CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) Movie Reaction - FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

I have no idea why or how I thought this movie was boring as a kid but I think it is because it actually takes its time with the story and characters to deliver one of the better alien movies I have seen in a long time! The lighting in this movie was phenomenal and I loved that we never really got a reason for the aliens (also I loved that they had a cool dance rave on the mountain ahah) Thanks for watching and have a great day!! :)

[@namelessjedi2242]

Another somewhat different take on the alien movie is John Carpenter’s “Starman” (1984) with Jeff Bridges. Have not seen any KZbinrs react to it yet! I’d also love to see what you think of George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” (1973) which also stars a young Richard Dreyfus.

[@jowbloe3673]

For another very good intelligent, more realistic version of alien contact, watch *Contact,* based on a book written by world renowned astrophysicist Carl Sagan, RIP.

[@flubblert]

The eight-year-old you would not have been able to follow the jumping around in the beginning between different seemingly unrelated scenes. The tension and mystery would have been completely lost on that poor kid. This is a great classic science fiction film.The guy's name you're trying to pronounce is Francois Truffaut. Pronounced Tru-fo. T is silent. He was a great French film director in his own right.

[@hellohi821]

You wanted to know other Spielberg-directed films that are worth watching. There are quite a lot, but I will limit this to movies that I have seen before, which are mostly his earlier work. Duel (1971): An unknown truck driver obsessively chases a traveler in a car You have seen Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters (1977) Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Temple of Doom (1984), Last Crusade (1989), Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) E.T. (1982): a boy meets a friendly alien who was left behind on earth Empire of the Sun (1987): An English boy is separated from his parents in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China in 1941 Jurassic Park (1993) and its sequel, Lost World (1997) Schindler's List (1993): moving and graphic portrayal of the Holocaust and Oscar Schindler's unexpected efforts to save his Jewish workforce from the death camps Amistad (1997): a court drama over whether captives on a Spanish ship are slaves or free, 1839 Saving Private Ryan (1998): a small group of soldiers are sent to find and bring home a Private Ryan, who is lost in enemy territory after the invasion of Normandy, 1944 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001): sci-fi, a family in the future buys a robot that appears as a boy and is programmed to love Minority Report (2002): a cop in the future is accused of committing a murder that has not yet happened Catch Me If You Can (2002): an FBI agent chases after a young and highly elusive con artist who changes his identity at will Bridge of Spies (2015): a lawyer defends a Soviet spy in the early 1960s and then arranges for a risky trade of spies with the Soviet Union Others can feel free to add to this, since these are only films that I have seen.

[@f.n.schlub]

Give "Solfeggio" and "Zoltan Kodaly" a quick wikipedia read. It will answer some of your questions.

[@fredericwild734]

Francois Truffaut was a brilliant director and one of the French New Wave that was a significant influence on future film! Check out "400 Blows"; it's time to try foreign film!

[@fredwild2166]

Yes! Bergman, Fellini, Lean, and Schlessinger!

[@shainewhite2781]

The film was nominated for 8 Oscars: Best Director Best Supporting Actress Best Visual Effects Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Production Design Best Cinematography Best Original Score. It won for Best Cinematography and Best Sound Effects.

[@AlphaLuna]

Let's just remember this movie came out the same year Star Wars premiered, it was really the year of epic sci-fi. And this was Spielberg's take on the UFO craze from a more positive point of view, after generations of movies about alien invasion. It was truly revolutionary for its time.

[@northshore1000]

I’ve watched many of your reaction videos, and you surprised me with this one. I was surprised by all your joking during the final scenes with the reveal at Devil’s Tower. It was one awe-inspiring, wide-eyed moment in American film. I never felt the levity…but everyone is different.

[@visionaryventures12]

During the filming of this movie, Spielberg wondered if he should have an alien left behind on Earth. He changed his mind and created ET.

[@HalifaxChicken2]

Aging Gen X'er hearing "Paper maps look painful to use," and smiling in spite of himself. Ah, such backward times...:) Will forever love this movie.

