World War II planes reported missing suddenly appear in the Mojave desert. A commercial flight encounters a UFO. While working one night, lineman, Roy Neary, has an otherworldly experience… Officials determine where the visitors plan to land and create an elaborate cover-up to keep people away. However, a group of people (including Neary) go anyway… for a gathering with new, and old, friends.
Welcome to part one of our Very Spielberg Christmas! In this 1977, feel-good classic, we experience thrills and chills as the people of earth encounter a benevolent alien race. Join us as we discuss Spielberg’s initial foray into science fiction films, and—similar to E.T. (1982)—a fantastical take of not-so-menacing extraterrestrials. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys climbs Devil’s Tower for an invitation-only event with visitors from another world and, who knows, perhaps the opportunity to join them for future adventures.
SHOW LINKS AND AFFILIATE LINKS
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Original trailer
- Steven Spielberg
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Paul Schrader
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- War of the Worlds (1953)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Altered States (1980)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The Abyss (1989)
- E.T. (1982)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Signs (2002)
- Dean Koontz
- Jaws (1975)
- Tinker Bell
- 2001 (1968)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- North By Northwest (1959)
- Communion (1989)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Arrival (2016)
- The Man from Planet X (1951)
- The Fog (1980)
- 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- Buckaroo Bonzai (1984)
- The Boys (2019)
- Away (2020)
- TWD Universe
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