Description: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: THE MAKING OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S CLASSIC FILM
Brief description: Ray Morton is the author of author four previous histories of popular films: King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2005), Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg's Classic Film (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2007), Amadeus: Music on Film (2011) and A Hard Day's Night: Music on Film (2011), as well as the books A Quick Guide to Screenwriting, A Quick Guide to Television Writing, and A Quick Guide to Film Directing. He has written a number of produced sitcom scripts, been a columnist for Script magazine, and works in Hollywood as a story consultant and script analyst.