CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND | First time watching!

Рет қаралды 41,799

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Subscribe for weekly reaction videos, and comment below what movies or shows you want to see next!
MY PATREON (polls, full length reactions, and more!): / addiecounts
MY INSTAGRAM: addie_counts / addie_counts
Check out my gear!
(As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from using the links below.)
My Sony ZV-1 Camera: amzn.to/3VHR3eq
My Sony ZV-1 Camera + Vlogger Accessory Kit: amzn.to/3CdJFR5
My JBL Live 660NC Headphones: amzn.to/3Z8kLME
My Blue Yeti Nano Microphone: amzn.to/3X2sOIX
My Sunpak Tripod: amzn.to/3i2krP7
My Elgato Key Light Air: amzn.to/40Aqbkw
My Neon Sign: amzn.to/3Gwxv8H
My LED Color Changing Light Bulb: amzn.to/3VKYKR3
Amazon Prime Free Trial: amzn.to/3GBmfrq
Prime Video Free Trial: amzn.to/3GyX9JN
A HUGE THANK YOU to my top tier Patreon members! This would not be possible without you:
Aaron Chandler, Abigail Hanson, Adam Firrone, Akadin, Alex Tan, allisrevealed233, Atomos, Benjamin Hall, Billy Dancel, Bob Criswell, Brandon McLaughlin, Bruce Edward Culbreth, Butch Shomph, Calvin Coderre, carbsix, Carlos Pajamas, Charles G, Charlie G, Chip MC, Cliff Adams, Crimson Newtype, David, David Bennett, David Dawson, David hess, Evan, Everett (PixelMight) Baker, Franchisek, Gary Davidson, Gcvftw, Ghostmaker, Glenn Wiggam, hapomwak, Isaiah Mesa, Jake Skellington, Jakub Dokoupil, Jason Schuler, Jim Schmitz, Jon Johns, Jonathan Rogers, Josiah Anderson, Joseph Blankenship, Josh Oldridge, Justin, Keene, Kirk Andrew Uhl II, Lana Gorgeous, Liam Hansford, L.Knight, Lord Byron, Lorenzo Baxter, Lorni23, Malik, Mark Dahlen, Mark D, Martin Björling, Matt Perez, MrHolbyta, Nathan Swapp, Nicholas Smith, Nictus Hazeldine, Noby, Owen Pilkington, Panda, Prasana Selvavel, Randolph Tirazona, RedactedRaptor, Sammy Ekker, sarCC, Scott Bergstrom, Scott Hiester Jr., Senec, Sensei Dave, Shaun Overfelt, Sonny Smith, Steve Bender, Taylor Sampson, Tex, The Dingo, Thexx, Thomas, Thomas Wetherell, Tim, Tim Donnelly, tmazon, Todd the Evil Overlord, Tom W., Torrence Chrisman, William, Wreckingballryan, x.Amethyst .x, and Zachary Huneycutt!
*Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.
I have no intent on claiming this footage as my own. I am simply providing commentary and constructive feedback.

Пікірлер: 694

@StephenCaudillPhoto 4 ай бұрын

Seeing this in the theater in '77 when I was 11... you can't imagine what that was like. I got to walk up to and touch Devil's Tower 5 years later. Seeing it in real life was 'out of this world' :-)

@rrmemphis427 4 ай бұрын

That is on my bucket list!

@robtaylor5550 4 ай бұрын

As a 9 year old in '77, I remember seeing the movie poster in our theater and thinking it looked flat-out awesome. Unfortunately, based on the movie title, I took it as the third film in a trilogy and figured I'd somehow missed the first two! Years went by before I finally watched the film. Saw Star Wars that year, though, and it's still my single most memorable movie going experience all these years later!

@criskity 4 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience. We camped at Devil's Tower in '79 during a road trip across the country. I had wanted to go there because of the movie and urged my dad to take us there.

@markwilliams6394 4 ай бұрын

I was 12 when I saw it at the theater.

@paulamoya7956 4 ай бұрын

I was 10 when I saw this at the theater. Exciting & Scary but always loved it.

@michaelhoward142 4 ай бұрын

I've watched this movie numerous times since it first came out but I never realized Carl Weathers (RIP) was in it. Thanks for pointing it out to us.

@Hibbs4Prez 4 ай бұрын

It is the extended director's cut.

@michaelorlowski7722 4 ай бұрын

Weathers is only in the theatrical version. His scene was cut in the special edition and the director's cut.

@windsorkid7069 4 ай бұрын

Very small part too. Especially after being in Rocky.

@jonnycassh7765 4 ай бұрын

I was just thinking to myself this person is crazy for watching this more than once , then I realised this is the Spielberg movie ..I thought she was watching "THE FOURTH KIND" from 2009 .. Normally after watching a scary movie I'm still able to sleep like a baby but not after watching this movie ...😅

@lisaharrod8386 4 ай бұрын

Morgan Freeman as the air traffic controller surprised me...

@brandonhill2183 4 ай бұрын

As a pilot, the first 15 minutes is impressively accurate and frightening

@Zerbyte 4 ай бұрын

I always wonder how many pilots have seen things yet can't, or won't, report for fear of being grounded professionally.

@Ben-Hollingbery 4 ай бұрын

@@Zerbyte check out the channel VASA aviation, they have ATC recordings and one of them from Ireland has airline pilots getting very flustered about something following them

@jamesfrench7299 4 ай бұрын

Helps that they were real life traffic controllers.

