Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
An Indiana power-line worker becomes obsessed after a UFO sighting, while a French scientist follows clues from Mexico to India, and both are drawn to a mountain in Wyoming.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Sonoran Desert, Mexico≈ 00:01:00Stated on screen
Lost World War II planes turn up in the desert.
- 2Roads near Muncie≈ 00:10:00Muncie, IndianaStated on screen
Roy and Jillian both encounter UFOs on the roads.
- 3Dharamsala, India≈ 00:40:00Stated on screen
A crowd chants the notes they heard from the sky.
- 4Devils Tower, Wyoming≈ 01:30:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 26,116 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 4
- Not shown: 24,460 km
- Car: 1,656 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
Spotted a mistake?
Every journey is checked against the film, but we can still get things wrong.