EMI Films / Columbia Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $480,728,500
Smart Rating: 95.08
Release year: 1977
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut Truffaut, Teri Garr
This science fiction adventure follows a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.