@terrygracy8345 4 ай бұрын

Love that scene. How everyone is slowly starting to take an interest in that situation and by the end everyone is crowded over his shoulder. That’s gotta be a legit reaction if that was to happen

@bretcantwell4921 4 ай бұрын

I love of the writing of that scene. When the ATC asks them if they want to report and they both say no, it spoke volumes.

@FrankJReynolds 4 ай бұрын

The French head UFO investigator is François Truffaut, a legendary French film director. He’s made wonderful films like THE 400 BLOWS, DAY FOR NIGHT, and JULES AND JIM.

@brandonhill2183 4 ай бұрын

And his character is inspired by Jacque Vallee

@scottlette 4 ай бұрын

@@brandonhill2183Who wrote great UFO books, but lost the plot recently when he endorsed the Trinity hoax.

@dereknolin5986 4 ай бұрын

Stolen Kisses is one of my favorites of his. The 400 Blows is one of the best movies about childhood ever, I think.

@mikerodgers7620 4 ай бұрын

Breathless

@dereknolin5986 4 ай бұрын

Breathless was by Jean-Luc Godard, not Truffaut. They have very different styles.@@mikerodgers7620

@ianrhodes6928 4 ай бұрын

Roy seeing the news report is one of the greatest reveals in cinema.

@WereMike 4 ай бұрын

That and the Loony Tunes / Duck Dodgers claxon alarm buildup to the reveal of the clay monument still hits hard.

@BubbaCoop 4 ай бұрын

Spielberg has said if he'd been married with kids when he made this film, he wouldn't have had Roy leave.

@criskity 4 ай бұрын

I just figured Ronnie had left him and taken the kids, so he was free to go. Even before Roy's mental decline, they seemed incompatible.

@johntaylor6211 4 ай бұрын

Every one of his films has a disfunctional family in it .

@scottb3034 4 ай бұрын

@@johntaylor6211 Reflective of his personal feelings

@fernandohinojosa3211 4 ай бұрын

Of course not. This film is about a father's abandonment of his family explained from a fantastic perspective, specifically from a sci fi perspective. The father's alien obsessions and his subsequent departure on a spaceship without a clear explanation is something a child could imagine as an explanation for his father's abandonment. Giving a fantastic explanation to an event that would otherwise be painful to think about. Something that Spielberg himself experienced. Hence the ending. And that's why his perspective changed once he had children. He wouldn't want to make his father's mistakes, much less have his movies remind him of them.

@omega311888 4 ай бұрын

@@johntaylor6211kinda like steven king books :P

@robertshields4160 4 ай бұрын

I really liked Teri Garr in this movie. She usually just gets the more comedic roles so seeing her as a stressed-out wife was refreshing. She was also in 'Oh, God!' with George Burns and John Denver. It's a sweet little comedy.

@knowsomething9384 4 ай бұрын

And she played more or less the same role.

@Paul_Waller 4 ай бұрын

She was also in Star Trek TOS - "Assignment Earth" (she was maybe 18 or 19 in it)

@ramenhair6674 4 ай бұрын

Also "Mr. Mom", "Young Frankenstein" as well as Rachael's mom from "Friends".

@guitarman8462 4 ай бұрын

Also " The Black Stallion "

@robertshields4160 4 ай бұрын

@@guitarman8462 Oh yes! The Black Stallion is such a beautiful movie.

@RetroRobotRadio 4 ай бұрын

27:08 - That's what she said.

@Dayboot33 14 күн бұрын

The excited giggle was the icing on the cake.

@7Dcinema 4 ай бұрын

this was the first movie i ever saw in my life in a movie theatre. its my favorite of all time and makes me cry like a child every time at the end.......good bye......

@bobsylvester88 3 ай бұрын

You’re lucky. The first movie I saw without being dragged to it by my parents was called: “Mother, Jugs and Speed.” (1976) Look it up. 😂

@yourthaiguy 4 ай бұрын

I wish you could have experienced this in the Theatre in 1977 like I did as a wide-eyed, star struck 12 year old. It BLEW people away. The effects were ground breaking and along with Star Wars, the country went UFO crazy. Read the book YOU'LL NEVER EAT LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN by Close Encounters producer Julia Phillips if you want to hear what went on behind the making of this epic (Dreyfuss was coked out most of the time)..

@Cre80s 4 ай бұрын

✊✊✊

@WereMike 4 ай бұрын

can confirm

@homebuyercoaches4044 4 ай бұрын

The man whistling by the side of the road is the old man from Home Alone, Barry’s mom played the mom in a Christmas Story. Ralphie’s mom

@Madbandit77 4 ай бұрын

RIP Roberts Blossom (he was also in John Carpenter's Christine) and Melinda Dillon.

@w1975b 4 ай бұрын

Melinda Dillon (Barry's mom) was also in Harry and the Hendersons, about bigfoot (mentioned by Roberts Blossom at the press conference).

@dwaneanderson8039 4 ай бұрын

And the flight controller at 2:45 is Morgan Freeman.

@homebuyercoaches4044 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@dwaneanderson8039 it isn’t Mr. Freeman, his name is David Anderson

@rburton76 4 ай бұрын

OMG I never made that connection. Thank you.

@gabrielarredondo3825 4 ай бұрын

Fun personal anecdote: my grandfather (May he rest in peace. He passed away before I was born) was a huge fan of this movie’s soundtrack. In fact, my mom has said many times that he would watch the movie multiple times, in part to enjoy the movie itself yes, but mostly as an excuse to listen to its soundtrack. He was a big fan of the concept of aliens and the movie’s soundtrack was very otherworldly to him.

