Close Encounters of the Third Kind: He leaves Earth with the aliens

Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) and other humans get in the alien spaceship and leave Earth.
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[@Saucegod207]

There's nothing better in an alien movie than finding out they're friendly. It turns off the horror aspect

[@Hotdogwateryum]

Arrival comes to mind.

[@royfr8136]

turns on the boredom aspect

[@H.C.Q.]

Some are. Others are not-Just like mankind.

[@mitchell7309]

Do real life reports not fascinate you? They don’t seem to be good or bad, just neutral but frightening stuff revolving around them none the less

[@Saucegod207]

@@mitchell7309 they absolutely fascinate me, and some of the reports are very unnerving to say the least but as you said, most are neutral

[@mysticwolf75]

I always imagined the aliens in this scene asking among themselves, "Where the hell are all the people we invited? Only one guy showed up!"

[@agentepolaris4914]

For real, they went all over the world lol

[@GirlFromNippon]

Every time...I mean, EVERY TIME I watch those last couple of minutes of the movie, my eyes are filled with tears, smiling a little...

[@lilysangwong340]

Sí, de emoción. Como de nostalgia

[@alexcarpio3877]

John williams did a good job with the music

[@stephenpritchard4238]

This is my favourite sci-fi film all time, I remember crying buckets at the end. It still leaves me wondering what intelligences are out there since we cant comprehend the universe. Thanks for posting this.

[@MVR326]

Me too.. I was 14 when this opened, and my friends and I stood on line at the movie theater on a very cold December night. The only seats inside the theater were within the first 20 rows,. And of course the screen was gigantic and there were big speakers everywhere. We didn't know what hit us. Afterwards nobody spoke, we just gave each other blank stares. The movie was on my my mind all winter, I saw it a couple of more times, and it still leaves me thinking as to what might be out there

[@nez9751]

These final scenes always give me a lump in my throat, it’s just beautiful. Hope it’s true.

[@Soundofsilver2007]

Even though this was filmed in 76… the cinematography looks and feels very 80-82.

[@ariplatt8192]

So cool the alien looks at us in equal astonishment.

[@bluedotdinosaur]

It's a subtle twist on UFO mythology that often goes overlooked when talking about this movie. Here, you are given the impression that the extraterrestrials are innocently curious about humanity and human civilization, and simply aren't sure about an appropriate way to communicate or fully reveal themselves. It probably has not occurred to them that their sporadic appearances would cause disruption or make the other sentients worry they were malevolent. They just don't know what to do! The communication via tonal scale showed them that the humans had the capacity to potentially understand their way of thinking, and so they were encouraged to be brave and risk landing.

[@DannyEastVillage]

or simple but ineffable fascination--like everyone else in that scene.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

@@bluedotdinosaur I remember reading a novella about human spaceship and alien spaceship meeting each other by chance in nebula they both are studying at the same time. Situation becomes tense as both sides want to do everything they can to ensure their safety and still open paths of diplomacy. It is revealed that aliens have vastly different biology (see in IR-light, breathe ammonia and communicate with microwaves) and similar as well (two genders and only one gender crews for such mission) and technology (use of nuclear technology, FTL spacecraft). In the end both species decide to change their ships and despite knowing value of cultural artefacts (equivalent of novels) they do not exchange them. One of human crewmen, communications officer in the believes that humanity and aliens might be able to coexist peacefully as they are unlikely to compete and culturally they get along as he and alien equivalent told each other dirty jokes during short moment of idleness at the end.

[@markportier5466]

Speaks directly to our very best qualities. Sacred cinema.

[@DjLou82]

I was 5 years old when this came out and watched it, im 51 now and im still amazed.. my dream has always been to visit the devils tower one day

[@osmartp8719]

I'm 19, and I've always loved this movie ever since I was a kid

[@jleonas]

Similar age (48), saw this on tv in the 80s and was fascinated. Visited Devil’s Tower last summer, it’s a pretty cool place. Did not see any aliens though.

