As a 7-year old kid watching this, it both terrified me and combined with Star Wars gave me a lifelong fascination with Space. As a 54-year old rewatching it, am aporeciative of the reality, subtelty and genuis of it. And the iconic imagery and acting.
@@tawandahomwe9912 well I watched it in the movie theaters, but it was only there for a short amount of time since it was its anniversary, so I’m not sure!
I was the same age as this kid when I saw this at the pool’s film night in Rio de Janeiro. This movie made a profound impact on who I later became as an adult and led me to a lifelong fascination and career in science and aerospace
I was about the same age as this kid when I saw it - I'm a composer now. This film fascinated me, as an adult it does even more. Some of the elements he's using are literally straight from academia and they work so well
II grew up as a genuine Spick Hick on an isolated farm in the mountains of Bent, New Mexico. I had never been to a fast food restaurant or to the movies, so I had to wait when this came out on television. I was about 12 years old, and this scene completely shocked me. We also lived by the White Sands air-force base, so we could literally see DOWN into the starry White Sands Air Force Base. We would see the UFO’s, that is to say we would see faint “ships” floating, then moving fast, then floating again. I knew Spielberg was a true visionary, even back then. To bring up the QUESTION of Goverment secrecy. And the ideas my mysticism/telepathy/psychic powers (the visions of the mountain that people were having. Etc.) I eventually became a music theorist analyzing and writing an entire theory of music based on color-shape associations. I must share that I JUST TODAY uploaded a little 1-minute visual tour-de-force of my work. And it opens whith the 5-note theme from the movie. // You are welcome to check it out, and thanks so much for sharing your story! - _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_
@@christopherbernhardt Amazing, Christopher! // Take a look at my comment to here to ArnaldoLeon. You should really check out my work concerning color, shape and sound. I have referenced this film several times in my work.
🌹💖. Thank you very much my very best friend, Someone, for my special lovely highlight. Very, very much appreciated. 🙏🧸🙏. Please always be extremely careful and stay safe and well always 💖🌹
I've had similar nightmares ever since - but always dark clouds of thunder coming over, never 'UFO' clouds. Don't find them frightening enough I guess...
I think Barry's mind was also being manipulated by the extraterrestrials, just as they did with mom Jillian (Devil's Tower), so there was not only great comfort in his mind, but also innocence & curiousity, because he was still a child. It is in the same vein that a heavenly comfort in the mind is instilled by angelic visitors. Although we could say that angels are also extradimensional extraterrestrials by automatic default. 10/12/24
If you want the opportunity to watch _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ on the big screen, Fathom Events will be showing it at theaters across the country on July 7th and 10th. (2024)
@@mysticwolf75friendly my ass, taking your Children after scaring the shit out of you is femonic, its how you catch a 12 gauge to the chest. Except these beings are likely immortal because they are fallen angels.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind opened at the Ziegfeld theater in New York City the week before Thanksgiving 1977. It was such an experience for me as a teenager that I was compelled to watch 25 times.
Saw when it came out. I was 6. For much of my childhood I thought of Close Encounters as kind of a horror movie. When the kid opens the door it looks like HELL outside! Very scary.
When Barry was looking through the porch screen at an upward angle, he said "Toys"! Spielberg said it was he who was outside atop a A-frame ladder opening a wrapped present with toys of some sort inside. With the camera rolling on the child actor as Steven unwrapped the present on the ladder, that "Toys" scene was captured.
That wasn't a thunderstorm, the alien mothership was generating the clouds. The lights were the smaller ships about to emerge from the clouds. Right when the mother ran inside and took Barry away from the window the entire cloud bank began lighting up. Right then there must have been thousands of alien ships coming out.
Among all the great Spielberg touches is the black rotary phone from the 1960s. (5:00) I have to say that a part of me still misses those old phones, even with their cords.
I absolutely love this movie. I saw it 3 times at the theater in the 70's (and that just didn't happen back then). But........ 1. At 2:58: maybe they're upstairs, where you completely forgot to shut and lock the windows. 2. There must be some backstory (I read the novelization back then, but don't remember), but Gillian must have got that house from a dead grandmother or something. There is some seriously old-lady shit in that house.