@Cre80s 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like your granddad and I would have been best friends. From the day I saw it in the theater as a kid, I was captured, it has stayed my favorite movie throughout my entire life, and while I love(d) movie soundtracks in general (yeah, a weird kid), particularly John Williams, I would play this one like nuts, deeply annoying many around me. In far more recent years, wife 'n I took a trip I've been dying to make my entire life to visit Devils Tower, and even sleep in it's shadow in the KOA camp that’s RIGHT THERE literally, and I do mean literally, in the same exact spot the military camp is that Roy is interrogated and the helicopter (tries) to take them away, etc. I cannot believe how magical it was, because there just so happened to be an electrical storm on the other side of the tower that night and it illuminated the mountain giving the impression the ufo's were on the other side... UNBELIEVABLE! It's like the mountain knew I finally made it and it made it special just for us. Anyway, yes, just like how the aliens connected with select people in the movie, a similar effect was happening to certain viewers in the audience, and your granddad was one, and I understand it totally. He and I would have been Roy and Larry running to meet the aliens! LOL!

@perrin6 4 ай бұрын

Still my fave movie score. Good music makes a good movie great.

@Cre80s 4 ай бұрын

@@perrin6 Something interesting about the score, it's by far the most far-out of all of Williams’ scores, and he said (paraphrasing) "Star Wars was the opposite of Close Encounters. When scoring Star Wars, we were looking at alien worlds, but the music felt Earthly and like home, familiar. But in Close Encounters, we were looking at Earth, familiar and like home, but the music felt alien and unfamiliar."

@bartholomewfargo 4 ай бұрын

The air traffic control section near the beginning is one of the best examples of building tension with absolutely no spectacle. Something I think has been lost as of late.

@IanFindly-iv1nl 4 ай бұрын

My understanding is that ET was originally conceived as a sequel to THIS flick. I've heard that reported somewhere. Yeah, you really don't know whether the aliens in this one are evil or friendly for most of the movie, do you. For all you know they could be either or. Not until they drop off those abductees and that one alien waves and smiles. Try 2001 a Space Odyssey for an oldie that really "holds up" visually.

@CollarCityGuy 4 ай бұрын

My 1st time seeing this was at our local drive-in in May of 1978 (Still in operation, glad to say) . Under the blanket of stars, it was quite mesmerizing to look from the huge screen to the heavens above to see if there were any strange lights headed our way and the odd plane sent shivers down my spine! It was an experience I will never forget!

@FeaturingRob 4 ай бұрын

Lacombe, the French man, was played by the legendary director and actor François Truffaut, one of the main filmmakers of the French New Wave movement and a hero of Spielberg's. Spielberg was hesitant to ask him, as other French actors were considered. Part of what made it happen was that Truffaut was a fan of Spielberg's few films at the time. Among the classic French films Truffaut made were 400 Blows, Jules et Jim, Shoot The Piano Player, and The Last Metro. He also directed a single English-language film. Fahrenheit 451 in 1966 starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, based on the Ray Bradbury novel. Gillian was played by Melinda Dillon, who was also the mom in A Christmas Story. Richard Dreyfuss knew about the Close Encounters script when filming Jaws. Every time Spielberg mentioned an actor for Roy Neery, Dreyfuss would say something to cast doubt on the actor for the role because he wanted the role. He kind of insinuated himself into the part. This was the second of the three films Spielberg and Dreyfuss made together...the third was Always in 1989. John Williams composed MOST of the film scores for Spielberg, and it was Spielberg who recommended Williams to George Lucas for Star Wars....the total number of Williams scores for Spielberg is 29 films out of the 34 films Spielberg directed. It is one of the best scores that Williams came up with in my opinion. I personally love the motif of using "When You Wish Upon a Star" in the finale/end credits.

@steveray9655 4 ай бұрын

From what I've read, in order to get good reactions from the little boy, Spielberg used little tricks. When Barry first goes into the kitchen, looks scared, then gets a big smile on his face, two of the set workers (who the boy knew) were in there dressed as a clown and a gorilla, respectively (his scared reaction), then, they took off their masks, and he saw his friends (the big smile). When he was being pulled through the doggy door, it was his real mother on the other side of the door. When he was looking out the window at the approaching space ships, and said "toys", Spielberg was standing on a ladder, slowly pulling something out of a box, which turned out to be toys.

@granadosvm 4 ай бұрын

The scene I remember the most from watching it in the theater, is the spaceship passing the truck from above instead of from the left. 😂👽

@JustWasted3HoursHere 4 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen the short spoof film called "Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind"? That scene is lampooned pretty hilariously: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gaubipeW2J_Tm4k.htmlsi=kkNkzAS2wyUAoyyl

@knowsomething9384 4 ай бұрын

Nice, this classic doesn't get reactions often enough. One of the best sci-fi movies ever made. Another suggestion, if I may, is Rain Man (not sci-fi, just a great movie). I think you'll love it.

@jomojojo6603 4 ай бұрын

Aw, you just want to see her cry. 😂 But, she'll still smile much more.

@brom00 4 ай бұрын

Addie, frankly, that monkey with the cymbals unnerves most people. Great film. Like Blade Runner this has multiple versions. There is the theatrical cut, a 1980 Special Edition with added footage, including a different ending inside the mothership, The last version, a Director's Cut that combines scenes of the first two cut's and restores the original ending.

@robertshields4160 4 ай бұрын

That toy monkey, The Jolly Chimp, has been in more movies than some actors! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbal-banging_monkey_toy

@baronvg 4 ай бұрын

I love it when Addie has enthusiasm and excitement while watching a movie!

