{"id":93259,"date":"2023-11-15T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93259"},"modified":"2023-11-15T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T05:57:00","slug":"close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1977-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93259","title":{"rendered":"Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977\/1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All I want to know is what&#8217;s going on!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster-180x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster-615x1024.png 615w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster-77x128.png 77w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster-162x270.png 162w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Poster.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn electric lineman (Richard Dreyfuss) finds his life and marriage turned upside down when he sees a UFO and becomes literally obsessed with learning more.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Family Problems<\/li>\n<li>Francois Truffault Films [actor]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Richard Dreyfuss Films<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Steven Spielberg Films<\/li>\n<li>Teri Garr Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, &#8220;While George Lucas was off making <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9345\">a film about intergalactic warfare<\/a>, Steven Spielberg was making this film about peace and friendship (through the communication of words, music, and feelings) between alien races.&#8221; He notes it&#8217;s &#8220;a film by a dreamer for dreamers (the true SF fan),&#8221;  about a man &#8220;who spots a UFO during a blackout&#8221; and &#8220;soon afterward&#8230; finds that there have been other UFO sightings and activity&#8221; &#8212; and &#8220;naturally, the government is covering it all up.&#8221; When he &#8220;starts having sensations that he&#8217;s being drawn to a huge rock formation (Devil&#8217;s Tower) in Wyoming:&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-All-of-You.png 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; he leaves behind his wife and kids and goes there with &#8220;a single mother (Melinda Dillon), whose little boy was abducted by a UFO (in a classic sequence).&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Boy.png 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once there, he finds that &#8220;amid great secrecy, French scientist Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut) and many U.S. government officials and astronauts have gathered for the first meeting with the alien visitors.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounter-Truffault2.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Peary &#8212; who nominates this as one of the Best Pictures of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em> &#8212; argues that &#8220;Spielberg has made a marvelous picture, an enthralling, myth-making work full of suspense, mystery, and a sense of awe and wonder about space travel and alien life.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;the special effects by Douglas Trumbull are breathtaking &#8212; when the mother ship makes its first appearance, your jaw may drop open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Mothership.png 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>He concedes that &#8220;the story has gaps in it and some of the bits with Roy [Dreyfuss] and his family are awkward:&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Garr-Phone.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, he asserts that &#8220;the film is so ambitious, imaginative, and visually impressive that one can overlook its few flaws.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m mostly in agreement. While the screenplay is littered with issues &#8212; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CBNzjx7Z6o8\">CinemaSins&#8217; &#8220;Everything Wrong with &#8216;Close Encounters'&#8221; video<\/a> for no less than 127 &#8220;sins&#8221;, including how terribly Dreyfuss&#8217;s character acts (especially towards his family) for most of the film &#8212; it&#8217;s too visually impressive not to take notice of (and must have been triply so back in the late 1970s, before CGI). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Kids.png 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So much has been said and written about this Oscar-nominated blockbuster &#8212; made just after Spielberg finished up work on <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71150\"><em>Jaws<\/em> (1975)<\/a> &#8212; that I humbly implore readers to search all that out if they&#8217;d like to learn more; meanwhile, it should definitely (as Peary says) &#8220;be seen on a large screen&#8221; if possible. Of special note are all scenes between Oscar-nominated Melinda Dillon and Cary Guffey as her enchanted young son (the abduction sequence is filmed like a horror flick scene): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Dillon-Son.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and everything related to the spectacularly filmed spaceship landing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Landing4.png 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Douglas Trumbull&#8217;s special effects<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-1024x471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects-587x270.png 587w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Special-Effects.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Alien-Being.png 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vilmos Zsigmond&#8217;s award-winning cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Abduction.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Close-Encounters-Conferring.png 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its cultural significance in cinematic history, and impressive special effects. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0075860\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s260ce3k.html\">DVD Savant Review (original)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2472ce3k.html\">DVD Savant Review (updated) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/clos.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4492\/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind\/#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CBNzjx7Z6o8\">Everything Wrong with &#8220;Close Encounters&#8221; Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All I want to know is what&#8217;s going on!&#8221; Synopsis: An electric lineman (Richard Dreyfuss) finds his life and marriage turned upside down when he sees a UFO and becomes literally obsessed with learning more. 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