[@tokyochannel2020]

The part in the beginning with air traffic control was realistic. I've flown with and spoken privately with many pilots who have seen things but would NEVER file an actual report because there is a the fear of being grounded. A famous case involved Japan Airlines over Alaksa, very experience crew and captain (you can see a video on youtube), one of the better documented UFO sightings in history, he reported it, and was grounded for the rest of his career.

[@davidhabert]

That is 100% true. The case your referring to is JAL1628, the captain was busted to a desk job for a number of years and then later on was reinstated as a Captain later on in his career. But there is another case you may not be aware of called the 2007 Alderney UFO sighting. Where the pilot and some of his passengers saw two one mile sized UFOs over the English Channel, but another on coming plane also saw the same objects and like JAL1628 also showed up on radar. The main difference between this incident as opposed to the JAL1628 incident is that the captain was encouraged to report his sighting to the media without any repercussions to his career. You may want to check this out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting

[@bretcantwell4921]

This and the silo scene in Wargames are two of my favorite moments of zen/profundity that I've ever seen in film.

[@mysticvirgo9318]

Favorite line in the whole movie for me?? "There's a dead FLY in my potatoes!"

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

It has to be said that John Williams, the film's composer, was at the absolute top of his game at this time with one blockbuster hit after another from the mid seventies to the late eighties. From the opening note at the beginning to the soaring final song at the end he just grabs you and forces you to stay interested. Of course, everyone else was at the top of _THEIR_ games as well! From the director to the special effects guys, actors and everything in-between, this was a great time to go see a movie in the theater. It's interesting to think that there aren't any real "bad guys" in this movie. Not even the government, really. Their reasons for keeping it a secret were sound and they didn't hurt or punish anyone, and the aliens turned out to be good (as would Steven's later alien movie, "E.T.")

[@HermanVonPetri]

Beautifully put. This film is pure wonder.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@HermanVonPetri I tell people that Close Encounters is science fiction for people who don't necessarily like science fiction, and that's true. It's just told so well and the characters drive the story as much as the special effects.

[@ronaldyankovich8363]

Absolutely my favorite movie. Wish you could have seen it on a big screen.

[@patticrichton1135]

YES! It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL on the big movie screen! Especially when the mother ship shows up. Did anyone notice that in the group of people that were walking out of the ship, on the left is a woman dressed in Elizabethan clothing (from the 1500s!!) SO they picked up some people hundreds of years ago. It was cool that the soldiers from those lost planes in 1945, had not aged at all. THAT"S what happens when you watch it several times You start noticing things that you didn't notice before, looking in the background and not at the main action. You would be surprised what you see.

[@fday1964]

It's worth visiting Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Almost a spiritual experience.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Part of the music at the end with the mothership was “When you wish upon a star” from “Pinoccio” which Spielberg had to dig deep on his pockets to get permission from Disney. You might think of the red light that always follows the ufo’s as Tinkerbell.

[@BabylonLurker]

Good to see you loved this movie. Now imagine it was 1977/78, and you say this movie on the big screen. I did that, and this is still one of my favourite movies of all time. Definitely a masterpiece. I am hoping it will be back on the big screen again, maybe at an anniversary celebration. I am also reminded that I saw 2001, A Space Odyssey when it came out. If you have not seen it, That is a recommendation. Quite different from this one, and I went to the theatre and saw it a few years ago. "2001", like Close Encounters, really deserves to be seen on the big screen.

[@craigharris41]

It came back on its 40th year.

[@rogers.5153]

Fun Fact: The SS Cotopaxi, the ship in the desert, was found 15 years ago off the coast of St. Augustine, FL, but was only recently identified as being the Cotopaxi.

[@danieljette7409]

Spielberg was single when he made that movie…. Much later after he became a parent, he said that there’s no way that he would have made Neary abandon his kids. As far as the music is concerned, the composer John Williams is the same composer of Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones movies, Superman and many more!

