Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Director: Steven Spielberg. Writer: Steven Spielberg. Producers: Julia Phillips & Michael Phillips. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss (Roy Neary), François Truffaut (Claude Lacombe), Melinda Dillon (Jillian Guiler), Teri Garr (Veronica “Ronnie” Neary), Cary Guffey (Barry Guiler), Bob Balaban (David Laughlin), Josef Sommer (Larry Butler), Lance Henriksen (Robert), Roberts Blossom (Farmer). Music: John Williams. Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond. Editor: Michael Kahn. Columbia Pictures. 137 minutes. 1977.

We Are Not Alone

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) was Steven Spielberg‘s second smash hit.

A novelization by Leslie Waller was credited to Spielberg.

References:

• Balaban, Bob, Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: An Actor’s Diary (1978)
• Morton, Ray, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film (2007)
• Spielberg, Steven, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Screenplay, Part One (pdf) and Part Two (pdf) (1977)
• Waller, Leslie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (with Steven Spielberg, novelization, 1977)