[@georgekouremenos596]

same age. Same experiences.....

[@Sith_dude]

I visited Devils Tower a few years ago. Because of this movie, I was disappointed in the fact that there was no landing site at the base. Lol I hiked all the way around the base. Ever since the movie came out, I was 9, I always wanted to visit it. Overall not disappointed one bit

[@mysticwolf75]

According to a documentary I watched about Devil's Tower, they sell copies of this movie in the gift shop!

[@corporalwolf7058]

A whole movie about mystery, answers, the unknown and a constant question of danger. Only to understand the whole premise was a lead up to 2 universal beings sharing a formal greeting for the first time. Simple but powerful.

[@DannyEastVillage]

what is it about this that makes it so incredibly moving? Truffaut's face is almost entirely captures it.

[@rpryce2140]

Love the musical reference to "When You Wish Upon a Star"! So perfect.

[@erik_griswold]

They still had to credit Disney in the soundtrack album

[@samhavoc1066]

Still remember the Twilight Zone episode where the aliens were there to "serve man". As one guy boarded their ship, someone yelled at him, "We mistranslated it!" "To serve man is a cookbook!"

[@larrydickman6016]

There was a reenactment of that cookbook line in the 2nd naked gun movie. And it was done by the same actor from the zone episode.

[@shauntbarry]

And the main alien was the guy who played Jaws in 2 bond movies :)

[@Robert-or3hf]

R ight who says alien life would be peace full

[@jamescpotter]

One of the greatest soundtracks in cinematic history

[@roquefortfiles]

John Williams is on fire here. Utterly amazing!!

[@courtneywilliams5565]

Pure brilliance just think he did Star Wars the same year ❤

[@PeterD-cb3lx]

I love the fact there’s a cutaway shot of Bishop from the Alien franchise (aka Lance Henriksen) in this sequence…

[@georgekouremenos596]

John Williams's score is phenomenal. Blending his music with the music from Wizard of Oz, was a masterclass.🥰 EDIT: i was wrong and presumptuous, the music was from Pinnochio. Thanks buddy.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Pinocchio

[@cold10er]

And alittle of jaws

[@_Breakdown]

Wizard of Oz music? … what on earth are you talking about? (You think the musical tones are from “If I Only Had a Brain?”)

[@georgekouremenos596]

@@_Breakdown if you listen carefully, you'll hear it.

[@_Breakdown]

@@georgekouremenos596 since you believe “If I Only Had a Brain” is weaved in there - - please provide a simple time-stamp.

[@zzodr]

Roy went because the Aliens offered affordable health insurance.

[@chpsilva]

Yeah, including dental.

[@erikarabie]

Medicare For All

[@hey_its_travis]

And he would never be asked about auto insurance warranty quotes.

[@dangerunchained3128]

Yeah, but then they annihilated his anus.

[@user-dz6ex3tt8u]

What a way to go with affordable healthcare. I think that I might try it myself. The worst that could happen is they won’t land because of the premiums here on Earth.

[@suzannestoke-sanders8202]

Beautiful. A long time found, since me and my father parted. Watching this together seems like the other day.

[@amandawaring-flood5774]

THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE MOVIE, I HAVE EVER SEEN, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD IN EVERY WAY. I HAVE SEEN IT MANY TIMES. I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY SON, I FELT SO HAPPY, I WAS STILL FEELING, LIKE I WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD, WHEN I WENT INTO LABOR. 💚💐⭐😊🎆

[@earth_ling]

A snack for the trip home…

[@louieleos1218]

I’m rollin 😂

[@Ricobaca]

Naw, they woulda left him in his human form. 😊

[@johnbro6261]

Any seconds? Homesick.

[@lindak990]

Negative thought... .but funny

[@rechardsanico7063]

Lol

[@ScyllaWyrm]

So, if I'm not mistaken there's three types of biological aliens in this movie: the tall messiah-esque alien that appears first, the 'children', and the 'smiling alien' or 'communicator' that shows up last. Unless those last two types were meant to be the same. The last one looks so different, though.

