Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Voti degli utenti:

7.8/10   

Regista:

Steven Spielberg

Sceneggiatore:

Steven Spielberg (written by)
(ancora)

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:

Air Traffic Control | Seti | English Subtitles In Original | Alien Abduction | Conspiracy

Premi:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

A terrific movie about alien contact.

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 ('Major Walsh') (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
George DiCenzo	...	Major Benchley
Amy Douglass	...	Implantee
Alexander Lockwood	...	Implantee
Gene Dynarski	...	Ike
Mary Gafrey	...	Mrs. Harris
Norman Bartold	...	Ohio Tollbooth Attendant
Josef Sommer	...	Larry Butler
Rev. Michael J. Dyer	...	Himself
Roger Ernest	...	Highway Patrolman
Carl Weathers	...	Military Policeman
F.J. O'Neil	...	ARP Project Member
Phil Dodds	...	ARP Musician
Randy Hermann	...	Frank Taylor (Returnee #1 Flt. 19)
Hal Barwood	...	Harry Wallclage (Returnee #2 Flt. 19)
Matthew Robbins	...	Matthew McMichaels (Returnee #3 Flt. 19)
David Anderson	...	Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins	...	Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve	...	Air Traffic Controller
Bill Thurman	...	Air Traffic Controller
Roy E. Richards	...	Air East Pilot
Gene Rader	...	Hawker
Eumenio Blanco	...	Federale
Daniel Núñez	...	Federale (as Daniel Nunez)
Chuy Franco	...	Federale
Luis Contreras	...	Federale
James Keane	...	Radio Telescope Team
Dennis McMullen	...	Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young	...	Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard	...	Radio Telescope Team
Richard Stuart	...	Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland	...	Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery	...	Support Leader
Galen Thompson	...	Special Forces Trooper
John Dennis Johnston	...	Special Forces Trooper
John Ewing	...	Dirty Tricks #1
Keith Atkinson	...	Dirty Tricks #2
Robert Broyles	...	Dirty Tricks #3
Kirk Raymond	...	Dirty Tricks #4
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Basil Hoffman	...	Longly (uncredited)
J. Allen Hynek	...	Himself - Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)
Monty Jordan	...	Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Stephen Powers	...	UN Observer (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith	...	Himself - TV News Anchor (uncredited)

Regia di
Steven Spielberg

Scritto da
Steven Spielberg		(written by)
Hal Barwood		uncredited and
Jerry Belson		uncredited and
John Hill		uncredited and
Matthew Robbins		uncredited

Prodotto da
Clark L. Paylow	....	associate producer (as Clark Paylow)
Julia Phillips	....	producer
Michael Phillips	....	producer

Musiche originali di
John Williams

Fotografia di
Vilmos Zsigmond		(director of photography)

Montaggio di
Michael Kahn

Responsabile casting
Shari Rhodes
Juliet Taylor		(as Juliette Taylor)

Scenografie di
Joe Alves

Architetto-scenografo
Daniel A. Lomino		(as Dan Lomino)

Arredatore
Phil Abramson

Trucco
Edie Panda	....	hair stylist
Bob Westmoreland	....	makeup supervisor
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Direttore di produzione
Clark L. Paylow	....	unit production manager (as Clark Paylow)
Baba Shaik	....	production manager: India
John Veitch	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Aiuto regista
Jim Bloom	....	second assistant director
Charles Myers	....	assistant director (as Chuck Myers)
Eric Stacey	....	key second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Sam Gordon	....	property master
George Jensen	....	production illustrator
Michael McMillen	....	model maker
Bill Parks	....	construction manager
Ken Swenson	....	model maker (as Kenneth Swenson)
Jor Van Kline	....	model maker
Robert E. Worthington	....	model maker (as Robert Worthington)
Stan Cockerell	....	set dresser (uncredited)
David Coleman	....	assistant property master (uncredited)

Sonoro
Neil Burrow	....	sound effects editorial staff
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	production sound mixer (as Gene Cantamessa)
Richard Friedman	....	dialogue editorial staff (as Dick Friedman)
Sam Gemette	....	sound effects editorial staff
Gary S. Gerlich	....	sound effects editorial staff
Robert Glass	....	re-recording mixer
David M. Horton	....	sound effects editorial staff (as David Horton)
Bill Jackson	....	assistant dialogue staff
Stephen Katz	....	stereo sound supervisor: Dolby (as Steve Katz)
Robert Knudson	....	re-recording mixer (as Buzz Knudson)
Don MacDougall	....	re-recording mixer
Richard Oswald	....	sound effects editorial staff
Robert A. Reich	....	assistant dialogue staff
Jack Schrader	....	supervising dialogue editor
Chester Slomka	....	sound effects editorial staff (as Chet Slomka)
Frank E. Warner	....	supervising sound effects editor (as Frank Warner)
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Ellis Burman	....	sound restoration engineer (uncredited)

