombe, his American interpreter, cartographer David Laughlin, and other researchers discover Flight 19, a group of United States Navy Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that went missing over the Bermuda Triangle 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 Indianapolis, air traffic controllers watch two airline flights narrowly avoid a mid-air collision with a UFO.

MPAA Rating:	PG
Genre:	Drama, Sci Fi
Country:	United States, United Kingdom
Produced By:	Michael Phillips, Clark L. Paylow, Julia Phillips
Directed By:	Steven Spielberg
Written By:	Jerry Belson, Hal Barwood, John Hill, Matthew Robbins, Steven Spielberg
Cast:	Gene Rader, Adrienne Campbell, Shay McLean, Bill Thurman, Murray Pollack, Roberts Blossom, Robert Broyles, Josef Sommer, F.J. O'Neil, Bennett Wayne Dean Sr., Carl Weathers, J. Patrick McNamara, Randy Hermann, George DiCenzo, Melinda Dillon, Hal Barwood, Basil Hoffman, Chuy Franco, Luis Contreras, Amy Douglass, James Keane, Justin Dreyfuss, Bob Westmoreland, Teri Garr, Richard Dreyfuss, Cary Guffey, John Dennis Johnston, Gene Dynarski, David Anderson, Roger Ernest, Bob Balaban, Monty Jordan, Howard K. Smith, Richard L. Hawkins, Merrill Connally, Philip Dodds, Eumenio Blanco, Norman Bartold, Dennis McMullen, François Truffaut, Galen Thompson, Matthew Robbins, Richard Stuart, Shawn Bishop, Lance Henriksen, Matt Emery, Mary Gafrey, Warren J. Kemmerling, Alexander Lockwood, Daniel NúñEz, Keith Atkinson, Stephen Powers, Monty O'Grady
In Theaters:	Dec 25, 1977
Runtime:	2 hours 15 minutes
Production:	Columbia Pictures Corporation, EMI Films, EMI Films
Budget:	$20,000,000
Box Office:	$135,189,114
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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