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.
1
Father uses toy train as object lesson
Themes: Children, Father-Son, Teachability, Parenting
2
Man has encounter with U.F.O.
Themes: Disbelief, Fear, Unexpected, Surprise, Strange
5
Father's behavior worries family
Themes: Awkwardness, Emotions, Family, Strange
6
Troubled family erupts into screaming
Themes: Family, Marriage, Parent-Child Relationship, Storms of Life, Parenting