[@shainewhite2781]

This was the first Steven Spielberg movie I saw on VHS and ET The Extra Terrestrial. The first I saw in theaters was JURASSIC PARK.

[@GrouchyMarx]

One thing to point out is this version it's labeled as made 1977, but was redone several years later in 1980 and 1998. This "Director's Cut" in my opinion is less than the original. This DC version has that negative family violence shower scene added back, the now defunct Cotopaxi wreck scene in the desert added, and several humorous bits were deleted. The original version has a much more positive and slightly humorous vibe to it, and like Jaws the humorous bits were sprinkled in effectively considering the seriousness of the story. A little history on the movie... around 1980 Spielberg reworked the very successful original Close Encounters, added and removed scenes as described, released it in 1980 calling it "The Special Edition" with one BIG scene added at the end. That brief scene is what Roy sees inside the mothership. He had to hire Dreyfuss to shoot that scene and one can see Dreyfuss is 3 years older! I have all three versions on DVD and this Director's Cut looks to be pretty much The Special Edition without that mothership scene at the end. If you have the Special Edition you can fast-forward to when Roy walks up the ramp of the mothership where the new scene was added. The problem with adding the Cotopaxi wreck in the desert scene is that very recently the wreck of the Cotopaxi was found at the bottom of the Caribbean so the scene doesn't work in this DC and Special versions anymore, and it took away the believable aspect from the original in the first place. Though I've watched the original countless times and love it, I've watched the Special Edition and Director's Cut only once and that was enough for me! LOL! If you watch Close Encounters again someday Ollie get the original theatrical release to compare. It's always best to watch original releases of movies first before watching any other later versions, no matter who directed it or repackaged them to resell to the public. After all, it's the originals that won the awards, best remembered and suggested by movie enthusiasts. Still it was enjoyable watching your reaction and pleased you enjoyed the movie. @ 36:00 What you're describing there is the difference between a "cerebral" story like this one and "action-packed" like Star Wars. Note that the Close Encounters original was released the same year as the phenomenal original Star Wars, and yet Close Encounters held its own as it was like a battle between the two awesome directors, Spielberg and Lucas. But there was no battle really as both films were awesome and successful. That success brought the two together to collaborate on "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" in 1981. 1977 was an awesome year for scifi enthusiasts because we had two great films to see, Star Wars and Close Encounters where I and many of us saw them both many times while still running in the theaters! @ 36:28 Dude! Since you like mysteries you have to do "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)!! Talk about mysterious endings! BUT, if you do it definitely do its sequel "2010: The Year We Made Contact" (1984) made a LONG 16 years later! Both good stories you'll enjoy. Jaws was in '75 and Close encounters 1977, both music scored by John Williams. ✌😎

[@johannesbowers7467]

Ice cream cones don't have flavors? what rock are you living under? Cone wafer materials come in vanilla banana lemon strawberry Orange chocolate, pecan and more.

[@jamesharper3933]

Alien has no manners. Trash the refrigerator and didn't clean it up. Brilliant Spielberg masterpiece. Dreyfuss is great as we watch his obsession spiral into frustrated insanity.

[@jefferee2002]

Your insights as a young man are excellent. Concerning the score, it incorporates the song "When you wish upon a star," which is from the movie Roy wanted to take his kids to see... Pinocchio. And, Richard Dreyfuss (pronounced Dry-Fuss), who played Roy, also played a main character in Jaws. I was about the age of Roy's kids when this movie came out, and I would have preferred Goofy Golf as well 😂. But me and my son love this movie now.

[@michael-jamesb.weaver9775]

Wow, insightful comment!! I'll never hear the music the same. :)

[@lSynonymousl]

Very good reaction and review! I can't believe you didn't get the kiss though! Roy and Ronnie bonded over a life changing experience that brought out strong emotions. Roy's wife clearly left him, so I feel it was fine for him to kiss Ronnie. It was just an amazing movie and I could tell you really appreciated the effects and lighting in the movie. When the mother ship slowly turns over it was the ultimate sequence in the movie for me. Just breathtaking! 🤩😍

[@donovandelaney3171]

I would love to see them release an Ultimate Cut one day. All three versions fused together.

