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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)  link to Close Encounters Of The Third Kind on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 331

poster Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

IMDb Rating:
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7.7/10 (153325 votes)

Country: USA, 137 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French, Spanish, Hindi

Genre(s): Drama, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Erik Canuel

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Two parallel stories are told. In the first, a group of research scientists from a variety of backgrounds are investigating the strange appearance of items in remote locations, primarily desert regions. In continuing their investigation, one of the lead scientists, a Frenchman named Claude Lacombe, incorporates the Kodály method of music education as a means of communication in their work. The response, in turn, at first baffles the researchers, until American cartographer David Laughlin deciphers the meaning of the response. In the second, electric company lineman and family man Roy Neary and single mother Jillian Guiler are among some individuals in Muncie, Indiana who experience some paranormal activity before some flashes of bright lights in the sky, which they believe to be a UFO. Roy becomes obsessed with what he saw, unlike some others, especially in some form of authority, who refuse to acknowledge their belief that it was a UFO in not wanting to appear crazy. That obsession ...

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Cast:

photo Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Roy Neary
photo Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Claude Lacombe
photo Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Ronnie Neary
photo Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Jillian Guiler
photo Bob Balaban Bob Balaban David Laughlin

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Close Encounters Of The Third Kind\Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1