What is Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox movie | name = Close Encounters of the Third Kind | image = | caption = | director = [[Steven Spielberg]] | producer = [[Julia Phillips]]<br />[[Michael Phillips]] | screenplay = Steven Spielberg | starring = [[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br />[[Teri Garr]]<br />[[Melinda Dillon]]<br />[[François Truffaut]] | music = [[John Williams]] | cinematography = [[Vilmos Zsigmond]] | editing = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] | studio = [[EMI Films]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = November 16, 1977 | runtime = 135 minutes (Theatrical Version)<br />132 minutes (Special Edition)<br />137 minutes (Director's Cut) | country = United States | language = English | budget = $19.4 million | gross = $306.1 million }} '''''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''''' is an 1977 [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] [[movie]] written and directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Teri Garr]], [[Melinda Dillon]], [[Bob Balaban]], [[Cary Guffey]] and [[François Truffaut]]. The movie tells the story about Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in [[Indiana]], whose life changes after an encounter with an undentified flying object (UFO). Made on a production budget of $19.4 million, ''Close Encounters'' was released in a limited number of cities on November 16, 1977 and November 23, 1977 before expanding into wide release the following month. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $300 million worldwide. The movie received numerous awards and nominations at the [[50th Academy Awards]], [[32nd British Academy Film Awards]], the [[35th Golden Globe Awards]] and the [[5th Saturn Awards]] and has been widely acclaimed at the [[American Film Institute]]. In 2007, the Library of Congress selected Close Encounters of the Third Kind into the United States National Film Registry. [[Category:Movies that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award