The spindly alien which appears briefly, spreading its arms in a peaceful gesture, was an elaborate marionette made for the film by puppeteer Bob Baker, and referred to during the production as 'Daddy Long Legs.' Actually the prototype for a planned sequence involving several aliens performed as marionettes, Baker's alien had transparent skin so that the internal organs and skeleton were visible, including a beating heart. Although the idea of using marionettes was abandoned, a last-minute decision was made to include Baker's prototype; and so a miniature set of the mothership ramp was constructed to film the creature emerging from the ship.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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