Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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Now There Is More (USA 1980 special edition re-release) See more »

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Official Sites:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [United States] | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish | Hindi

Release Date:

16 listopad 1977 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

CE3K See more »

Filming Locations:

1613 Carlisle Drive East, Mobile, Alabama, USA See more »

Budget:

$19,400,870 (estimated)

Gross:

$300,000,000 (Worldwide)

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, EMI Films, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions See more »

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Runtime:

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

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

In the beginning of the film in the Sonoran Desert, from inside one of the World War II airplanes, they pull out a calendar that looks vintage from 1945. Across the grid of the days of a full month on the calendar is plainly seen a light blue logo from the defunct Security National Bank (which did not exist in 1945, either). In the fall of 1972, Security National Bank issued a 1973 calendar that corresponded exactly, month by month, day by day, to the 1945 calendar for fun. Thus, this unique idea was a promotional give away to the bank's customers. The props crew for CE3K probably could not locate an authentic 1945 calendar, so instead they utilized the fake vintage calendar, which was not hard to find in 1976. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: During the dinner table scene differing quantities of mashed potatoes are on Roy's hands with it disappearing totally from his left hand. See more »

Quotes

[last lines]
Barry Guiler: [looking up at the space ship flying away] Goodbye.
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Connections

Referenced in The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"
(uncredited)
Traditional
Whistled by a UFO observer See more »