[@batfleckforever3594]

Good question, but I agree with you: three separate species. Some people have the bizarre idea that Roy Nearly was transformed into that last alien.

[@darkwood777]

He was transformed. See the extended version with scenes from inside the ship. Also notice Roy's smile is recognizable even after being transformed.@@batfleckforever3594

[@Uppochner-qn2ml]

The "children" are biological robots, like workers. They were sent out first for safety. The last one is the actual alien that went out after, when it noticed it was safe.

[@mysticwolf75]

Yes, they were 3 separate species! According to the documentary that's on the Director's Cut DVD, Spielberg explained that he wanted the aliens to represent the diversity of types of beings on their planet, just like there are different human nationalities. It's funny you should mention that, though, because I remember when I watched this with my father as a kid, he thought that the first alien was their leader and was anemic and dying, and when Roy enters the ship, in the special edition anyway, all that light comes down on him inside the ship, and in the next scene, the tall alien comes out - my father thought the tall alien was Roy transformed into their new leader! I never thought so, but still thought it was a possibility until Steven Spielberg set the record straight!

[@funkymunky]

You're not crying, I am!

[@RossoMalpelo_]

0:30 WOWWWWW THE MUSIC

[@jeffchaisson4862]

Wish they made a sequel to this !!! Great movie

[@TheLuisberg]

The most emotional first contact

[@werdna9006]

John Williams theme still gives goose bumps. Amazing piece of music

[@DrewBeshansky]

It's really a beautiful masterpiece besdies E.T. What confuses me usually was Roy's wife and kids didn't see him leave with the aliens in the end. If only they were in the ending, Ronnie would finally believe him and even encourage him to go. I know a sequel or a remake might ruin it but what if they made either to have Roy return to Earth and reunite him with his estranged family too?

[@perihelion7445]

46 years later and we haven't had this happen. Wishful thinking but still an incredible film.

[@robertmorrison8110]

Look up project serpo

[@RobbyBabes]

We wouldn't know if something like this happens.

[@ChrisDefalcoblues]

👼

[@michaelricketson1365]

@@RobbyBabes Why not?

[@DannyEastVillage]

@@RobbyBabes we might, and we might not. Kinda' depends on where it happens, right?

[@conorharris2451]

They don’t force him on. It’s his choice to go with them

[@AllTheUsernamesRUsed]

We would only be so lucky to have a neighbor like these peoples. The randomness of reality suggests we could be next to an analogue of a predatory hive like ants, interstellar giant carnivorous Ants

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

And the aliens seem to smile the same way we do, which is unlikely. Even our closest relatives, apes, have a different meaning when they "smile". It means that they are angry. A couple of years ago, a Dutch woman visited the same gorilla in the zoo every day because she thought he smiled at her. The frustrated ape found a way to escape and he attacked the woman, who luckily survived.

[@AllTheUsernamesRUsed]

@@SquirrelMonkeyCom If it was possible would you attempt the version of a smile or happy emotion that an alien diplomat was showing you? Maybe this alien understands this about us and does this. Intelligence would recognise the value of understanding social skills between races.

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

​@@AllTheUsernamesRUsed Yes, that's true.

[@shawntipton5078]

the film is based on true encounters and the ending scene is based heavily on the alleged Holloman and Edwards AFB encounters in which treaties and a exchange program supposedly occured, and humans went with the aliens to their planet as part of the so called serpo expedition amongst others

[@AllTheUsernamesRUsed]

​@@shawntipton5078 That's actually pretty fascinating. I would need proof but I also understand that on both sides you can't freak out your population. Prime Directive and all that.

[@user-ew1st1ub8c]

This movie is best .

[@titidiz6343]

If you re watching this and you are an extraterrestrial,please take me with you.This planet is finished and the human race is not nice.Thank you.

[@toonarmy8524]

Some of the human race is not nice, not everyone is a bell end.

