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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Summary: Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Release Date: December 14, 1977
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Steven SpielbergDirector
Steven Spielberg ethnicity
Jewish Male
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Writers: Steven Spielberg
Steven SpielbergWriter
Steven Spielberg ethnicity
Jewish Male
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, Hal Barwood
Hal BarwoodWriter
Hal Barwood ethnicity
White Male
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, Jerry Belson
Jerry BelsonWriter
Jerry Belson ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 2 h 18 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions, EMI Films
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Countries: United States, United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 20,000,000
Domestic: $ 135,189,114
International: $ 171,700,000

Box office:

Budget:$20MDomestic:$135.2MInternational:$171.7MWorldwide:$306.9M

Box office International:

Source: The Numbers

-9%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -9% lower than the critics.

94%85%

The Metacritic audience rated this -11% lower than the critics.

90/10079/100
22%11%

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

11% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White77.78%Jewish11.11%Latino5.56%Asian5.56%
1.45
BechdeltestNo women talking

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Educational1/5
Message3/5
Role model3/5
Violence3/5
Language3/5
Consumerism2/5

This film gets a 1.45/5 family friendly score


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