Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Desert highway, night, a lone pickup truck's headlights. A utility worker's ordinary life intersects with a mysterious airborne presence, an inexplicable connection to a distant mountain forms. Spielberg typically grounds the extraordinary in everyday American life.

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Steven Spielberg directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. See Steven Spielberg's full filmography, where to start with Steven Spielberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Steven Spielberg.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released in 1977 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 137 minutes.