@dh12. Ай бұрын

Her reactions look rehearsed

@44excalibur 4 ай бұрын

The five World War II aircraft seen at the beginning of the movie are the five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers from the infamous Flight 19 that mysteriously disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in December of 1945. The pilots who are seen coming out of the alien mother ship at the end are flight leader Lt. Charles Taylor and the other crew members of Flight 19.

@artboymoy 4 ай бұрын

Ah the Bermuda Triangle... Good times... You don't hear about that anymore...

@regould221 4 ай бұрын

@artboymoy unless you watch the history Channel

@artboymoy 4 ай бұрын

@@regould221 Oh, right... That's still around? Do younger people still have cable?

@regould221 4 ай бұрын

@artboymoy it's still around and it's on streaming for people who don't have cable.

@mikerhodes8454 4 ай бұрын

As the Mother Ship approaches, you can see on a closeup that there is a small model of R2D2 stuck to the bottom of the ship.

@ooEVILGOAToo 4 ай бұрын

3 bright lights behind it.

@regould221 4 ай бұрын

The mothership model is now at the air and space museum in VA

@steveg5933 4 ай бұрын

Flight 19 was real. They were on a training mission in the Atlantic, radio intercepts showed they were lost & low on fuel. It is assumed they ditched, but were never found

@donotevenbegintocare 4 ай бұрын

The lead instructor was a drunk and a broadcast was caught on the radio during that flight where he was shouting down his students for telling him that his compass was faulty and he was leading them out into the high ocean to die. Ground personnel also confirmed he smelled of alcohol that morning.

@bboy-kv6pd Ай бұрын

Spielberg is the master of building suspense and intrigue

@lifelover515 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful movie, equally wonderful reaction from our ever-charming Addie. Spielberg had 'Jaws' and 'Duel' under his belt, but it was this one that set him apart as a storyteller of exceptional vision. I was privileged to see it in the movie theatre on its first run in the late 70s and it took movie-making to a whole new level. Shour-out to Kubrick alumnus Douglas Turnbull for an extraordinary achievement as lighting director, and the sound editing is brilliant too. My kids loved it in the VHS era, resulting in Impromptu mashed potato sculpting contests at the family dining table.

@rbravender1 4 ай бұрын

You left out Sugarland Express, Spielberg’s first theatrical feature.

@lifelover515 4 ай бұрын

@@rbravender1 Noted and thanks

@benjauron5873 4 ай бұрын

Devil's Tower is a magnificent place. I went there a few years ago. They have a gift shop there with all sorts of merchandise related to this movie. I walked around the entire base of the tower twice -- it's real easy, it has a paved trail and everything. There were no runways for alien spaceships, but the scenery was glorious, and everybody should go there and see it if they can.

@ChrisReise 4 ай бұрын

4:50 Fun Fact: Teri Garr and Richard Dreyfuss played husband and wife in this movie...they also played husband and wife in the 1989 movie, "Let it Ride."

@bodine57 4 ай бұрын

Which is a criminally underrated gem.

@ChrisReise 4 ай бұрын

Agreed.@@bodine57

@The_Great_White_Moose 4 ай бұрын

You edited out my favorite line. After Roy says “Dressed like that? That’s crazy.” His wife says “What??? You said WHAT?!”😂

@TerryAllenSwartos 4 ай бұрын

In 2007, I walked all the way around Devil’s Tower. Sadly, no landing strip. 😂 But seeing it up close was one of the best experiences of my life. It’s beautiful.

@pscar1 4 ай бұрын

I was also disappointed about that when I visited 😂

@4thlinemaniac356 4 ай бұрын

Covered in this video essay There Are No Forests on flat earth English version you tube video before @mauro Biglino & the 5Th kind channels.

@TerryAllenSwartos 4 ай бұрын

@@pscar1😂 Coincidentally, on the same cross country road trip, I saw Mount Rushmore for the first time, confirming there’s no elegant home and private landing strip on top of *that.* 😒😂

@mikefoster6018 4 ай бұрын

As a 49 year old, I feel privileged that all these brilliant films were available to me as a kid. They were scary, emotional yet so true somehow.

@Ryan_Christopher 2 ай бұрын

You saw this in the theater as a kid? You were like four at the time, no? I’m 50 and I only got caught-up with it on a Blockbuster Rental Tape as a teenager, later my own DVD of the Special Edition. I did see the Book Edition when I was ten.

@mikefoster6018 2 ай бұрын

@@Ryan_Christopher Weird comment. I never said I saw it in the theatre.

@bertpunkaficionado8357 4 ай бұрын

One of the greatest alien films ever. Spielberg came up with the story himself and wrote the script, and was fleshing out the story for ET during the making of this film. Both are his ideas. I had the chance to meet the director of photography for this film, Vilmos Zsigmond, in 2001. I went to a screening of an older film for another D.P. receiving a lifetime achievement award (Laszlo Kovacs, the screening was of Frances). I knew I recognized the guy sitting next to me (as a film nerd), and figured it out when he asked a question during the Q&A afterward… Vilmos. I was overjoyed. Meet them both later along with William Fraker, Gordon Willis and others at an open house event. I drove up from San Diego for it, I was in the Navy. I remember seeing pedestrians walking by the open house and thinking those people have no idea how much cinema history is here. The legends. Gordon Willis for crying out loud! The man shot The Godfather.

@RobertAWolf 4 ай бұрын

I love this movie! It's about first contact and is so filled with suspense, mostly because of what you don't see. One of my favorite parts is the air traffic control scene. Spielberg is brilliant by letting your imagination fill the gaps, which is noticeable in many of his films.

