Film · 1977 · Sci-Fi · Drama

Where Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed

Name: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: 1977

Ordinary people drawn by strange visions converge on a remote landmark for first contact. That landmark is the real Devils Tower, the flat-topped monolith rising from the Wyoming plains.

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Wyoming, United States

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Devils Tower

The flat-topped volcanic monolith is the mountain the characters are compelled to reach for the alien rendezvous.

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