[@craigharris41]

The Special Edition is just that.

[@paulaanderson2339]

This is my favorite movie. Saw it when it premiered in my city on Christmas or New Years day, don't remember which. I don't call it the best movie ever made, just my favorite. I can't explain why, you either know or you don't. As far as the kiss, kisses spring from emotion and complete over the top emotional overload is a major theme in the movie. They didn't go for a quicky in one of the port a potties or anything, Just had to acknowledge their extreme emotional (for obvious reasons) connection.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

The spaceship models were shot in a smoke-filled room with extremely long exposure times to give the atmospheric effect that you noted. No CGI, the only computers use were to control the effects cameras' movements. Best. Leo.

[@AlphaLuna]

Yup, visual special effects, a term that now days is attributed only to cgi work when in reality it was a whole other medium and craftsmanship.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@AlphaLuna Photochemical Forever... Best. Leo.

[@redcardinalist]

9:02 The farmer/rustic fellow is whistling "she'll becoming round the mountain when she comes". Appropriate no? 😀

[@rogers.5153]

Another Fun Fact: At 30:13, as the mothership appears, the tiny figure attached underneath is R2D2, an homage to Star Wars by the model makers.

[@sixtiesfreak4858]

Anyone recognize the old man from the road and the press conference who told the big foot story? It's the guy from Home Alone who sits in the church with Kevin! 😉

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"It's beautiful." Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer. Best. Leo.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

Regarding the kiss, it was the 70s, my dude. A goodbye kiss like that was nothing

[@e.s.9080]

There was the theatrical release version in 1977, then the re-release in 1980, if I recall, which was the special edition...and I'm guessing the "directors cut" was the network television version.

[@craigharris41]

Actually the DC was for Blu-Ray. It also cuts out a lot of filter and is mostly action.

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

it sounds like the Jaws thing.....cuz it's the same composer. John Williams does all of Spielberg's music

[@clemdane]

Richard Dreyfuss played Matt Hooper the marine biologist in Jaws ;-)

[@A_Few_Thoughts]

"These shots are beautiful, like pictures, paintings, you'd put on your wall". Yes kid, that's how movies used to be filmed.

[@FrancisXLord]

Francois Truffaut is pronounced Francois Trufo. It's a silent 't', quite common when the letter comes on the end in French. He was actually the biggest name in the film at the time. Sure you could argue that was Spielberg, who made Jaws two years before, but he was only known for Jaws. Francois Truffaut was a French New Wave filmmaker, actor and critic - one of the most well known, if not the most well known, filmmaker from France. The young guy playing the keyboard was from the company who provided the keyboard. He was only supposed to show them how to use it then return to work but Spielberg liked his look so much he kept him around to act in the film. He would be on the set for weeks and almost lost his job on account of his involvement. Bob Balaban (the translator) kept a diary which he would later publish as a book telling the making of Close Encounters (at least from his point of view). It is very informative and full of tidbits of lesser known information on the film so I would recommend it (if you can find it) for any fellow film anoraks keen to know more about how this amazing film was made.

[@danieljette7409]

Yeah, French names are usually bastardized, look at Picard from Star Trek… no self respecting Frenchman as he claimed to be would pronounce the “d” in Picard… the name sounds like Pea car…

[@nicolasbls1738]

Not at this time, the French New Wave ended like 10 years before this movie came out.

[@FrancisXLord]

@@nicolasbls1738 Small Change (1976). The Nouvelle Vague would establish a style and method of film-making that would inform independent film-making to this very day - it never died, it was just absorbed into film culture.

