‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ premieres in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1977)


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(Tuesday, November 15, 1977, 7:30 p.m. EST)Close Encounters of the Third Kind, an American science fiction film about a blue-collar worker’s encounter with a UFO and how it changes him as a man, premiered tonight at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film starred Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and François Truffaut.


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