@calebwilliams7659 4 ай бұрын

@Addie, the little red light that is always last in the line of small UFOs is a "foo fighter". During WWII American fighter pilots reported being chased by balls of light. They thought it was some kind of Japanese aircraft that was tailing them. They were never hostile, they just flew behind and around them. It was theorized they were some kind of plasma balls or possibly even ball lightning somehow being generated by the planes flying through unusual atmospheric conditions. It was only later in the 40's and beyond that people started retroactively thinking maybe they were alien spacecraft. The pilots called them "foo fighters" since foo sounds generically east Asian. And yes, it's also where Dave Grohl's band got its name. 🙂

@4thlinemaniac356 4 ай бұрын

Misinformation these Food Fighters are what defeated Admiral Byrd and the Allied Forces over Antarctica @ Forum Borealis channel playlists Clif high Antarctica Unveiled Parts #1-#4 before @ Mauro Biglino & The 5Th Kind channels They areon the moon plus in Antarctica @ Clif high Symptoms video More.

@4thlinemaniac356 4 ай бұрын

FOO

@SergioArellano-yd7ik 4 ай бұрын

It was Spielberg s homage to Disney films were a small animal trailing others would be left behind and then would run after the rest to catch up

@didonna1974 4 ай бұрын

This is an awesome movie! I saw this as a child and it blew me away. I watched it as an adult and it still blew me away.

@zbennalley 4 ай бұрын

Steven Spielberg was asked a question about this film, and it was, "Your Father was a computer scientist and your Mother was a musician, when the spaceship lands how do they communicate? They make music on their computers and are able to speak to each other." Steven said that one of the most revealing questions he has ever been asked. It wasn't the intent, but he unintentionally made a story about his parents. That's why I love this film.

@WhiskyCanuck 4 ай бұрын

Inside The Actor's Studio - James Lipton

@zbennalley 4 ай бұрын

@@WhiskyCanuck correct!!

@christianwise637 4 ай бұрын

It's honestly fascinating to revisit many of his films after seeing The Fabelmans, you really see how much his parents and much of his early upbringing ended up influencing him and his filmmaking

@Oldtoby1138 4 ай бұрын

Amazing. I posted a link to the interview before seeing this comment. So cool.

@IAMCAVE 2 ай бұрын

The 5 notes and the hand shapes is basically “Hello”.

@Chou-seh-fu 4 ай бұрын

"I personally couldn't leave my family behind." Spielberg said much the same thing, after he married and had children of his own.

@A-small-amount-of-peas 4 ай бұрын

How sad

@davidschecter5247 4 ай бұрын

Haven't seen this in 25 years. Seeing it in a big theatre when it came out was awe-inspiring. Crystal clear effects, possibly John Williams' best score, and even with all the silly ESP-type stuff, a very inspirational and affecting motion picture.

@ChrisReise 4 ай бұрын

20:12 Fun Fact: The anchorman on the television is Howard K. Smith, an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, he also made regular appearances in the 80's TV series "V: The Series." Whenever he appeared in a film/tv show, he always appeared as himself.

@jonathanmurphy3141 4 ай бұрын

Francois Truffut, who plays the French scientist, was a great film Director -Speilberg cast him as a tribute. I have visited Truffut's grave in Paris.

@MrDabulls23 4 ай бұрын

On a family vacation as a child we visited Devils Tower, at dusk, so it was the perfect creepy setting. My dad jumped out from behind a tree and scared the piss out of us. Because of that and this movie, 30 something years later I still get a good chuckle from that memory.

@sixstanger00 4 ай бұрын

Listen closely during the scene where Roy is stopped at the railroad crossing -- just before the mailboxes start shaking, the crickets stop chirping.

@louielouie22 4 ай бұрын

Omg all these decades of being a fan of this movie I never noticed Carl Weathers small part.

@jamesfrench7299 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Larry Hagman's cameo in Superman The Movie the following year.

@thomasoa 4 ай бұрын

Teri Garr had such a great run of supporting roles starting in the 70s.

@noneya3635 4 ай бұрын

I remember the first Close Encounters trading card I had was the picture of Barry standing in the door with the orange light coming into the house. love that scene.

@harley2704 4 ай бұрын

If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend seeing this movie on the big screen , in a theater. It’s an amazing experience.

@Stogie2112 4 ай бұрын

The late, great Melinda Dillon (Jillian) had a wonderful acting career. 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind = Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1981: Absence of Malice = Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1983: A Christmas Story (Mrs. Parker - Ralphie's mom) 1987: Harry and the Hendersons = Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress 1991: The Prince of Tides

@guitarman8462 4 ай бұрын

The actress of the wife was also in : Young Frankenstien - The Black Stallion - Let It Ride. And many other movies.

@ChrisReise 4 ай бұрын

15:53 Fun Fact: This farmer, played by Roberts Blossom aslo played the old neighbour in the movie "Home Alone."

@bigdragon8004 14 сағат бұрын

He also played Doc in the Clint Eastwood film Escape from Alcatraz.

@BeachcomberNZ 4 ай бұрын

At 17.36 you see Richard Dreyfuss pulling down a model of Star Trek's USS Enterprise starship. This is probably a nod to Terri Garr's role in an episode of Star Trek, called Assignment: Earth, one that she apparently hated doing.

@johnbrowne2170 3 ай бұрын

The director later added a scene where they go inside the space craft but it doesn't work because our imagination of what's inside is even more magical than actually seeing it.

