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Episode 130: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Steven Spielberg
Score by: John Williams
Budget: $19.4 million
Gross: $306.1 million
Cast:
- Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary
- Francois Truffaut as Claude Lacombe
- Teri Garr as Ronnie Neary
- Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler
- Bob Balaban as David Laughlin
Talking Points:
- What is our history with Close Encounters?
- What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on this viewing?
Spoiler-Talk:
- What are the themes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
- How does this compare to Jaws?
- Final thoughts.