Guide Note: Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a popular science fiction film from 1977. It revolves around electric lineman Roy Neary's first close encounter and the strange obsessions it leaves him with.
Fast Facts:
- Directed by Stephen Spielberg
- Released: November 16, 1977
- Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr and François Truffaut
- The film received eight Academy Award nominations and won Best Cinematography
- The American Film Institute placed the film in its 1998 Top 100 greatest American films list