Effetti speciali
Roy Arbogast	....	special mechanical effects
George Polkinghorne	....	mechanical special effects
Douglas Trumbull	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special effects (uncredited)
Kevin Pike	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects
David Berry	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as Dave Berry)
J. Richard Dow	....	model shop coordinator
Eugene Eyerly	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Rocco Gioffre	....	assistant matte artist
Robert Hall	....	optical photography
Alan Harding	....	assistant cameraman: special photographic effects
Don Jarel	....	matte photography
Gregory Jein	....	chief model maker
Gregory L. McMurry	....	visual effects technician (special edition)
Max Morgan	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as Maxwell Morgan)
Bruce Nicholson	....	assistant cameraman: special photographic effects
Ron Peterson	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Eldon Rickman	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Richard Ripple	....	assistant cameraman: special photographic effects (as Richard Rippel)
Larry Robinson	....	special visual effects coordinator
Jonathan Seay	....	visual effects camera (special edition)
Steven Spielberg	....	visual effects concepts
Scott Squires	....	assistant cameraman: special photographic effects
David K. Stewart	....	UFO photography (as Dave Stewart)
Robert Swarthe	....	visual effects supervisor (special edition: inside mother ship)
Matthew Yuricich	....	matte artist
Christopher S. Ross	....	model maker (special edition: mothership interior) (uncredited)

Controfigure
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunt coordinator
Bobby Bass	....	stunts (uncredited)
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Monty Jordan	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Stephen Powers	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John A. Alonzo	....	additional director of photography (as John Alonzo)
Jim Coe	....	still photographer
William A. Fraker	....	cinematographer: USA
Earl Gilbert	....	gaffer
David Gold	....	effects electrician
Alan Harding	....	effects assistant camera
László Kovács	....	additional director of photography (as Laszlo Kovacs)
'Fast' Eddie Mahler	....	video technician
Nick McLean	....	camera operator
Steven B. Poster	....	director of photography: second unit (as Steve Poster)
Marcia Reid	....	still photographer
Ray Rich	....	key grip
Richard Ripple	....	effects assistant camera (as Richard Rippel)
John Russell	....	camera and mechanical design
Douglas Slocombe	....	cinematographer: India
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer (as Pete Sorel)
Scott Squires	....	assistant camera: mothership photography
Don Trumbull	....	camera and mechanical design
Pete Turner	....	still photographer
Richard Yuricich	....	director of photography: photographic effects
Michael C. Butler	....	additional photographer (special edition: inside mother Ship) (uncredited)
Allen Daviau	....	additional photographer (special edition: Gobi desert sequence) (uncredited)
Mike Laurance	....	camera operator: additional photography (uncredited)
Rexford L. Metz	....	additional photographer: second unit (uncredited)
Tim Ryan	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Frank Stanley	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Robin Vidgin	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Chic Waterson	....	camera operator: India (uncredited)
Chuck Waterston	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Carol Boardman	....	animation staff
Eleanor Dahlen	....	animation staff
Cy Didjurgis	....	animation staff
Tom Koester	....	animation staff
Bill Millar	....	animation staff
Harry Moreau	....	animator
Connie Morgan	....	animation staff
Robert Swarthe	....	animation supervisor

Casting Department
Sally Dennison	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Linn	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Jim Linn)

Editorial Department
Charles Bornstein	....	assistant film editor
Charles Hinkle	....	laboratory expeditor
Joseph A. Ippolito	....	editorial assistant (as Joseph Ippolito)
Bob McMillian	....	color consultant (as Robert M. McMillian)
Barbara Morrison	....	effects negative cutter
Geoffrey Rowland	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
John Neal	....	music score manager
John Neal	....	music scoring mixer
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor
Tommy Johnson	....	musician: tuba soloist (uncredited)
Jim Self	....	musician: tuba, voice of the mother ship (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bill Bethea	....	transportation
Chris Haynes	....	production driver (uncredited)

