Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who, along with several other stunned bystanders, experiences a close encounter of the first kind: witnessing UFOs soaring through the sky.

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Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) towards the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 ©Columbia Pictures/courtesy MovieStillsDB.com "I was scared," Spielberg adds.

I stood there agape and watched it make a 90-degree turn over my head toward the south. All the passenger windows were lit with outlines of people (no one waved!). One of my all-time favorite movies ...

She was a two-time Academy Award nominee for her roles in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Absence of Malice." "A Christmas Story" star Melinda Dillon died at the age of 83 on Jan. 9.

Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9.She was 83.