Close Encounters Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

3 of the most interesting Close Encounters easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Close Encounters movie message.

Trivia Easter Eggs Hidden Scenes

Close Encounters Movie Trivia

1 - John Williams began working on the 5-tone sequence a year before shooting began. Ultimately there were 350 variations of the sequence, Williams and Spielberg eventually decided on the one that was used after listening to each variation one at a time

John Williams began working on the 5-tone sequence a year before shooting began. Ultimately there were 350 variations of the sequence, Williams and Spielberg eventually decided on the one that was used after listening to each variation one at a time

Close Encounters Movie Easter Eggs

1 - J. Allen Hynek makes a brief cameo towards the end. Hynek worked for the governments official UFO investigation program Project Blue Book and came up with the Close Encounter scale which the movie got its name from.

J. Allen Hynek makes a brief cameo towards the end. Hynek worked for the governments official UFO investigation program Project Blue Book and came up with the Close Encounter scale which the movie got its name from.

Close Encounters movie hidden details

1 - Special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi based the alien's face/smile in Close Encounters (1977) on the face/smile of Carey Guffey, who played Barry in the film. (Source: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History by Michael Klastorin.)

Special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi based the alien's face/smile in Close Encounters (1977) on the face/smile of Carey Guffey, who played Barry in the film. (Source: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History by Michael Klastorin.)

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