Looking Glass (film)
Looking Glass is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Tim Hunter and starring Nicolas Cage.
It was released in the United States by Momentum Pictures on February 16, 2018.
Hitchcock/Truffaut (film)
Hitchcock/ Truffaut is a 2015 French- American documentary film directed by Kent Jones about François Truffaut's book on Alfred Hitchcock," Hitchcock/ Truffaut", and its impact on cinema.
Truffaut interviewed Hitchcock over eight days in 1962 at his offices at Universal Studios to write his book.
The documentary features reflections from directors including James Gray, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, and Olivier Assayas, and is narrated by Bob Balaban, who co-starred with Truffaut in" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977).
" Hitchcock/ Truffaut" was first screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was shown in the TIFF Docs section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
UFOs: Past, Present, and Future
UFOs: Past, Present, and Future is a 1974 documentary film that examines several prominent UFO sightings from the post-war to contemporary era.
It was re-released in 1976 and 1979 under the title UFOs: It Has Begun to coincide with renewed interest in the subject due to the release of Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
It is based on the book "UFOs: Past, Present, and Future" by Robert Emenegger.
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Encounters of the Spooky Kind  is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the lead role.
The film was produced by Hung's production company Bo Ho Film Company.
It was released as "Spooky Encounters" in the US.
It is sometimes listed as "Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind", more blatantly mimicking the title of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977).
The film was the progenitor of the jiangshi film genre and one of Hong Kong's first kung fu horror comedies.
There is a stand-alone sequel starring Hung and Lam Ching-ying, "Encounters of the Spooky Kind II" (a.k.a. "Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2"), which has no relation to "Encounters of the Spooky Kind".
The Chinese name for the movie accurately translates as "Ghost Fights Ghost".
Phil Abramson
Phil Abramson( March 13, 1933 – July 5, 1987) was an American set decorator.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.
It tells the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue- collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object( UFO).
" Close Encounters" was a long- cherished project for Spielberg.
In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science fiction film.
Though Spielberg received sole credit for the script, he was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Jerry Belson, all of whom contributed to the screenplay in varying degrees.
The title is derived from Ufologist J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with aliens, in which the third kind denotes human observations of aliens or" animate beings".
Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the aliens.
Made on a production budget of$ 20 million," Close Encounters" was released in a limited number of cities on November 16, 1977 and November 23, 1977 before expanding into wide release the following month.
It was a critical and financial success, eventually grossing over$ 300 million worldwide.
The film received numerous awards and nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, 32nd British Academy Film Awards, the 35th Golden Globe Awards and the 5th Saturn Awards, and has been widely acclaimed by the American Film Institute.
In December 2007, it was deemed" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
A" Special Edition" of the film, featuring both shortened and newly added scenes, was released theatrically in 1980.
Spielberg agreed to do the special edition to add more scenes that they were unable to include in the original release, with the studio demanding a controversial scene depicting the interior of the alien mothership.
Spielberg's dissatisfaction with the altered ending scene led to a third version of the film, referred to as the" Director's Cut", that was issued on VHS and LaserDisc in 1998( and later DVD and Blu-ray).
The director's cut is the longest version of the film, combining Spielberg's favorite elements from both previous editions but removing the scenes inside the alien mothership.
The film was later remastered in 4 K and re-released in theatres on September 1, 2017 for its 40th anniversary.
Daniel A. Lomino
Daniel A. Lomino is an American production designer and art director.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II is a 1990 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film produced, choreographed, starring Sammo Hung.
The film was produced by Hung's production company,
Bojon Films Company Ltd. It was released as "Spooky Encounters 2" in the US.
It is sometimes listed as "aka Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2 ".
Despite the title, the film is not a sequel to "Encounters of the Spooky Kind".
The film's Chinese title literally translates as "Ghost Bites Ghost".
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Other Great Space Music
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Other Great Space Music is an LP record album from 1978, originally published under the" Stereo Gold Award Recordings" Label.
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Encounters of the Spooky Kind  is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the lead role.
The film was produced by Hung's production company Bo Ho Film Company.
It was released as "Spooky Encounters" in the US.
It is sometimes listed as "Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind", more blatantly mimicking the title of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977).
The film was the progenitor of the jiangshi film genre and one of Hong Kong's first kung fu horror comedies.
There is a stand-alone sequel starring Hung and Lam Ching-ying, "Encounters of the Spooky Kind II" (a.k.a. "Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2"), which has no relation to "Encounters of the Spooky Kind".
The Chinese name for the movie accurately translates as "Ghost Fights Ghost".

Question: Which film came out earlier, Looking Glass (Film) or Close Encounters Of The Third Kind?
Answer: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind