Where was Close Encounters of the Third Kind filmed?
1977 film, directed by Steven Spielberg.
- Alabama
The story is set in United States, about 824 miles (1,326 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- United States
- Filmed in
- Alabama
- Distance
- About 824 miles (1,326 km) between United States and the nearest filming location.
About Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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- Released
- 1977
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast
- Richard DreyfussMelinda DillonFrançois TruffautTeri GarrBob BalabanCary GuffeyRoberts BlossomLance HenriksenCarl WeathersCy Young
- Genre
- Science FictionAdventureDramaSpeculative FictionThriller
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Saturn Award for Best Director; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The story
They later learn that the SS Cotopaxi has similarly been found abandoned in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
Widespread power outages occur throughout the area, forcing electric utility lineman Roy Neary to investigate.
His increasingly erratic and eccentric behavior worries his wife Ronnie and their three children, and his friends and neighbors ostracize him.
Famous lines from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
and Toby: Golf!Brad
AirEast 31, me neither.Air Traffic Controller
All right! Everybody to bed!Ronnie
What the hell is happening here?Laughlin
¡El sol salió anoche y me cantó!Old Man
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