Altro personale
Larry Albright	....	special consultant
Peter Anderson	....	special consultant
Mona Thal Benefiel	....	project coordinator: photographic effects
Richard Bennett	....	special consultant
Judy Bornstein	....	second assistant to producers
Charlsie Bryant	....	script supervisor
Patrick Burns	....	production staff (as Pat Burns)
Colin Cantwell	....	technical dialogue
Kendall Cooper	....	assistant to producers
Don Dow	....	laboratory technician
Ken Ebert	....	special consultant
Al Ebner	....	publicist
Glenn Erickson	....	project assistant
Rick Fields	....	assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Joyce Goldberg	....	production secretary
Janet Healy	....	production staff
Robert Hollister	....	technician
Thomas Hollister	....	laboratory technician (as Tom Hollister)
Paul Huston	....	special consultant
J. Allen Hynek	....	technical advisor (as Dr. J. Allen Hynek)
Jerry Jeffress	....	electronics design (as Jerry L. Jeffress)
David Jones	....	special consultant (as David M. Jones)
Kevin Kelly	....	special consultant
Jim Lutes	....	special consultant
Alvah J. Miller	....	electronics design
Dennis Muren	....	mothership photography
Joe O'Har	....	location manager
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Carlo Rambaldi	....	realization of 'extraterrestrial'
George Randle	....	special consultant
Peter Regla	....	electronics design
Peggy Rosson	....	production accountant
Jeff Shapiro	....	special consultant
Robert Shepherd	....	project manager: effects unit
Gail Siemers	....	production secretary
Dan Slater	....	electronics design
Steve Warner	....	location auditor
Murray Weissman	....	publicist
Seth Winston	....	intern: AFI
Hoyt Yeatman	....	project assistant
Larry Albright	....	mothership neonlight effects designer (uncredited)
Noreen Beasley	....	dialogue translator: French for F. Truffaut (uncredited)
Norman Brokaw	....	production counsel (uncredited)
Norman Garey	....	production counsel (uncredited)
Steve Hinton	....	pilot (uncredited)
Pat Kingsley	....	publicist (uncredited)
Ralph McQuarrie	....	conceptual artwork (uncredited)
Scott Squires	....	developer: cloud tank (uncredited)
Kevin Von Feldt	....	assistant: Clark Paylow (uncredited)

Thanks
Johnny Mathis	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• EMI Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1981) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia Home Video (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia Home Video (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar (video)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1980) (UK) (theatrical) (special edition)
• Columbia-Warner Distributors (1978) (UK) (theatrical) (original version)
• Criterion Collection, The (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (1998) (re-release)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1978) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Effetti speciali

• Future General Corporation

Other Companies

• Arista Records  soundtrack
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Fries Engineering  camera design
• Fries Engineering  mechanical design
• Pickwick Public Relations  publicity
• Rourke Engineering  special consultant

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:

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

Nazionalità:

USA | UK

Lingua:

Inglese | Francese | Spagnolo | Hindi

Colore:

Colore (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonoro:

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

Divieti:

Spain:T | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | Brazil:12 | Brazil:Livre (DVD re-rating) | South Africa:PG | West Germany:12 (f) | 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 | UK:A (original rating) | Ireland:PG

Luoghi delle riprese:

Alabama, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Curiosità:

When the aliens visit Jillian's home, there's a shot of the screws in the floor vent unscrewing. This is shown in an extreme close-up. The unscrewing effect is very similar to what we see in the movie version of The War of the Worlds (1953).

Errori:

Continuity: Since Walter Cronkite was not allowed to do the film, he was replaced with Howard K Smith. But the first time Roy is interviewed, he mentions the newscast with Walter Cronkite.

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 cartoon 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:

Featured in E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (1982) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

A terrific movie about alien contact.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is a film about aliens landing on earth, but instead of descending into the usual laser-gun confrontations between humans and aliens, this one dares to remain "peaceful". It is a film about contact, not conflict. It is also a wonderfully thoughtful film and a prime example of compelling story-telling. If there is a weakness with Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, it is that the director Steven Spielberg occasionally allows sentimentality to enter into the proceedings, but in truth it is a very minor weakness and it doesn't significantly spoil this tremendous movie experience.

Several missing aircraft turn up over 30 years after they were reported lost. More baffling still is the fact that they vanished over Florida but have turned up, in pristine condition and without pilots, in the middle of Mexico. Other weird things happen: an aeroplane pilot reports a near collision with a brightly lit spacecraft; a Navy warship missing for decades is found in the desert; thousands of Indians report a light in the sky which "sang" to them; and across America there are scores of inexplicable UFO sightings. Electrician Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is a normal family man who sees one of the UFOs. Soon after, he is tormented by a vision apparently implanted in his mind by the aliens. His torment becomes obsession as he tries to figure out the meaning of a hill-like shape that has become embedded in his mind. As his marriage collapses, he desperately tries to find answers and is finally gratified when he discovers that the picture in his head is trying to tell him where to go in order to witness an extra terrestrial landing.

The fact that Roy Neary is just an everyday guy cast into the most incredible of circumstances gives this film a real human dimension. Roy could represent any one of us - you, me, your next door neighbour, your father, whoever. Spielberg tells his story very carefully, adding clues and more layers of mystery before actually revealing where the story is heading. It is probably the most controlled and skillfully paced of Spielberg's '70s films. The ending, featuring the alien arrival, is a technical tour-de-force, but it works well on an emotional level too because the viewer has grown to know Roy and has been drawn into his quest for answers. John Williams provides yet another legendary music score - including an iconic five-note tune which the aliens and humans use to communicate with each other. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is a classic sci-fi film, as fresh and absorbing now as it was back in 1977.