Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Summary:
Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to ... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss - (Roy Neary)
François Truffaut - (Claude Lacombe)
Teri Garr - (Ronnie Neary)
Melinda Dillon - (Jillian Guiler)
Cary Guffey - (Barry Guiler)
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Review:
Several years in the making and, like Jaws, millions over budget, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) became Steven Spielberg's second blockbuster, confirming his skills at creating visually spectacular popular entertainment. Blending his reverence for the power of movies with a science fiction UFO tale, Spielberg turns an average ma... Continue >>
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