Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was the link movie connecting Ain't Misbehavin and The Muppet Movie.
Linked through François Truffaut and Melinda Dillon.
Both François Truffaut and Melinda Dillon appeared in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
About Close Encounters of the Third Kind
"We are not alone."
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Steven Spielberg
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The film received numerous awards and nominations, including recognition at the 50th Academy Awards, the 32nd British Academy Film Awards, the 35th Golden Globe Awards and the 5th Saturn Awards.
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Score by John Williams
A distinctive five-tone musical phrase figures centrally in the film: witnesses report the sound, scientists broadcast it to space and later use the tonal motif at Devils Tower as a means of communication between humans and the extraterrestrials.
Movie trivia
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Spielberg received sole screenplay credit but was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Jerry Belson, each contributing to the screenplay in varying degrees.
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The title is derived from astronomer and ufologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters; the 'third kind' denotes human observations of extraterrestrials or 'animate beings'.
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Spielberg's first choice for Roy Neary was Steve McQueen, who said he couldn't cry on cue; James Caan, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, and Gene Hackman turned down the part, Robert De Niro was considered, and Jack Nicholson declined due to scheduling. Richard Dreyfuss campaigned for and won the role.
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François Truffaut was cast as Claude Lacombe; Jacques Vallée served as the real-life model for the character, and this was Truffaut's only acting role in a film he did not direct and his sole English-language film.
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Spielberg employed method acting techniques with three-year-old Cary Guffey, who was cast as Barry Guiler, to help the child actor perform naturally on camera.
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Douglas Trumbull served as the film's visual effects supervisor while Carlo Rambaldi designed the extraterrestrial beings.
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