@RandomPickles 4 ай бұрын

That is pretty funny that you caught the ET atmosphere. As it was literally used as a spiritual prequal to the film E.T. The E.T> was supposed to be one of those little aliens that accidentally got left behind. Of course it is not cannon. But that was literally the inspiration for this movie.

@fahooga 4 ай бұрын

Spielberg's father was a computer engineer. His mother was a musician. The humans and aliens communicate by playing music on their computers.

@Murrlin27 4 ай бұрын

Aside from the classic Disney films, this is one of a small number of "my youth" movies that are like sheer magic to me.

@seandlg57 4 ай бұрын

Love the shout out to Carl Weathers. Class.

@Hiraghm 4 ай бұрын

3 basic alien contact themes: 1) Aliens are out to hurt us - "War of the Worlds", "Edge of Tomorrow" 2) Aliens are here to give us the secrets of the Universe - "2001 A Space Odyssey", "2010 The Year We Make Contact" 3) Aliens are here to do their own thing - "E.T.", "Starman", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"

@KamramBehzad 4 ай бұрын

I watched this movie in 1979 when I was 13. In 2001 I was in the U.S. for the first and only time. And I went to visit the Devil's Tower. It's pretty majestic.

@Frank_E_Scialdone 4 ай бұрын

I saw this film when I was 11 years old. Oh by the way, you were watching the extended version. The theatrical release did not have many of the scenes that you saw. Roy building the devils tower in his living room… The outside scenes of him gathering all of the debris was not in the original theatrical release. After the original film, Spielberg wanted to make a Directors cut. But the studio gave him one condition that they wanted to see the inside of the mothership. He agreed with them and they give him his money. But later, when the Directors cut came out, Spielberg omitted the inside of the ship scene.

@MaxLeGrand33 4 ай бұрын

I have seen the inside of the ship scene, it was great.

@artboymoy 4 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that all those scenes with Roy gathering with stuff for the large model was in the original cut. Otherwise why else would Ronnie have left? Doesn't seem like she was watching the extended because we din't see the interior of the ship which was in the Special Edition.

@jodonnell64 4 ай бұрын

The original theatrical release DID have the scenes of Roy tossing stuff through the window. IMO, it's one of the more important scenes to show how obsessed he was with figuring out what was going on - kinda the entire theme of the film. I've loved this film since I first saw it at age 14 in 1977, and was very underwhelmed by the added scene in the Special Edition showing the inside of the ship. Dreyfuss didn't match (as in, you could tell it was shot a year later. He'd put on a few pounds), the quality of the effects and lighting weren't as good, and frankly, it was obvious it was a money-grab from the studio that was forced on Spielberg. I have the same disdain for what Lucas did to Star Wars (the original 1977 release), especially his pretending that the current version is the extant version. Han shot first dammit! I saw it happen 24 times between May of 1977 and July of 1978. Fixing some of the effects shots was okay, but changing Han's character like that...

@domcoke 4 ай бұрын

This comment is so full of incorrect information it's difficult to know where to start. Do some research.

@PanzerKunstExponent 4 ай бұрын

I saw this in theater in '77 when I was 6 & went to Devil's Tower 2 yrs later. Awesome movie. Funniest scene for me was the Gov. was trying to get everyone to leave the area & some guy was selling stuff & said, "why, even my dog has a gas mask." & his dog was literally wearing one!"

@jeffgray7922 4 ай бұрын

This movie has one of the greatest scores ever written, just so epic.

@doreybain 4 ай бұрын

When I saw this in the theatre in 1977, as the mother ship was rotating over the mountain, I could see the audience in front of me scrunch down in their seats and there was a loud gasp that you could hear over the movie soundtrack.

@dr.burtgummerfan439 4 ай бұрын

According to an article I read when the movie was in release, the five musical notes and corresponding sign language translates to "H-e-l-l-o". And there's nothing like seeing the Mothership reveal on the big screen with surround sound. The "little red light" was Spielberg's tribute to Disney's Tinkerbell, and "When You Wish Upon A Star" pops up in the score. As a card-carrying paranoid, I've never looked at semi truck the same way after the scene with the government moving all the equipment in the civilian marked trucks.😁

@Sunsetjoy 4 ай бұрын

What sign language? You mean the Curwen/Kodály hand signs? Not language, solfege (music) hand signs. Re Mi Do Do So (D, E, C, C, G)

@dr.burtgummerfan439 4 ай бұрын

@@Sunsetjoy Yep, that sign language.

@4thlinemaniac356 4 ай бұрын

On the moon now @ Clif high SYMPTOMS video @ Mauro Biglino & The 5Th Kind channels

@echobucket 4 ай бұрын

I've always secretly wanted them to make a sequel to this where they come back finally.

@jamesfrench7299 4 ай бұрын

The late Douglas Trumbull was behind the special effects. Also worked on 2001 A Space Odyssey. He was an innovator and was treated disgracefully by the Hollywood studios who didn't appreciate true greatness.

@SeanHendy 4 ай бұрын

An absolute classic Sci Fi film, the inspiration for so many that followed.

@markpekrul4393 4 ай бұрын

This a beautiful film. To me, it ranks higher than ET on Spielberg's resume. It's amazing how well it holds up after nearly 50 years. Someone else may have pointed it out below, but the 5 planes were part of a training flight out of Ft. Lauderdale in December of 1945 - three TBM Grumman Avenger bombers that became lost and disappeared somewhere (probably) north of the Bahamas. 19 crewmen disappeared with them. While I would love to believe they were abducted by aliens, they probably ditched somewhere when they began to run out of fuel - no trace has ever yet been found. Their disappearance became the foundation for the modern Bermuda Triangle myth.

