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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Full-length Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-11-01 12:00:14
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⛰️🛸👽 "If everything's ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon... play the five tones."

Join us for the full, uncut watch-along of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever!

Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 2-hour and 16-minute Director's Cut version. Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us!

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Full-length Movie Reaction

⛰️🛸👽 "If everything's ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon... play the five tones." Join us for the full, uncut watch-along of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever! Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 2-hour and 16-minute Director's Cut version. Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us! Join our Caffeine Club: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Gy-dQdSjhxTdEXS8qYKug/join Custom Reaction Videos: https://www.reactr.tv/totallywhatever Business inquiries are accepted at: info@totallywhatever.com Mail accepted here: Totally Whatever c/o Nanette PO BOX 372 Damariscotta, ME 04543 *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

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Jay Davis

Good riddance, Halloween. THIS is what I've been a waitin' fer!

ButtercupsTrueLove

CAUTION: Spoiler alert in following comments. Steven Spielberg has stated that he would have not sent Roy Neary away in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" if he'd had the perspective of having a family as he did later on. That story line could have been changed to make Roy someone without children when Spielberg was writing it. That story would have worked about as well with some re-working of the character to show his relationship with close friends and maybe co-workers. Some audiences would say that a man or woman would never willingly leave behind a family to go where the chances of returning may not happen but this happens every day - think of military personnel who have deployed to war zones - there hasn't been a draft since Vietnam and current military members have all enlisted to serve.

Phil Stubblefield

Couldn't have said it better, Jay! October is *finally* in our rear-view mirror... 😁

Paul

I'm so glad you guys watched this film! It's slightly chilling and amazing at the same time. It freaked me out as a kid, especially because I lived in Wyoming at the time and had been to Devil's Tower!

REDR58

There’s nothing to say that Roy won’t return!

Totally Whatever

I can imagine that having been to the Devil's Tower, this would be EXTRA creepy for a kid!!

Crimson Ace

With Jaws (1975), The Goodbye Girl (1977), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Richard Dreyfuss became the first actor to ever be in three consecutive films that grossed over $100 million. And for what it’s worth, Dreyfuss won his Best Actor Oscar at only 30 years old for his role in The Goodbye Girl (hint, hint).

Kevin Rubio

SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT CE3K 1. This is Steven Spielberg's third feature film. His third collaboration with John Williams, and his second collaboration with Vilmos Zsigmond (the director of photography. 2. This is his first collaboration with Michael Kahn (the editor) he has never worked with another one since. His previous editor Verna Fields was hired by Universal as an executive consultant after the completion of JAWS (1975). 3. Gary's reaction to the unseen aliens was don in one take. Spielberg set up a curtain just off camera with someone hiding behind it. He then dropped the curtain to reveal someone in a gorilla mask. (first reaction) The he had the person remove the mask. (second reaction) I believe it was Gary's favorite crew member, which is why he is smiling. When he says "Toys!" it's because Steven is showing him toys just off camera and making a big deal about it. 4. Spielberg initially offered the role of Roy Neary to Steve McQueen. McQueen loved the script but turned it down because he did not believe that he could cry at the end (well up). Steven offered to change it, but McQueen protested. "Don't" He thought it was the most beautiful part of the character. 5. The final scene was filmed in an old air hanger in Alabama, and it still was not big enough so the erected scaffolding to extend the set. 6. The little aliens that come out at the end are all little girls from a ballet school. 7. Carlo Rambaldi created the alien that greats the engineers. He would latter go on to create E.T. 8. Steven is credited as the writer. His only other "written by" to date is THE FABLEMANS (2022) 9. R2-D2 makes an appearance in this film. You can see him when the mother ship is rising over the mountain. He's hanging upside down and backlit with a red light. 10. George Lucas thought Close Encounters would make more than Star Wars, so while on vacation with Spielberg in Hawaii, they traded profit percentage points (not all of them) with each other's films. Spielberg came out on top with that one and he is still earning money from Star Wars to this date. BONUS: It was on that same vacation where George pitch Steven a film about a globe trotting archeologist who went on many adventures dealing with mysticism.

