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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Digital)

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After the success of 1975’s JAWS, Steven Spielberg wanted to film a smaller-scale story about a man obsessed with an alien encounter. After he opted to include special effects, the project grew enormously complicated but ultimately resulted in another major success. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses a UFO on an abandoned road and, against the wishes of his wife (Teri Garr), goes searching for answers. François Truffaut plays a French UFO specialist who leads the effort to communicate with the aliens. John Williams’ Oscar®-nominated score, featuring the “five-tone” motif now ingrained in popular culture, lost that Oscar® to his own score for STAR WARS (but later won two Grammys®). DIR/SCR Steven Spielberg; PROD Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips. U.S., 1977, color, 137 min. RATED PG

Looking for more showtimes? CLOSE ENCOUNTERS plays digitally July 6 & 8.

Run Time: 137 Minutes

Opening Date: Monday, July 06, 2026

Genre: Sci-fi drama

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Digital)

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Monday, July 06, 2026

9:15 p.m.

Wednesday, July 08, 2026

1:15 p.m. 9:15 p.m.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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