@Valecan 4 ай бұрын

If you haven't seen it, the movie "Let It Ride" is a fun little comedy with both Teri Garr and Richard Dreyfuss playing a married couple again. The movie follows the main character in a day at the race track where you meet lots of interesting characters. Jennifer Tilly and Robbie Coltrane are also fun characters in the movie.

@fernandomendez2709 4 ай бұрын

This is a great but probably forgotten masterpiece by Spielberg. It uses the abduction reports to great effect to tell an intersting story in which the aliens are curious about us and not trying to conquer us

@sspsfivefivefive 4 ай бұрын

Professor J. Allen Hynek appears in a cameo at the end of this movie. Hynek acted as a consultant during the making, but he was famous for his real life role with the US Air Force on several projects including Project Blue Book.

@Keleigh3000 4 ай бұрын

"Don't you think I'm taking this really well?" is one of my all-time favorite lines in cinema.

@samuraiwarriorsunite 4 ай бұрын

RIP, Carl Weathers. Spielberg said in an interview years ago that when he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he was single with no attachments, but when he got married and had kids, it changed his perspective, and if he had made the movie now, he most likely would've changed the ending and had Roy refuse the offer.

@MrDevintcoleman 4 ай бұрын

This movie does a great job presenting alien/UFO encounters “accurately.” Meaning, you can tell they researched a lot of real life supposed encounters (aside from the huge one at the end), and they capture the UFO flavor of high strangeness really well.

@kilroy987 4 ай бұрын

The idea of this movie was scary when I was younger, but when I finally saw it on TV, it did have kind of a magical aspect to it.

@williamjones6031 4 ай бұрын

1. $2,500 globe in 1977. Imagine how much that sucker would be today. 2. That ATC has some serious pipes. 3. I went with my family when I was a kid and got to visit the Devils Tower. Before this was made. 4. Love it. One of the top 10 movies to watch before you die. 5. I worked at a movie theater when this came out. Incredible 😲 6. If it didn't change the outcome and since his marriage was over Roy and Jillian should have hooked up. 7. The odds of Roy finding Jillian in that chaos are as high as any of this happening. 8. "We're gonna need a bigger mountain". 9. Spidey, "Sup-bitches"

@dr.burtgummerfan439 4 ай бұрын

The globe was most likely paid for with taxpayer money. 😁

@johncasey281 4 ай бұрын

When I camped at the Devils Tower KOA, they played Close Encounters on a big screen every night at the campground.

@goldenager59 4 ай бұрын

Now why didn't #8 ever occur to _me?!_ 😄 🤔

@Bleckman666 4 ай бұрын

Fun trivia: Spielberg had to do some tricks to get the reactions he wanted from little Cary Guffey (Barry): When he looks between the aliens at the first encounter at the house, it was 2 people dressed up in gorilla suits. One of them took of their head to reveal herself as his real life mother, which made him smile. Later on when he happily cries out "TOYS!!", it was a genuine reaction to Stephen Spielberg holding a box in front of him and then picking up toys from it.

@BubbaCoop 4 ай бұрын

It wasn't his mother, though. To get the appropriate sequence of reactions, Spielberg hid two crewmembers, one dressed as a clown and the other as a gorilla, under cardboard boxes. The costumed crewmembers then came out one at a time to get the right shocked reaction. Then, to get Guffey to smile, the makeup man - who'd befriended him - took off the gorilla mask to reveal his face. As Spielberg says in The Making of, "You can't do that twice."

@Bleckman666 4 ай бұрын

@@BubbaCoop thanks for refreshing my memory! it's obviously been a while since I watched the behind-the-scenes-extras on my R1 2 disc collector's edition DVD I bought back in 2001.. ;)

@Paul_Waller 4 ай бұрын

The way I remember it was Spielberg himself donned the gorilla suit to get that smile out of Barry. Now that I've read this and others below I see I'm probably wrong. LOL

@jodonnell64 4 ай бұрын

@@Bleckman666 OTOH, if you watch carefully, you can see Guffey's mother's arm as she's pulling him through the doggie door.

@izzonj 4 ай бұрын

The woman whose son was taken is played by Melinda Dillon, who was the mom the A Christmas Story. She just died, last year.

@tomw324 4 ай бұрын

Great seeing this version. This is the one I saw in the theatre in 1977 and have never seen it since with all the added shots and re-edits etc. Think this is the best version and hope it is available now.

@Hiraghm 4 ай бұрын

How could I miss it? Barry's Mom is the mother from "A Christmas Story"!

@BondFreek 4 ай бұрын

5:05 "are they saying yay?" You've just shown your youth. Losing our power when we were kids made the night more fun. We would like candles and tell scary stories. The house became a fun dark maze. Plus, we didn't have to do our homework. Power blackouts made life fun for children of the 1970s.

@3dbadboy1 4 ай бұрын

Both this music and the Star Wars soundtrack were released in the same year, and John Williams received Oscar nominations for both. However, I cannot recall which one actually won. Additionally, it is worth noting that an arranged rendition of When You Wish Upon a Star was featured in the closing credits, although it was absent in certain VHS releases. It is likely that copyright and royalty issues were involved, particularly considering Disney's involvement.

@kittyhawk9707 4 ай бұрын

I always get teary eyed at the end when the alien and the researcher/scientist do the hand signs and the little alien smiles ..

@robertrouse4503 4 ай бұрын

The First Kind: You spot something in the sky and it leaves no evidence. The Second Kind: A UFO leaves some physical trace: burns on the ground or broken branches. The Third Kind: You make contact with a U.F.O, you see some alien pilot aboard one or other life form.