[@angelgarciaflores7821]

הכן

[@peteypablo13]

If the human race is not nice, then why would they take you? Are you not human? Who are you? What are you?! (Batman voice): WHERE IS SHE???

[@Osmone_Everony]

@titidiz6343 I agree 100%!

[@user-dz6ex3tt8u]

Yes, this one is my favorite clip. A smile and a whisper, knowing all about the place. A cameo, and appreciation to Mr. Hynek.

[@marianemes72]

It is just beautiful.

[@Movierebel3]

Spielberg's love of Pinocchio and The Blue Fairy (also seen in his film A.I.) comes out in John Williams' score here. "When You Wish Upon a Star." Starting at 00:50.

[@pauldorobialski8871]

I have this footage on 35mm film of the last reel from the re-issue of this feature.

[@steve_trevor07]

why am I even sobbing? this is so beautiful. communication. Roy being chosen. so beautiful.

[@rodhanson7112]

I'VE GOT THIS MOVIE ON DVD AND RICHARD DREYFUS IS IN THIS MOVIE AND IT'S A GREAT SCIENCE FICTION ONE 😁

[@SeattlePioneer]

So the guy just walks on an alien spacecraft and leaves behind his wife and child and dog and cat without a qualm?

[@caronstout354]

2 M.I.B. showed up at her home with the news...

[@mightymikec7]

did you see his wife and kids? I would of left too!!!

[@EL_Duderino68]

Yeah, I never thought of that. That's cold.

[@CcC-ct9tb]

What do you mean did you see them?

[@davidelk8282]

It's roughly based on The Serpo Project that happened between '68 and '80. 12 went, 2 died, 2 stayed and the remaining 8 came back. They're all dead. No body had living relatives or friends left behind. It seems to be a true story.

[@bayareakid4775]

I heard that they ripped him apart after conducting experiments and jettisoned his remains out into space. They then came back in their true forms in Independence Day to try to take over the earth. 😂

[@DannyEastVillage]

yeah and THEN what?

[@patricioramirezcarmona8302]

De cual estás fumando compadre?..

[@user-dz6ex3tt8u]

Spielberg: The finest cut on the internet. Double bravo.

[@Moodymongul]

0:55 - another musical reference (apart from the Jaws theme, in 'the conversation' scene), here we get 'when you wish upon a star'. Such a good soundtrack :)

[@hyacinthlynch843]

We are not alone.

[@FosterScott]

I was so wanting that Alien to flip the birdie 🤣

[@Naminski1a]

In the 1980 Special Edition version, Roy Neary discovers inside the Mothership.

[@RobDogman]

Yay, project mayflower! God, speed Roy Neary

[@harryjadick4028]

Before Richard Dryfeuss dies.. Lets make a follow up.. and Bring him home.

[@roquefortfiles]

Seriously!! Steven should do it. Revisit this amazing story. Go back to Devils Tower. What have we learned since? The circle needs to be completed. This is one of my favorite films

[@jasonabernethy4738]

Exactly... it could be so good

[@Osmone_Everony]

I doubt that he even wants to get home. Just look around what's happening in the world. I would leave this planet for good if I could and never look back.

[@user-dz6ex3tt8u]

He already went home. He won’t be back, and has gone on a new journey: He left, after all the others came back.

[@lisa-mariegray5510]

I've recently come across a fan theory that the alien that says "hello" to Francois Truffaut was actually Roy Neary: the theory is that the shower of stars inside the spaceship somehow turned him into the alien. I love this idea! In 40+ years of watching and loving this film that thought never occurred to me.

[@JayCD1997]

Would make sense, I’ve always wondered why the alien waving at the end was tall and skinny and looked different than the rest, some people also claim there’s different types in this movie, or that it was there leader.

[@lisa-mariegray5510]

Some people who claim to have actually met aliens talk about "tall greys" and "short greys". I assume the alien who said "hello" was a " tall grey". @@JayCD1997

[@JayCD1997]

@@lisa-mariegray5510 I meant Roy got turned in to a “tall grey” it would make sense and it’s an interesting theory I’ve never heard before.

