Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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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 D... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind:

Richard Dreyfuss
François Truffaut
Teri Garr
Melinda Dillon
Bob Balaban
J. Patrick McNamara

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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 both for Roy and Jillian is ratcheted up a notch when they begin to have a vision of a mound with vertical striations on its side as a key to what is going on. While the obsession negatively affects Roy's life as he knows it in its entirety, Jillian knows she has to find the answer as to its meaning, especially as it relates to her only child, three year old Barry Guiler, who may be more attuned to what is happening than the adult figures around him. These two stories have the potential to intersect if Roy and Jillian can discover where they've seen that mound before, and if they can overcome what they believe to be the lies perpetrated by those in authority in covering up what is going on.

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Movie Metropolis - 10/10 by John J. Puccio...a masterful motion picture all around...where the interactions of its characters are equally important as the wizardry of the special effects.
The New York Review of Books - 10/10 by Martin GardnerAlas, beneath the visual hanky-panky stretches a thin, hackneyed plot that was done to death in the SF magazines and third-rate films of the Fifties.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertIt's one of the great moviegoing experiences.
Toledo Blade - 10/10 by Kirk Baird40 years after the film's release, the only thing that's aged is me.
ReelViews - 10/10 by James BerardinelliClose Encounters of the Third Kind is unquestionably a great movie.
Monthly Film Bulletin - 10/10 by Richard CombsWhat the film is 'about', in a way, is its own illusionism, the process by which it creates a world we are invited to share.
eFilmCritic.com - 10/10 by Rob GonsalvesMay be the greatest film ever made about the meeting of the rational and the mystical.
Montreal Film Journal - 10/10 by Kevin N. LaforestReal smart and touching, in an unusual way.
Sci-Fi Movie Page - 10/10 by James O'EhleyNot even Spielberg makes them as they used to.
Chicago Reader - 10/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumThis is dopey Hollywood mysticism all right, but thanks to considerable craft and showmanship, it packs an undeniable punch.

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