Yes, they were on the roof, but based on her reaction, looks like she went into immediate panic/survival instinct mode, which included running/checking perimeters inside, which also unfortunately caused her to not notice the kid traveling out the doggy-door.
Just don't make movies of this calibre anymore no CG just hard work and practical effects. Note to movie developers today , get a proper story good acting and stop with the quick cash grab crap
It was more than just Barry playing that xylophone. In the beginning of the movie, Barry was possibly the very first person to see them when he came down stairs and walked into the kitchen, of which then, you see Barry's reaction to something there. I always felt that other than Rory, Barry was special, but because he was too young, he probably couldn't physically handle the changes that Rory went through in order to survive the journey Rory was going to go on. I suspect that when Rory went into the Mothership, he was transformed into one of the aliens in order to survive. The Special Edition where you see Rory inside the ship, and then, you see Rory engulfed in light and sparks coming down all around him. Then, outside, you see a alien slightly taller than the 'child-like' aliens walk out, he does the sign language thing, smiles, then goes back into the Mothership. I always believed that was Rory transformed.
I watched this movie when I was a kid and it frightened me so much when we see the clouds that I was always scared of storms. Still today I am but less.
I was like ten when the movie came out. My mom took me to go see it. She thought I was a psycho when I laughed through this entire scene. Turns out it was just an early indicator of me using dark humor to get through stressful situations.
2:45 That shot! That shot right there of the kid opening the door scared the absolute living shit out of me when I was a kid. The only thing that may have scared me more was the damn Banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Yeah, this scared the shit out of me as a kid. For being benevolent they sure had a terrible way of showing it. Surely they must have understood how traumatic it would be to have a child taken from you. I love this movie, but this part always really bothered me.
It was a warm summer evening, and little Timmy was lying in bed, staring out his window. He had heard that there was a meteor shower happening that night, and he was desperate to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars. As he looked out into the darkness, he noticed a flicker of light in the distance. It was small at first, but it quickly grew into a bright flame, dancing against the blackness of the night sky. Excitedly, Timmy jumped out of bed and raced outside, eager to get a closer look. But as he approached the source of the light, he realized that it wasn't a fire at all - it was a strange, glowing object that had landed in the nearby field. Curious, Timmy approached the object, his heart racing with excitement. But as he got closer, a strange feeling washed over him - he felt like he was being watched, like there was something or someone out there, waiting for him. Suddenly, a bright light filled the air, blinding Timmy and causing him to stumble backwards. When he regained his vision, he found himself surrounded by strange, otherworldly beings, their bodies covered in shimmering scales and their eyes glowing with an otherworldly light. Terrified, Timmy tried to run, but the beings were too fast for him. They grabbed him by the arms and legs, dragging him towards their spacecraft, which hovered ominously in the sky. As the ship lifted off into the air, Timmy screamed for help, but it was too late - he had been abducted by beings from another world, taken away from his family and friends and thrust into an unknown, terrifying future. Years later, when Timmy was finally rescued and returned to Earth, he would look back on that night and wonder what would have happened if he had never been lured outside by the flickering flames in the sky. But the truth was, he would never know - all he could do was try to move forward, and hope that one day he would be able to make sense of the strange, terrifying experience that had changed his life forever.
As a 7-year old kid watching this, it both terrified me and combined with Star Wars gave me a lifelong fascination with Space.
As a 54-year old rewatching it, am aporeciative of the reality, subtelty and genuis of it. And the iconic imagery and acting.
One of the best films ever made. Have watched it dozens of times and I never get tired of it. Awesome.
I actually watched it for the first time today! Incredible.
Where can I find it?@@SunbuttersDen
@@tawandahomwe9912 well I watched it in the movie theaters, but it was only there for a short amount of time since it was its anniversary, so I’m not sure!
Me too 👽.
