Today in History : Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Debuts
1977 Most of the time, we skip over movie releases, unless it has had a definite impact on the Tech and geek community. That is the case with this movie. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Teri Garr was released to 272 US theaters. It was produced on a budget of US$20 million, and would gross US $5,379,460 in the opening weekend.It also changed the way I ate mashed potatoes.
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