[@nicolasbls1738]

@@FrancisXLord yeah that's why it wasn't the New Wave anymore. Same with the left bank. And it's that Godart wanted to expressed with Week-End. A movie about getting older and become an old schmuck. And it was 1967. After the 60s, Truffaut himself stopped making films with the aesthetics of the New Wave, which caused him and Godart to have a falling out.

[@craigharris41]

Francois coming aboard is why the film got funding.

[@zszs7466]

the amazing images are made by the magnificent cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who won the Oscar for this work.

[@The_Dudester]

1) About the "missing planes" found in the desert, that mystery has recently been solved with discovery of one of the planes and possibly two (there were pieces found). 2) Why the airline pilots would not report a UFO-even today it is bad for the career to report one.

[@shainewhite2781]

It was a box office and critical success, making $306 million dollars against a $20 million dollar budget.

[@teresaluz975]

This is my favorite Spielberg movie. Loved your reaction.

[@valogden]

I was working at the theater when this came out. We always got into the movies for free except for this one. It was shown one night after the theater closed for the employees and one family member. It was great. This is for more of an older audience. 8 was probably a little young.

[@MrDabulls23]

On a family vacation as a kid we stopped at Devil’s Tower. It was right at dusk, so it was very cool & kind of scary at the same time.

[@e.s.9080]

Spiielbeg wisely passed up to direct Jaws 2 (though, a fair sequel in it's own right) to do this one and it was the start of growth for him in storytelling and subject matter.

[@christopheryochum3602]

No CGI ... all models. Neat, huh! The amount of painstaking work in assembling that mothership is mind-boggling. Look up Greg Jein.

[@johannesbowers7467]

Now you can appreciate "that scene" in Monsters Vs Aliens.....

[@shainewhite2781]

Parts of the film is inspired by actual events where people had an experience with a UFO. J. Allen Hynek whom is a firm believer in UFO's was hired as a consultant, and explains when where and how aliens might come and visit us.

[@robertljazz2796]

He also has a cameo in the movie!!!! The guy with the goatee and glasses you see when the Aliens make contact is Hyneck !

[@mxmxpr]

Regarding your complaints, Ollie... look again at the introduction of the family. The marriage was going to end anyway even if the UFOs hadn't come into the picture. Ronnie was interested in what the neighbors thought but not at all in what was going on with her husband. The UFOs just made this shallowness apparent. In effect, she's the 'bad guy' in the movie because the antagonist is closed-mindedness. The kiss with Jillian is because they shared the psychic connection and at the moment they parted, they likely sensed they would not see each other again. It served as a it of foreshadowing to the audience that Roy would go aboard the mothership.

[@philipholder5600]

Devil's Tower,,is an actual place.

[@cmkwan59]

Most precious and golden movie memories of out time, no doubt!

[@VonPatzy]

I’m the same Gen as the kids in this movie and what freaks me out the most is personal to me alone. The wallpaper in the bathroom scenes (pink gingham with huge daisies) is the exact wallpaper from my childhood bedroom. I have only ever seen it on my wall and in this film. I know no one cares but me - but, well, there it is anyway.

[@deadNightwatchman]

Please don't think so. Everyone got something, be it from their childhood or adolescence that might seem insignificant to others, but is deeply personal to one's self. I sympathize.

[@patticrichton1135]

I CARE VonPatzy. In Roy's living room where he is making the large model of Devil's Tower, the curtains in that room are the EXACT SAME CURTAINS in the SAME COLOR that we had hanging on the double sliding glass doors by our kitchen table. We bought them at Sears, and this was before the movie came out!! When Roy backs away and is standing in front of those curtains (where you can see them better) I thought, WAIT a MINUTE!!! THOSE are OUR curtains!! LOL , I know that no one else would care either, but it's kind of cool to see something that you have in your house, in a movie. I wasn't child when Close Encounters came out, I was 30 years old with 2 very young children and another on the way!

[@paulamoya7956]

I was 9 when this was released in 1977. It the scariest movie in my childhood memory. I saw it at the drive in movies. I didn’t watch again for 20yrs cause it scarred me so bad as a kid 😳💫🤣I adore your mature reactions and perspectives.⭐️

[@genesisfrost8627]

First reaction vid i've seen where the UFOs forming the Big Dipper was noticed.

