The Making Of "close Encounters Of The Third Kind"

The Making of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"or, how big-budget movies become big-budget moviesIn many ways, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a classic example of how big-budget pictures become big-budget pictures, often to the great surprise of everyone involved.In 1973, in adjoining studios on the Universal lot, Steven Spielberg was directing his first feature, Sugarland Express, and Julia and Michael Phillips were coproducing (with Tony Bill) The Sting, their second try following a...