[@lisa-mariegray5510]

@@JayCD1997 for sure. I agree.

[@gerry1615]

The children on the UFO choose roy to be there King.

[@abc-ni9uw]

Can someone tell me why I always end up in tears when I watch good movies like this I cant understand it

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

Fun fact: coming last is harder than coming first

[@doorswhofan]

Travis Walton, I guarantee, gave this movie the finger when it came out. He had his own experience in 1975, and it was nothing nearly so benign.

[@LMichaelL65]

Wrong! Travis Walton is on record stating that the movie, 'Fire In The Sky' was nothing like his actual experience. It was highly fictionalized. He has actually stated that he believes that he was taken so that the entities could save his life after he ran toward the craft as it was attempting to leave.

[@Sun_Simp]

You are thinking the movie, in his supposedly real account, they gave him a tram tour of some sorts

[@Spillage66]

@@LMichaelL65 The whole Travis Walton farse was blown out many times and debunked. His brothers admitted it too.

[@billybois5745]

I just watched this clip without havign seen the movie. I'm tearing up with a dumb amile on my face. The scene and the scroe are jsut too beautiful

[@larrydickman6016]

I read somewhere that the alien that came out at the end was Neary. When he was in the ship there was those crystals that rained on him and he turned into their form. Something about it was the only way to travel in space at those speeds. Might have been in the book. I just don't remember where I saw it.

[@shauntbarry]

Also read theories that Neary was an Alien too..

[@larrydickman6016]

@JohnDoe-gi1vr Did you also notice that the 'alien' sure did look a lot like Barry?

[@CcC-ct9tb]

I would have to go too.

[@DBSDecks]

They don’t make movies like this anymore

[@cpatch-nh5cs]

the hand signal scene sells the movie

[@GavinReeves]

2:36* Michael Jackson

[@tanyasurplice7071]

😂😂

[@engelberthkroeger6817]

Captain EON

[@_Breakdown]

Good eye! 😂 I was focused on Bishop (the android from Aliens.)

[@Jerkbeefrow]

TOOL ROSETTA STONED

[@user-bl4gc1cm5o]

When my dog died I feel his soul is waiting for me on a spaceship

[@josejr.santos4251]

The congressional hearing on ufo & aliens should just watch this film and all their questions will be answered without asking the whistleblowers!😊😊😊

[@sonicjet7759]

😅

[@_Breakdown]

Why are they all naked? 👽 Director: …what if the aliens all showed up as naked kids?

[@glennryzebol4472]

There is a ship in Babylon 5 that looks very much like this

[@TheErilaz]

The walkers!

[@arbiter569]

This is what i hope first contact will be! Friends, peace, not any fear! I hope they visit us publicly soon!

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

You watch as the Glacier’s all melt we won’t be only discovering dead climbers and animals…..ALIENS!

[@blueberry5822]

This made me smile, I’d only heard of this like it was just pure horror but this ending is hope.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I love when the tall white haired gent says, "It's the first day of school.." Wow.....

[@rogerramjet5302]

1.45 "in years to come we will send one of own back to rule the planet. You will know him as Brandon"

[@johnbro6261]

Bullseye. My favorite part of any movie that I have ever seen. In 1970, a taxi hovered 40 feet away from me, only 10 feet off of the ground for a full minute of itinerary. Plucking Linda B. was a no go. Me? Better luck next time. What do I need, a written invitation?

[@TammyWhitaker-io2vd]

Beautiful

[@user-ug6zd8nf6f]

They sure are funny looking

[@colinkennedy8107]

Hopefully they'll come and save us

[@nilmergomino3097]

"that was an easy abduction" they thought

[@Grillman45600]

his wife would regret not believing him

[@oceania2385]

I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure the little aliens were on puberty blockers.

[@Moosemanity]

Greatest movie ever made and Richard Dreyfuss is the alien that comes back out, watch the 1980 special edition .