[@ebashford5334]

Truffaut is pronounced like "true foe" with accent on the "foe"

[@flibber123]

Spielberg didn't pull punches in his early days. Roy was married, yes, but ALIENS! Roy had bigger things on his mind, patching up his marriage doesn't compare to that. I think Roy and Jillian kissed partly as a goodbye but also because they shared a unique experience and it bonded them. Ronnie was not a factor in it. Spielberg in his later years would have found a way to end it with things working out for everyone and the movie would have suffered for it. Watch War of the Worlds to see what I mean.

[@AlphaLuna]

Totally agree, you can say the same thing about the early Indy films and how violence was subdue in a very negative way for the 4th film. Or how he even backtracked when he released the infamous ET movie version with walkie talkie instead of guns, I'm mean c'mon xD

[@TTM9691]

Barry's Mom is the same mom from "A Christmas Story"! (Melinda Dillon) A totally different kind of performance! / "This guy is humanity's hope: Piano Man!" lol! I love that you said that you almost hoped you DIDN'T see the aliens, and keep the mystery. We end up seeing them, but we don't go on the ship. "The Special Edition" (that you wisely skipped) was put out in the 80s, putting in some deleted scenes, taking out some stuff.....and shooting a new stupid ending where you spend a minute and half on the ship itself. The director's cut removes this dopey ending (which the studio insisted on, Spielberg didn't want it), but it includes all the deleted scenes from both versions (although I think there is one scene still missing: early on, he sees the shape in a pillow, before or after the shaving cream scene. I think that's only in the theatrical version, I can't remember)/ The "Jaws" theme is definitely intentional: same composer (John Williams), same director, even same actor (Richard Dreyfuss). "Jaws" had been a huge hit, which led to this movie. Interestingly, when I saw this three times in the theater, people were so wrapped up in the movie and in awe of the visuals, that no one laughed or chuckled during that part, you could hear a pin drop!/ Close! It's pronounced "troo-foh", just leave off the "t". He's one of the most famous directors to come out of the very influential French "New Wave" movement of the 60s, and it was a great coup to get him in this movie!

[@samuelosler1994]

Yeah Melinda Dillion received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for this movie

[@TTM9691]

​@@samuelosler1994 ...and again for "Absence Of Malice". Which is crazy since she started in comedy improv!

[@jkorshak]

Truffault: Troo - Foe. Rhymes with getting your burger "To Go."

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Oliver! 🛸 I got to see this one on the big screen when the "Special Edition" was released in 1980. Of course, I'd seen the original version, on videotape, numerous times before.

[@patticrichton1135]

I wish you had shown the alien that he was giving the hand signs to....and how the alien did the sign back, and smiled at the people when they smiled. I loved it's face and I became very emotional at that scene. I saw it in the movie theater when it was released (I was 30 with 2 young sons and expecting my 3 rd child, so I was NOT a child when I saw this for the first time. The directors cut is supposed to show Roy after he goes inside the ship. I have SEEN that version TWICE. IF it was there, it should have been shown. It was not in the theatrical release back then. Anyway, THAT was a beautiful scene, inside the ship, Roy looks up and around and HE gets moved to tears. I LOVE this movie. I saw a reactor group of 3 people, do this movie, and they did not like at all. They thought it was boring, they questioned everything and couldn't make sense of any of it. I was really surprised because it was a huge hit, and each time I saw it in the theater (several times) it was packed. All the people I know who saw it, LOVED it. I have seen it so many times now, on TV, when it came back to the theaters, and I bought the DVD. GLAD you LIKED it. I will tell you that IF and WHEN aliens decide to contact us, I HOPE that THIS is how it would be. NOT ending in destruction and war. I can see why you were bored when you saw it as a child. It's not a good movie for a kid, they wouldn't be able to follow it at all.

