Close Encounters of the Third Kind
August 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
August 18, 2023
7:00pm
Sturges-Young Center for the Arts
Main Stage/Theatre
Description
Additional Information
Tormented by strange, unexplained visions after what seemed like a close encounter of the first kind, Indiana family man Roy Neary struggles to understand. In the meantime, as the news of unprecedented phenomena and tangible UFO manifestations spread like wildfire, single mother Jillian Guiler’s world turns upside down. Now, the U.S. government is trying to run the show, and French scientist Claude Lacombe hopes to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. But Roy must know. Is the image haunting his mind real? If we are not alone in the universe, what will it take to make first contact–a close encounter of the third kind?
Rated PG, 2 hours, 18 min.
Based on the Stephen King novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. Nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture.
Rated R for language and prison violence.
Sponsored in part through the Sturgis Area Community Foundation – Flora Beck Performing Arts Endowment Fund.
Film Information
| Director: | Steven Spielberg |
| Cast: | Richard Dreyfuss – Roy Neary |
| Melinda Dillon – Gillian Guiler | |
| Francois Truffaut – Claude Lacombe | |
| Teri Garr – Ronnie Neary | |
| Bob Balaban – David Laughlin | |
| J. Patrick McNamara – Project Leader | |
| Cary Guffey – Barry Guiler | |
| Produced By: | Julia Phillips |
| Michael Phillips | |
| Screenwriter: | Steven Spielberg |
| Music By: | John Williams |