Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Regista:

Steven Spielberg

Sceneggiatore:

Steven Spielberg (written by)

Data di uscita:

16 novembre 1977 (USA)

Genere:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Slogan:

Close Encounter of the First Kind - Sighting of a UFO. Close Encounter of the Second Kind - Physical Evidence. Close Encounter of the Third Kind - Contact. WE ARE NOT ALONE

Plot:

A line worker, after a encounter with UFO's, feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Plot Keywords:

Seti | Alien Abduction | Conspiracy | Desert | Air Traffic Controller

Premi:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 29 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Aliens in Muncie make for Spielberg's Best Film Ever

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Roy Neary
François Truffaut	...	Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr	...	Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon	...	Gillian Guiler
Bob Balaban	...	David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Wild Bill (as Warren Kemmerling)
Roberts Blossom	...	Farmer
Philip Dodds	...	Jean Claude
Cary Guffey	...	Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop	...	Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell	...	Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss	...	Toby Neary
Lance Henriksen	...	Robert
Merrill Connally	...	Team Leader

Alias:

CE3K (USA) (informal short title)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (USA) (reissue title)
The Close Encounter of the Third Kind (USA) (working title)
Watch the Skies (USA) (working title)
Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo (Italy) [it]

Durata:

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

Nazionalità:

USA | UK

Lingua:

Inglese | Francese | Spagnolo | Hindi

Colore:

Colore (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonoro:

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

Divieti:

Brazil:Livre (DVD re-rating) | Spain:T | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | South Africa:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | UK:A (original rating) | Ireland:PG

Luoghi delle riprese:

Alabama, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Curiosità:

The entire landing strip complex behind Devil's Tower was actually constructed and filmed in an abandoned aircraft hangar at Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama.

Errori:

Continuity: Roy's sunburn changes it's degree of redness between shots.

Citazioni:

Roy Neary: [checking the paper] Hey, you know what's playing tonight? Pinocchio! You guys have never seen Pinocchio, you're in luck!
Brad Neary: Aw, who wants to see some dumb movie rated 'G' for kids?
Roy Neary: How old are you?
Brad Neary: Eight.
Roy Neary: You wanna be nine?
Brad Neary: Yeah.
Roy Neary: Then you're going to go see Pinocchio tomorrow night.
[Brad makes a disgusted gesture, but shuts up]
Ronnie Neary: Roy, that is a terrific way to win over your children.
Roy Neary: I'm not serious, I'm just saying that I grew up with Pinocchio, and if kids are still kids, they're going to eat it up.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Citato in 'War of the Worlds': Previsualization (2005) (V)

Colonna sonora:

THE SQUARE SONG

Aliens in Muncie make for Spielberg's Best Film Ever

Steven Spielberg has made huge popcorn blockbusters that gross more money at the box office (i.e. "Jaws," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," or "Jurassic Park") and are more exciting on a visceral level. As he as aged and matured as a director, he has also made movies that are more important and will hold a more solid place in the chronicles of film as an artistic document of history (i.e. "Schindler's List," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Munich"). For my money, his best film will still always be "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." This film is Spielberg's humanistic and heartfelt answer to Kubrick's intellectual and cerebral look at man's first contact with life from elsewhere in the universe in his 1968 opus "2001: A Space Odyssey."

"Close Encounters" came early on in Spielberg's career, made in 1977, and has all the hallmarks of his later films played just right before he became so self-referential. Here we have his typical bag of tricks long before they became so typical: familial strife, coming to terms with something bigger than oneself that challenges the male protagonist's view of the world around him, little kids in jeopardy, superb build up of suspense, fantastic visual effects, and a memorable score from John Williams. From the first UFO sightings in Muncie, Indiana to the fantastic finale at Devil's Tower in Wyoming, this is grand entertainment. Lots of films have emulated this movie to varying degrees of success, from Robert Zemeckis' earnest "Contact," to the shameful scam that was M. Night Shymalan's "Signs," and even Spielberg himself recently did the dark natured flip-side to benevolent alien encounters with his remake of "War of the Worlds" (which makes a fantastic double-feature with this). However, nothing compares to this true original. No other film has made me want to believe in aliens more, and I'll never look at a plate of mashed potatoes the same again.