[@CaptainNemo1701]

The mothership miniature had hidden gags on it. Somewhere on it they added miniature X wing fighters and R2D2 from Star Wars which opened the previous year. Or in the UK, actually in 1978. I saw SW about 6 times at the cinema and Close Encounters about 3. You should check out Superman (1978) if not already. The late 70's was a great time to be in my teens, great epic movies to see on the big screen. BTW, Spielberg was apparently considered to direct Superman but was busy doing Close Encounters.

[@robertbishop6699]

You have the enterprise & R2D2 ,in the same movie .the Enterprise is hanging in Roy living room.R2D2 is hanging upside down on the mother ship above Devils Tower. 🦅

[@donovandelaney3171]

I love the Practical Effects in this movie. That's how moves should be made! CGI movies are video games with actors in them and I hate it.

[@joseiregui9069]

Excellent movie My friend. Excellent reaction. Thanks.

[@JosephHuntelvisnspiders]

Glad someone else picked up on Williams sticking in a wee 'Jaws' theme in at the end of the 'music communication' scene

[@e.s.9080]

Lol. There were no computer assisted effects in movies of the 1970's. It was all hand crafted models, actual lighting, and matte paintings for the effects. Also, this was after Jaws, and John William's again was hired to do the score, thus the nod to Jaws theme/notes...and if you missed it, he used "When you wish upon a star" from Disney's Pinocchio was also used.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

The “clouds” when the ufo’s and the mothership arrives are coloured water in a big aquarium filmed from underneath.

[@Cindrbell]

Love Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon!!!

[@christopheryochum3602]

Zoltan Kodaly, a Hungarian composer and teacher developed the hand signs to help students associate pitches with specific signs. They have nothing to do with aliens.

[@rikuk3]

Paper maps don't need batteries.

[@CCDzine]

Not worldwide. Universal.

[@williamjones6031]

1. I was in High School and working at three different movie theaters, including a drive-in. So I got to watch this on the big screen. Talk about AWESOME!🧐 2. Terri Garr played Helga in Young Frankenstein. 3. $2,500 globe in 1977. Imagine how much that sucker would be today. 4. Imagine how scary it would be to have that thing over your house and they take your baby. 5. We're gonna need a bigger mountain.😲 6. When Spidey raises his arms: "Sup Bitches"! 7. I went with my family when I was a kid and got to visit the Devils Tower before this was filmed.. 8. Love it. One of the top 10 movies to watch before you die. 9. A movie where they're NOT friendly, "Independence Day". Will Smith.

[@craigharris41]

Devils Tower was "The closest thing the USA has to a Pyramid.

[@louielouie22]

Yea this movie was bigtime when I was a kid.

[@TCM215]

Would be different watching it as a young adult now

[@Doctor180185]

You spotted the Jaws reference, but did you spot the Pinocchio reference at the end?

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

“When you wish,,,,,,,,,,,”

[@randeecarreno4289]

Been looking forward to this one all week. Another Steven Spielberg classic! 😊

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

I saw this movie in the theaters. I was younger than 8 but still loved it so much. I do remember the abduction scene at the farm house scaring the hell out of me! This is one of my favorite movies of all time !

[@lostintechnicolor]

Spielberg based the light pattern on the mothership while it is landed on how the San Fernando Valley looks from the hills at night.

[@flubblert]

The eight-year-old you would not have been able to follow the jumping around in the beginning between different seemingly unrelated scenes. The tension and mystery would have been completely lost that poor kid. This is a great classic science fiction film.The guy's name you're trying to pronounce is Francois Truffaut. Pronounced Tru-fo. One of the great French film directors in his own right.

[@orphu88]

I just discovered your channel, and this is the first reaction I've watched. Excellent job! I was 11 years old when I saw this in the theater, and I liked it, but I had just seen "Star Wars" and was expecting more of the same. When I watched it again a few years later, I realized how truly amazing this film is. You're very perceptive in everything you noticed, like the deep focus shots, and the musical reference to "Jaws." And by the way, Truffaut is pronounced "True-Foh." Again, an excellent and thoughtful reaction; I'm really looking forward to watching your other videos!