@Ryan_Christopher 4 ай бұрын

I’ve had one of the First Kind. 1984 or 1985 and I still can’t explain what I saw and there were three of them, looking nothing like the usual air traffic where I was. Three Red Tubes (like hot dog red) in a tight triangle formation, with Yellow Ring Stripes at both ends, slowly flying somewhere above 5,000 feet.

@shirleydurr411 4 ай бұрын

That ship coming over Devil's Peak could only be experienced the right way on a movie screen. So impressive! Someone mentioned in a comment the great actor Teri Garr. My favorite movie of hers is "Tootsie" -- a film worth your reaction. My favorite Richard Dreyfus film is "Mr Holland's Opus" --- another great consideration for your reaction. I think your reactions would do both films justice.

@Hiraghm 4 ай бұрын

Before E.T., this movie was the definitive "No, the aliens are not out to hurt us" movie. Before that, most alien contact movies were about alien invasions or similar themes. "The Day The Earth Stood Still" can be argued to be a "they're not out to hurt us" movie, but considering they threaten to wipe us out... yeah... no. After this you had gems like "E.T." and "Starman" (Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you? When things are worst, you are at your very best" - still tear up at that).

@andrewura1956 4 ай бұрын

I was 9 when this came out, it was amazing but I remember that I didn't understand it. I was 12 for the rerelease with the added footage inside the ship. Being three years older made a big difference l, and I could really appreciate it.

@johnhannon4074 4 ай бұрын

John Williams just won his 26th grammy award

@doubledown1138 4 ай бұрын

For me this is the definitive Spielberg film. An all-timer, filled with hope, innocence and wonder.

@AlanCanon2222 4 ай бұрын

24:09 Lacombe (Truffaut): "They belong here more than we." The crew thought he was saying "They belong here, Mozambique", and they had T-shirts made up for everyone with that printed on it. 27:05 notice the upside down R2D2 glued to the mothership (upper right).

@kevinbuyks6788 4 ай бұрын

So glad you reacted to this movie, this one got me interested in the sci-fi genre when I first saw it. I was so in awe of the mysterious going ons and how they slowly get unraveled.

@christophercurtis4131 4 ай бұрын

One of my favorite movies ever. I first saw it a couple years after it came out in 77; I must have been 8 or 9. I remember my mom having the soundtrack on vinyl. I love this movie and the music. Lastly, thank you for the RIP for Carl Weathers in the video.

@MGower4465 4 ай бұрын

Flight 19 was one of the first major "Bermuda triangle" incidents of the era of radio and radar coverage. It is thought they simply got lost and ditched in the water together, though its still unclear why they got lost. A maritime patrol plane, a Martin Mariner, also vanished while searching for Flight 19. 27 persons in all. The Mariner was a flying boat, and should have been able to stay afloat,but clearly did not.

@Hiraghm 4 ай бұрын

I never realized... Barry's mother and the guy who broke out of the helicopter with them were both in another movie called "Absence of Malice" (good movie with Paul Newman, you should see it).

@biggary9602 4 ай бұрын

To go into this movie expecting a scary alien movie - only to learn it is the opposite in every possible way. What a time to be alive!

@MAZE4 4 ай бұрын

It's a marvelous film, hope loss and confusion are addressed in it, I think it's one of the best movies ever made.

@rob0bp0 4 ай бұрын

That was a good year for SF. In my (provincial) hometown we had a theatre with 2 screens. Star Wars on one, Close Encounters on the other. Never seen anything like Star Wars before. But it was Encounters that really knocked me off my feet.

@paulhorgan6152 4 ай бұрын

God bless Rocky star RIP Creed

@magicbrownie1357 4 ай бұрын

This movie captured the imagination of millions of young people and old people alike when it came out. Never met anyone who did not like this film.

@smavtmb2196 4 ай бұрын

Addie Steven Spielberg was an executive producer on a heartwarming Alien movie from 1987 you might enjoy called (Batteries not included) Maybe you'll react to it. Close Encounters has good effect for 1977. Seeing it on VHS in the 80's I thought it was too slow, and that too much time was spent on Roy obsessing over his vision. I understand his need to makes sense of his vision, but was it nessassary to tear apart the garden and bring a mountain of dirt and plants into the house to build a sculpture?😅 In the end I was very happy Jillian got her son back, and understand Roys desire to go on an adventure with the Aliens, but it's not cool that he's abandoning his family. I find it strange that some people over look that. He cares more about the Aliens than his wife and children. That's selfish and depressing. His family may never see him again or know what happened to him. There's no guarantee he'll ever coming back or that the government will tell his family. Will they just think he abandoned them/disappeared with no answers? That would be devastating to his family and makes me sad. If that's the case Roy shouldn't have gone. In a 2005 interview, Spielberg stated that he made Close Encounters when he did not have children, and if he were making it today, he would never have had Roy Neary leave his family and go on the mother ship. However Richard Dreyfuss (who played Roy) has said he respectfully disagrees with that, and believes there was simply no way that Roy could have not have gone. Richard Dreyfuss might be correct in Roys thinking, but I still think it's sad he abandoned his family.

@zurnie 4 ай бұрын

In '95 I went on a belated honeymoon with my wife of the time. We spent nights in cabins, motels and camping. One night we camped at the KOA at Devil's Tower. As we were checking in the gal working the counter mentioned they showed a movie against their biggest building after sunset. My now ex-wife asked what movie was it. I started laughing just before the clerk said Close Encounters. Rising up behind the building was the mountain. It was very surreal.