I was the same age as this kid when I saw this at the pool’s film night in Rio de Janeiro. This movie made a profound impact on who I later became as an adult and led me to a lifelong fascination and career in science and aerospace
I was about the same age as this kid when I saw it - I'm a composer now. This film fascinated me, as an adult it does even more. Some of the elements he's using are literally straight from academia and they work so well
II grew up as a genuine Spick Hick on an isolated farm in the mountains of Bent, New Mexico. I had never been to a fast food restaurant or to the movies, so I had to wait when this came out on television. I was about 12 years old, and this scene completely shocked me. We also lived by the White Sands air-force base, so we could literally see DOWN into the starry White Sands Air Force Base. We would see the UFO’s, that is to say we would see faint “ships” floating, then moving fast, then floating again. I knew Spielberg was a true visionary, even back then. To bring up the QUESTION of Goverment secrecy. And the ideas my mysticism/telepathy/psychic powers (the visions of the mountain that people were having. Etc.)
I eventually became a music theorist analyzing and writing an entire theory of music based on color-shape associations. I must share that I JUST TODAY uploaded a little 1-minute visual tour-de-force of my work. And it opens whith the 5-note theme from the movie. // You are welcome to check it out, and thanks so much for sharing your story!
- _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_
@@christopherbernhardt Amazing, Christopher! // Take a look at my comment to here to ArnaldoLeon. You should really check out my work concerning color, shape and sound. I have referenced this film several times in my work.
Wow….so scary for the poor Mom! Great Movie…..two thumbs up 👍🏽👍🏽
I love this film………..on of my favourites of all time ♥️♥️
Yeah, me too! What’s with the context box? 🙄 it’s a MOVIE.
🌹💖. Thank you very much my very best friend, Someone, for my special lovely highlight. Very, very much appreciated. 🙏🧸🙏. Please always be extremely careful and stay safe and well always 💖🌹
Another out-of-control custody dispute.
😂
Out-of-this-world custody dispute.
😅
Most kids would be terrified of the storm clouds rolling out like ocean waves. This kid suprisingly smiled at this occurence.
You do realize that within the movie making process, many things are later 'dubbed' in?
Those weren't storms clouds. The alien mothership was generating the clouds, storms don't form that quickly.
@@scotthayes4135 ok. It was terrifying such that in the evening when I would go for a walk I would look at sky occasionally in fear .
I've had similar nightmares ever since - but always dark clouds of thunder coming over, never 'UFO' clouds. Don't find them frightening enough I guess...
I think Barry's mind was also being manipulated by the extraterrestrials, just as they did with mom Jillian (Devil's Tower), so there was not only great comfort in his mind, but also innocence & curiousity, because he was still a child. It is in the same vein that a heavenly comfort in the mind is instilled by angelic visitors. Although we could say that angels are also extradimensional extraterrestrials by automatic default.
10/12/24
Spielberg's masterpiece.
What about Jaws??
Both of them
@@michaeltrower741 I find Jaws boring by comparison.
@@Foebane72 And '1941'?
@@tylsimys67 Never saw it, I know it's got a bad reputation so I never bothered. Not my cup of tea, anyway.
Whenever I hear 'Chances are' by Johnny Mathis, I think of this scene. Masterpiece!
Same loved it every since I was a kid in the 90s and the old cartoon network commercials they used that song for the time life albums❤
I was 6 when my parents took me to see this, almost crapped my pants during this scene!
That door opening scene was fuckin epic.....🤗👍🙂😂♥️
Little known fact: Most alien abduction take place while Johnny Mathis is playing in the background.
Boy Jonny Mathis was smooth...
If you want the opportunity to watch _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ on the big screen, Fathom Events will be showing it at theaters across the country on July 7th and 10th. (2024)
Scared the hell out of me when I first saw this. The drive home I just stared at the sky👽
This scene terrified me as a kid. It's very intense for a young 8 year old when I saw this at the theater.
The child is happy. The poltergeist music is what makes it terrifying.
childs also get in vans looking for candy
Not gonna lie - if I was standing outside and saw those UFOs heading my way, I'd stay out there shouting "Beam me up!"
