Close Encounters of the Third Kind

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Joining director Steven Spielberg’s opening, no explanation as Bob Balaban (as “Laughlin”) leads us through a mystifying sand storm in Mexico, and meets Francois Truffaut, the great French director, playing scientist Lacombe, in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

On the first night of blackouts sweeping across Indiana, lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters director Steven Spielberg’s gimmick with the headlights, and a famous sequence from special effects expert Douglas Trumbull, in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

First Roy (Richard Dreyfuss), taking a break to beg his wife to come home, then Jillian (Melinda Dillon), see TV news reports identifying the mountain with which they’ve both been obsessed with since their UFO experiences, in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Following weird events in Mexico, at Indianapolis air traffic control and in rural Muncie, we meet Indiana power company lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr his wife Ronnie), called in to help with mass blackouts, early in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Original promo for the new TCM weekly franchise Movie Camp, hosted by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, premiering Sunday, 7th at 8pm ET.

Developing skill in suggesting he's not the one acting crazy, Roy (Richard Dreyfuss) tears up the neighborhood and drives the wife (Teri Garr) and kids away, in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Documentarian Lacombe (Francois Truffaut) and crew arrive in India, where UFO activity has been observed, then presents his musical findings at a conference, in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

This is the theatrical trailer for the "Special Edition" of Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic starring Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Dillon.