Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Alt Titles: CE3K (informal short title)
The Close Encounter of the Third Kind (working title)
The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (reissue title)
Watch the Skies (working title)
Company:Julia Phillips/Michael Phillips-Steven Spielberg Film Production; Columbia
Award Year:1977
Country:USA
Language:English, French, Spanish, Hindi
Genre:Drama, Sci-Fi
Length:138 minutes   (2:18)
Rating:PG
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Actress in a Supporting Role. Melinda Dillon.
Directing. Steven Spielberg.
Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Joe Alves and Dan Lomino; set decoration by Phil Abramson.
Winner markerCinematography. Vilmos Zsigmond.
Film Editing. Michael Kahn.
Music (Original Score). John Williams.
Sound. Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa.
Winner markerSpecial Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing). Frank E. Warner.
Visual Effects. Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein and Richard Yuricich.

9 Nominations