Close Encounters of the Third Kind Movie Cover

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

PG, 1977, Columbia Pictures

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Starring:

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Cary Guffey, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara

Plot:

Steven Spielberg followed Jaws, his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. (Note: licensees are to use the embedded videos for preview purposes only and they should obtain full-length versions for their public performance needs.)

1

Man has encounter with UFO

Themes: Disbelief, Fear, Unexpected, Surprise, Strange

2

Police chase UFOs off mountain roads

Themes: Foolishness, Mystery, Supernatural, Unexpected

3

Father's behavior worries family

Themes: Awkwardness, Emotions, Family, Strange

4

Family's home terrorized by UFOs

Themes: Children, Fear, Hidden Danger, Mystery, Trapped

5

Man questioned by UFO experts

Themes: Confusion, Influence, Mystery, Questions, Unethical

6

UFO communicates with light, music

Themes: Communication, Friendliness, Learning, Music, Puzzles

7

Man leaves behind life to join aliens

Themes: Abandonment, Acceptance, Friendliness, Influence, Space

8

Scientist's personal contact with alien

Themes: Acceptance, Communication, Friendship, Space

9

Father uses toy train as object lesson

Themes: Children, Father-Son, Teachability, Parenting

10

Alien encounter sparks marital fight

Themes: Denial, Disagree, Marriage, Disbelief

11

Air Force skeptical of alien encounter

Themes: Denial, Disbelief, Truth, Doubt

12

Troubled family erupts into screaming

Themes: Family, Marriage, Parent-Child Relationship, Storms of Life, Parenting

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