On this day in movie history - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977):

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

directed and written by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on November 16, 1977.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Philip Dodds, Cary Guffey, Shawn Bishop, Adrienne Campbell, Justin Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Merrill Connally, George DiCenzo, Amy Douglass, Alexander Lockwood, Gene Dynarski, Mary Gafrey, Norman Bartold, Josef Sommer, Michael J. Dyer, Roger Ernest, Carl Weathers, F.J. O'Neil, Phil Dodds, Randy Mark Herman, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, David Anderson, Richard L. Hawkins, Craig Shreeve, Bill Thurman, Roy E. Richards, Gene Rader, Eumenio Blanco, Daniel Nunez, Chuy Franco, Luis Contreras, James Keane, Dennis McMullen, Cy Young, Tom Howard, Richard Stuart, Bob Westmoreland, Matt Emery, Galen Thompson, John Dennis Johnston, John Ewing, Keith Atkinson, Robert Broyles, Kirk Raymond, Bennett Wayne Dean Sr., Danyi Deats, Jenny Inge Devaney. Basil Hoffman, J. Allen Hynek, Monty Jordan, Shay McLean, Dejah Moore, Carl Neal, Monty O'Grady, Julia Phillips, Murray Pollack, Stephen Powers, David Rambow, Howard K. Smith.

Born on this day – François Truffaut:

François Truffaut

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984

Credits:

A Story of Water (1961); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Fat Head (1962); Anna la bonne (1958); Antoine and Colette (1962); Bed & Board (1970); Belle Époque (1995); Breathless (1960); Breathless (1983); Ce gamin, là (1976); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Confidentially Yours (1983); Day for Night (1973); Fahrenheit 451 (1966); Fool's Mate (1956); Jules and Jim (1962); Le scarabée d'or (1961); Les surmenés (1958); Lire (2019–2022); Los 4 Golpes (1962); Love at Twenty (1962); Love on the Run (1979); A Visit (1955); Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Naked Childhood (1968); Over There, 1914-18 (1963); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Small Change (1976); Stolen Kisses (1968); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 400 Blows (1959); The Army Game (1960); The Bride Wore Black (1968); The Green Room (1978); The Kreutzer Sonata (1956); The Last Metro (1980); The Little Thief (1988); The Magic Skin (2011); The Man Who Loved Women (1977); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Mischief Makers (1957); The Soft Skin (1964); The Story of Adele H (1975); The Wild Child (1970); The Woman Next Door (1981); Two English Girls (1971); Willie & Phil (1980).