[@jowbloe3673]

". . . honestly he could be in like *Jaws* or another Spielberg movie and I probably would just not, would just not understand if he was because I have a very bad memory . . ." Nailed that one. Dry-fuss

[@shawnzzz]

It was very amazing to watch and hear in the theater! Most movies are not the same on your t.v. or monitor. And don't even think of watching a movie on your phone, thats just being ridiculous.

[@TheRatsCast]

I was12 years old when this movie came out; and saw it in the theater, and totally loved this movie. Between this and Star Wars; Spielberg and Lucas became my favorite people and movie creators. Funny enough; Richard Dreyfuss was in Jaws. He was the shark expert who comes to town to catch the shark. He was also in another of Spielberg's films; Always.

[@visionaryventures12]

I’ve read in a screenwriting book that the original cut of the movie preserves the first third as a close encounter of the first kind (sighting in the sky), second third is (physical evidence), and final third as the third kind (alien being sighted).

[@craigharris41]

Yes they added The Fourth Kind which is abduction.

[@kennethstevenson4817]

Could not tell by editing, but I can never tell if the reactors realize that Alien at the end is the Richard Dreyfuss character. That's probably because of the film, I can't remember if the Spielberg cut shows the transformation, there is a cut that does. And to this Reactor, no computers were used on this all ships are practical models.

[@e.s.9080]

This was the thinking man's Star Wars...that year it was released. Definitely re-ignighted the whole UFO phenomena and worldwide interest at the time.

[@dennisdman11]

I have seen this movie over 10 times ....its a classic .

[@TheWebcrafter]

35:20 - TRUE FOE - (Truffaut)

[@wietzejohanneskrikke1910]

You forget to put it in a historical context. We're talking 1977. No cgi. Except for 2001, a space odyssey and Star Wars there was nothing around that looked so good.

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

Dragged my parents to the theater to see it when I was 11, I was all into the Bermuda Triangle stuff at the time. Let's just say I enjoyed it a whole lot more than they did - sort of the reverse of when they dragged me to the theater at age 10 to see ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN. I fell asleep 30 minutes in - seeing PATTON and THE BLUE MAX at age 6 ruled though. :D

[@donovandelaney3171]

Close Encounters was inspired by a real event.

[@craigharris41]

The ending was. Correct, The White Sands Incident.

[@CoffeeLoverJoel]

the cars and things r referring to bermuda triangle in the beginning

[@Curraghmore]

Jaws was what Spielberg did with a small budget. This was what Spielberg could do with a big budget.

[@johnnysampa]

You must to watch the documentary or read the book where Truffaut interviews Hitchcock. It's a film master class.

[@garybrown3361]

Now you must watch “Cocoon” (1985). This movie will enthrall you just as Close Encounters did. 😊

[@craigharris41]

Cocoon was Ron Howards version of this movie.

[@shawnzzz]

Another great movie from the master Steven Spielberg

[@kennethstevenson4817]

I suggest if you can find it, one of Spielbergs first movie Duel.

[@samuelosler1994]

Good review, you should do ET next

[@kennethstevenson4817]

The missing planes is a real event, the 14 pilots and planes still have never been found.

[@spacerazer]

Read the book in one sitting and the movie the next day when it premiered.

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

"there is always a joker who doesnt believe" . Ya, the people that know the truth.

[@Muckylittleme]

The kiss was fine. It was just to affirm their deep connection, it wasn't really sexual. Given the conclusion of the movie it would be very difficult to give Ronnie closure I guess.

[@stevehutnikoff5964]

Feels like you just like to hear the sound of your own voice

[@jamesm654]

The synthesizer operator was not an actor. He worked for SONY

[@craigharris41]

Correct, he actually knew how to play the keyboard.