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Because Cary Garfield performed very well during filming, Spielberg specially printed a T-shirt for him with the words "A Passing Garfield".
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In order to make Cary Garfield, who plays Barry, look surprised when he saw aliens, Steven Spielberg asked two crew members to wear clown and orangutan costumes and hide them next to the camera. The film was officially started. When the two jumped out, Garfield's surprised expression was filmed in the movie.
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During the post-production of the film, one of the producers, Julia Phillips, was fired by the producer for smoking cocaine.
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The film is the first collaboration between the editor Michael Kahn and Spielberg, and the first special effects film he edited.
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Eleven photographers participated in the filming of the film, and "The Third Type of Contact" thus created a film record for the most photographers.
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Spielberg originally planned to abandon real-time shooting and use studio shooting, but in the end he changed his original intention.
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The special effects of clouds in the film are actually made of white paint poured into a salt water pool.
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During the filming, Spielberg encountered endless technical and financial problems. Spielberg's original budget in 1973 was 2.7 million U.S. dollars, but the final cost was as high as 19.4 million U.S. dollars.
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After seeing Terry Gal's coffee ad, Spielberg admired his acting ability and decided to let him star in the film.
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Both the U.S. Air Force and Navy refused to assist in filming.
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Before filming started, Spielberg considered Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman or Jack Nicholson to play Roy Neri.
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In the ending scenes, the short aliens are re-dressed by local girls fromAlabama . Spielberg chose girls because he thinks girls are more elegant than boys. The crew had considered making alien dolls, but it ended in failure. The dolls were only used in the scene where the aliens communicate with Lacombe at the end of the film.
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Spielberg repeatedly watched John Ford's "Sunset in the Sand" during the filming of the film.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Reid 2022-04-22 07:01:04
At the end of the century, the style of hunting... The play is weak (to almost none, at least today it seems that the suspense is no longer established, it is too baffling to use telepathy to relate the characters' motives; the clues of Bangchushan are boring and ugly), the style of the picture is very mature, you can see what will happen after sufficient funds Direction of development. Truffaut, the director of the French project, was still a little offended. The slowest SS movie I've seen.
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Nels 2022-03-21 09:01:23
The first more than an hour of bedding is too long, in order to make the rhythm tighter, you can cut it again. The description of the male protagonist's life and mental state after being affected by the flying saucer is rich and detailed. The presentation of the "cone" infatuation, the loss of self, the breakdown of family relationships and the climax part of the alien flying saucer are related to cause and effect. In the next half hour, it really turned from the description of the disaster movie scene to the presentation of the essence of science fiction. When the spectacle is the main event later, the flying saucer goes back and forth three times, and the climax three times, which has done enough visual level, and the use of color in this film is also very good. Using music to build a bridge of communication, I am surprised at this point. But about the return of the missing people and the kind smiles of the aliens, I think it is too optimistic and even boring and mentally retarded, both for humans and aliens.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind quotes
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Ronnie Neary: Hey! This is not your toy to play with every time I turn around!
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Scientist: That's a 2500 dollar globe! What are you guys doing?