Q 01/05

Which studio let Close Encounters go before Columbia picked the project up?

A) 20th Century Fox

B) Universal

C) Warner Bros.

D) Paramount Pictures

Answer · why

A) 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox. It parted with Spielberg's UFO project a few years before releasing Star Wars, and Columbia ended up with the biggest hit in its his...

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Roy Neary, the Indiana everyman whose life is upended by a UFO?

A) Roy Scheider

B) Richard Dreyfuss

C) Dustin Hoffman

D) Gene Hackman

Answer · why

B) Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss. He heard about the project for months on the set of Spielberg's previous film and campaigned for the lead until the director gave it...

Q 03/05

What is Roy Neary's job at the start of Close Encounters?

A) Air-traffic controller

B) Postal carrier

C) Electric-utility lineman

D) High-school science teacher

Answer · why

C) Electric-utility lineman

Electric-utility lineman. Called out to a blackout, he gets lost and stops to read his map; the headlights behind his truck then rise straight up as t...

Q 04/05

Near which Indiana city does three-year-old Barry Guiler live when he is abducted?

A) Fort Wayne

B) Evansville

C) Terre Haute

D) Muncie

Answer · why

D) Muncie

Muncie. The scene was shot far from Indiana: the Guiler farmhouse was a real house outside Fairhope, Alabama, the state where the film's biggest sets ...

Q 05/05

Close Encounters' climax takes place at Devils Tower, a real monument in which state?

A) Wyoming

B) Montana

C) Utah

D) Colorado

Answer · why

A) Wyoming

Wyoming. The crew did film at the real tower, but the landing strip hidden behind it existed only as a giant set built inside a hangar in Alabama.