Like those people waiting on top of the tower in “Independence Day”? We know what happened to them 😮 😆
@@versuskid4232 Yeah, but the Close Encounters aliens were friendly.
@@mysticwolf75friendly my ass, taking your Children after scaring the shit out of you is femonic, its how you catch a 12 gauge to the chest. Except these beings are likely immortal because they are fallen angels.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind opened at the Ziegfeld theater in New York City the week before Thanksgiving 1977. It was such an experience for me as a teenager that I was compelled to watch 25 times.
Did anyone notice the wall clock minute arm move rapidly through time in the living room scene? Never noticed that before.
Yes, I never noticed before after years of watching this!
Saw when it came out. I was 6. For much of my childhood I thought of Close Encounters as kind of a horror movie. When the kid opens the door it looks like HELL outside! Very scary.
Same here, and it most probably explains my fear of open curtains at night aswell.
I love the chord when the kid opens the door.
When Barry was looking through the porch screen at an upward angle, he said "Toys"! Spielberg said it was he who was outside atop a A-frame ladder opening a wrapped present with toys of some sort inside. With the camera rolling on the child actor as Steven unwrapped the present on the ladder, that "Toys" scene was captured.
The sky scenes with the Alien Spaceships are beautifully shot, and very haunting. Thank you for posting.
That black thing with a dial, like front & cord, is called a "telephone " an old communication device.
For any teens watching 😅
That wasn't a thunderstorm, the alien mothership was generating the clouds. The lights were the smaller ships about to emerge from the clouds. Right when the mother ran inside and took Barry away from the window the entire cloud bank began lighting up. Right then there must have been thousands of alien ships coming out.
Among all the great Spielberg touches is the black rotary phone from the 1960s. (5:00)
I have to say that a part of me still misses those old phones, even with their cords.
I absolutely love this movie. I saw it 3 times at the theater in the 70's (and that just didn't happen back then). But........
1. At 2:58: maybe they're upstairs, where you completely forgot to shut and lock the windows.
2. There must be some backstory (I read the novelization back then, but don't remember), but Gillian must have got that house from a dead grandmother or something. There is some seriously old-lady shit in that house.
Yes, they were on the roof, but based on her reaction, looks like she went into immediate panic/survival instinct mode, which included running/checking perimeters inside, which also unfortunately caused her to not notice the kid traveling out the doggy-door.
I've always had this doubt: are we sure that the aliens are good, in this movie?
Really disturbing and well done.
watch communion
Just don't make movies of this calibre anymore no CG just hard work and practical effects. Note to movie developers today , get a proper story good acting and stop with the quick cash grab crap
That'll teach him not to play with the xylophone.
It was more than just Barry playing that xylophone. In the beginning of the movie, Barry was possibly the very first person to see them when he came down stairs and walked into the kitchen, of which then, you see Barry's reaction to something there. I always felt that other than Rory, Barry was special, but because he was too young, he probably couldn't physically handle the changes that Rory went through in order to survive the journey Rory was going to go on.
I suspect that when Rory went into the Mothership, he was transformed into one of the aliens in order to survive. The Special Edition where you see Rory inside the ship, and then, you see Rory engulfed in light and sparks coming down all around him. Then, outside, you see a alien slightly taller than the 'child-like' aliens walk out, he does the sign language thing, smiles, then goes back into the Mothership. I always believed that was Rory transformed.
I saw this movie in 78’ as a 10 year old and STILL it’s my all time favorite movie 🛸👽
3:53 watch the wall clock...😅
Fun Fact: Teri Garr thought she was playing the mom until the first day of shooting when she was handed the script for the wife.
This is what a multimillion dollar blockbuster should be. None of this Avengers or Justice League cack.
I watched this movie when I was a kid and it frightened me so much when we see the clouds that I was always scared of storms. Still today I am but less.