[@FascinatingMaterial]

What da hell bishop from the movie aliens in here for damn it BISHOP

[@TheQuaadFather]

Terrifyingly beautiful

[@user-md4di6yg2p]

"It's a cookbook!!"

[@robgrear1142]

Ohhhh…this one looks meaty!

[@JeanneGuzzi]

I hated this part of the ending. HE LEFT HIS CHILDREN! How could he?

[@DadeauxSensei]

Yo, Lance Henricksen up in this at 2:34!

[@johnheppenstall4904]

It was the human stories that did it for me. Yep, the depiction of 'friendly' aliens was (is) gorgeous, but the human wonderment in being there, phew. We're a funny lot, aren't we?

[@RedSetGoYT]

if you look up every once in a while you'll find that this isn't fiction

[@user-bl4gc1cm5o]

His wife and children left HIM!!

[@jamesh2003]

Has anyone seen my husband ? Yeah he left earth on a spaceship with a load of aliens. 😏

[@SchardtCinematic]

They should make a sequel where he is brought back to Earth

[@chpsilva]

No, no sequels please. Leave it as is, is perfect.

[@phoenix0477]

I was actually thinking the same. The world we're in could do with it.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

They return to the stars and take an alien with them.

[@H.C.Q.]

At 0:26 you start to hear part of “When You Wish Upon A Star”. I wonder if that was intentional or, perhaps subconscious on behalf of the composer.

[@steveg9088]

So inside the mother ship was cut out but during that scene (inside), wonder if Roy turn into an alien. After that scene it cuts here where the alien walks out and gives the symbol and smile.

[@inoch07]

0:57 disney's gunna sue

[@jgrab1]

They got permission from Disney. Then they were in the throes of a downward death spiral so it was probably easy. Today they'd never get it.

[@acat7798]

Why would they sue? I see no Mickey Mouse on there

[@inoch07]

@@acat7798 listen to the audio again at that point

[@acat7798]

@@inoch07 I still don’t get it, what’s the music called?

[@inoch07]

@@acat7798 I don't know what this track is called, but it sounds like the "if you wish upon a star" theme from Pinocchio. That is also Disney's main theme.

[@DjLou82]

some say this scene wasnt a movie but actually a real contact filmed in 1975 with real aliens

[@battlefieldace5400]

Lmao

[@user-sy6nk3fy1t]

estamos juntos desde siempre

[@IN-ud2ks]

Aliens are always advanced than humans and are always naked with no .... parts.

[@JakePurches-Base2music]

I wonder now why the aliens don't wear clothes.

[@Mstadri]

Maybe they will have come to teach us, how not to kill each other before it's too late !!

[@dominadoralegado1121]

Im here cause that ellien in the movie and ellien in mexico have same posture from head to toes and fingers.

[@heric_]

Noticed the SAME thing. Spielberg already knew it at that time.

[@lpdog82]

poor guy never knew , , , , , To Serve Man , , , , , IT'S A COOK BOOK😂

[@garyfallows1123]

Great film, remember when it first came out, but given the chance of a lifetime, could anyone really go and leave their kids?

[@jonmurray5415]

Spielberg has mentioned that since becoming a father, the ending seems wrong to him. On the other hand, there are tons of people that regret having children or ghost them after the relationship ends with he other parent.

[@alexsimmons4693]

Child support is expensive. I would jump at the chance. 👽🛸

[@ncwordman]

Roy had pretty much lost his family. Granted, he might not have, if none of the alien stuff had happened. But it did, and his family reacted the way they did: abandoning him. So he wasn't leaving a supportive, nurturing wife and loving children. They left him.

[@PaulRichardson_Canada]

@@ncwordman Now I feel better about it. thanks

[@cheapme1850]

Nope, no freaking way I’m getting on that thing, regardless of the music and pretty lights.

[@blueberry5822]

If you were chosen for what amounts to intergalactic diplomacy you would decline? Idk I’m getting on the ship and hoping to being Humanity into a bright new future among our brothers and sisters in the stars!