Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Part of our Summer of Spielberg!
Planes reported missing in 1945 suddenly appear in the Mojave desert. A commercial flight is buzzed by a ‘bright’ object that the pilot ‘wouldn’t know how to describe’. Roy Neary, while working one night, has a Close Encounter… The US Government determine where the visitors plan to land and create an elaborate cover-up to keep people away. However, a group of obsessive alien seekers, including Neary, share a vision which draws them to the place and a meeting with new, and old, friends.
Planes reported missing in 1945 suddenly appear in the Mojave desert. A commercial flight is buzzed by a ‘bright’ object that the pilot ‘wouldn’t know how to describe’. Roy Neary, while working one night, has a Close Encounter… The US Government determine where the visitors plan to land and create an elaborate cover-up to keep people away. However, a group of obsessive alien seekers, including Neary, share a vision which draws them to the place and a meeting with new, and old, friends.
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss • Teri Garr
Director
Steven Spielberg
Running Time
138 minutes