I was like ten when the movie came out. My mom took me to go see it. She thought I was a psycho when I laughed through this entire scene. Turns out it was just an early indicator of me using dark humor to get through stressful situations.
i have dreams about these , the dreams are more colorful and seem more real then my waking reality .
Great movie
But
Try not letting go of the child every time you do a scene with him
Strange mother character, strange script in that area only
🕳WTF was that?
✈️ 🕳 maybe swamp
Gas
When Intergalactic child custody disputes go terribly wrong.....
2:45 That shot! That shot right there of the kid opening the door scared the absolute living shit out of me when I was a kid. The only thing that may have scared me more was the damn Banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Saw this in the theater when I was 9. Stuck with me!
Really great special effect visuals for 1977
Yeah, this scared the shit out of me as a kid. For being benevolent they sure had a terrible way of showing it. Surely they must have understood how traumatic it would be to have a child taken from you. I love this movie, but this part always really bothered me.
Vermont. The skies above are good.
I am a Steven Spielberg GLAZER
this terrified me.
Marlboro country 懐かしい🛸
Great movie 😊
"Come in through the door!"
Come in thru the door! So cute 😅
It was a warm summer evening, and little Timmy was lying in bed, staring out his window. He had heard that there was a meteor shower happening that night, and he was desperate to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars.
As he looked out into the darkness, he noticed a flicker of light in the distance. It was small at first, but it quickly grew into a bright flame, dancing against the blackness of the night sky.
Excitedly, Timmy jumped out of bed and raced outside, eager to get a closer look. But as he approached the source of the light, he realized that it wasn't a fire at all - it was a strange, glowing object that had landed in the nearby field.
Curious, Timmy approached the object, his heart racing with excitement. But as he got closer, a strange feeling washed over him - he felt like he was being watched, like there was something or someone out there, waiting for him.
Suddenly, a bright light filled the air, blinding Timmy and causing him to stumble backwards. When he regained his vision, he found himself surrounded by strange, otherworldly beings, their bodies covered in shimmering scales and their eyes glowing with an otherworldly light.
Terrified, Timmy tried to run, but the beings were too fast for him. They grabbed him by the arms and legs, dragging him towards their spacecraft, which hovered ominously in the sky.
As the ship lifted off into the air, Timmy screamed for help, but it was too late - he had been abducted by beings from another world, taken away from his family and friends and thrust into an unknown, terrifying future.
Years later, when Timmy was finally rescued and returned to Earth, he would look back on that night and wonder what would have happened if he had never been lured outside by the flickering flames in the sky. But the truth was, he would never know - all he could do was try to move forward, and hope that one day he would be able to make sense of the strange, terrifying experience that had changed his life forever.
Just curious...Wonder if Timmy ever met Travis Walton?
Em 1977, esse filme de ficção tem mais de realidade que outra coisa !!!!
Aaaahh, let the kid go….he obviously has better prospects than you can provide!
the kid played the five notes of communication thats why they took him.
Where can I see full movie?
That was scary, clouds suddenly appearing in a clear sky that all the lights inside it. The lights were the alien ships.
I wonder if u have to be at a certain feq to contact these beings.
Hey the kid wanted to go 🤷♀️😂
اینو دیدم چند سال پیش
Would of been so much easier to open the door lol
So Starlord was born
When the aliens come to about him he says toys because the kid won't say the line in the script so Spielberg held up some toys behind camera
I used to think she was so hot when I was young!
She has a nude scene in "Slapshot"
That little kid pisses me off so much 😤😆
ME TOO SCARED TO WRITE 😟😟😵😵😵💫🥺🥺😫
Americano acha que uma vidraça e uma cortina de pano vai mantê-los seguros... nunca entendi isso nos filmes.
Lol aliens are not hurry
Mothership UAP conspiracy
Is the child acustic?
low budget
im sorry but this kid....🤦♀🤦♂🤦
I know
I tried to watch the movie but that kid irritated me so much that I stopped watching it
He kinda ruined the movie for me
Baby repo.. when you dont pay your bills
It’s not terrifying and it’s not supposed to be. NHI are not malicious.🤦♂️