Close Encounters of the Third Kind (PG) at South Hill Park - On the Big Screen – In Partnership with South Hill Park
Thu 15 Oct
|South Hill Park Arts Centre
Spielberg makes the unknown feel mysterious, frightening, and beautiful all at once – ROTTEN TOMATOES
Time & Location
15 Oct 2026, 19:00
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, UK
About the Event
Directed by Steven Spielberg | Sci-Fi or Adventure-Thriller - according to Spielberg | 135 mins | USA | 1977
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffault, Teri Garr
In the night skies near his Muncie, Indiana, home, power-line repairman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) experiences something out of this world. His close encounter with what he believes is extraterrestrial life sets into motion an extraordinary chain of events as he becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about what he witnessed.
Take away the sci-fi, the spectacular sound and light show, and what remains is compassionate, classic human drama of an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances - EMPIRE