Question: Why wasn't this movie titled 'Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind'? It involved abduction of humans by aliens.
pierpp
15th Mar 2005
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Answer: Also I would consider that "abduction" has a negative connotation and "contact" is less threatening.
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Answer: At the time the film was made a close encounter of the third kind covered all contact between humans and aliens. The terminology has changed and it was only in the early eighties that it was decided to introduce a new level and abduction was the fourth kind.
pierpp