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Close Encounters of the Third Kind doesn’t feel like a normal alien movie.
It feels like an obsession slowly taking over an ordinary life.

Behind the calm lights, the quiet music, and the promise of wonder, this film nearly collapsed under its own ambition.
Ideas failed.
Scripts mutated.
Actors walked away.
And one wrong decision could have turned awe into ridicule.

In this episode of Darkroom Cinema, we explore 10 Numbers that shaped — and nearly destroyed — Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
From chaotic early alien concepts and rejected endings, to risky casting choices and a legendary deal that changed film history forever.

This is not a list of trivia.
It’s a descent into how fragile wonder really is — and why this film still lingers in the mind long after the screen goes dark.

Some movies don’t end.
They stay with you.