Shawn Goforth

The French researcher in this film, Msr. Lacombe, is played by Francois Truffaut, one of the world's greatest film directors and a pioneering member of the French New Wave movement. His reputation is at least on par, if not held above, directors like Hitchcock, Spielberg, Scorsese, and Kurosawa. He, along with Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, and Jacques Rivette, started out as journalists/film critics who banded together to become independent filmmakers to turn French cinema upside down in the late 50s to early 60s. Prior to that time, French films were predominantly concerned with the aristocracy, along with historical or literary epics. This group went against the grain to begin telling stories about ordinary people who made human decisions, both good and bad, experienced loss and emotion, and captured an entire generation as an audience. He was a primary influence on the American New Wave that came in the 70s, with directors like Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, De Palma, Coppola, Bogdanovich, Nichols, Altman, Cameron, Ridley Scott, etc. that would, in turn, inspire the film school generation. It speaks volumes that he and Richard Dreyfuss are the only actors credited at the beginning of this film. For anyone interested in checking out his catalog, the two most famous films would easily be Jules and Jim and the 400 Blows. Day for Night is one of the best films I've seen about the film industry. He directed an adaptation of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 in 1966 (which I do not care for), and his The Bride Wore Black in 1968, starring Jeanne Moreau, was the primary influence on Tarantino's bride character in Kill Bill.

Totally Whatever

Oohhhh, I see what you are doing there. I've seen The Goodbye Girl on stage, but I've never seen the movie, and Carolyn hasn't seen it at all.

Totally Whatever

Thank you for all of the trivia, Kevin! I would never have guessed that the little aliens at the end are from a ballet school. I would have loved to have been on that pitch vacation, talk about productive.

Totally Whatever

Thanks for all of the details on Lacombe - very interesting.

REDR58

The “Flight 19” TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers that were found in Mexico aircraft are based on a real incident that happened in 1945 when 5 of these aircraft and all 14 of their crew went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. Here is a short video about Flight 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eilFp0FhiI0 Here is a short video touching on some of the details of the Mothership including a close-up of R2-D2 that Kevin Rubio mentioned below, as well as some other Easter Eggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeB5WXtWvEM You can see the mothership model at the National Air & Space Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYrwu8KvZA0 I love how fearless Barry is at the beginning of the movie. If that were me at that age, I’d bet you I’d be hiding under my bed! There’s an interview with Cary Guffey, the man who played Barry, from about 15 years ago: https://youtu.be/4wppB5mD5XE?si=YXyzmHhJAbApzw9B The late Terri Garr who plays “Ronnie” the mom is in a very funny movie with Michael Keaton called “Mr Mom” in one of his first leading roles. In that, and this movie, Terry Gar reminds me of all my friends' moms back then. Jillian, Barry’s mother, is played by the late Melinda Dillion. She is also in “The Muppet Movie” (1979) and “A Christmas Story” (1983) two movies you should check out if you haven’t already! It’s never explained why Jillian and Barry are in the large house by themselves, I assume it was a house she inherited from her parents or something like that, and perhaps they had recently moved in given the sort of disarray of the house and boxes everywhere. You really should check out the movie “American Graffiti” (1973) with Richard Dreyfus. I’m so glad you noticed the bugs stopped making noise from the alien ship came behind Roy and his truck! The scene with Roy in his pickup truck and all the debris falling all over the place was done by rotating the set. The “Cotopaxi” ship that is found somehow stranded in the Gobi Desert is based on the real “SS Cotopaxi” which sank off Florida and its wreck was identified in 2020. For filming purposes, the ship was just a large model placed in the foreground of the shot. A “50/50 bar” that his kids compare him to are creamsicles because Roy’s face is half white and half orange. Now I want a creamsicle. The family has a traffic light inside the room with the train set, up on the wall in the corner. you can see it when Terry Garr is talking about Roy not going back out that night. Lance Henrickson, who is in the “The Terminator” as one of the police officers in the station and “Aliens” as the “artificial person” Bishop can be briefly seen after the Indian singing scene, in the auditorium audience, when Lacombe talks about then Kolday signing method and the music. You can see him again handing pictures to Lacombe in the trailer with Major Walsh right after Neary gets in the helicopter and then once or twice more at the landing zone behind Devil’s Tower just before the clouds move in and then near the end of the movie. Roberts Blossom, who plays the farmer who said he saw Bigfoot and who was whistling earlier as the aliens came around the corner is in the first "Home Alone" (1990) movie as the neighbor to Kevin McCallister. The potato Mountain is spoofed in the Simpsons (watch all the way to the end!): https://youtu.be/3oTR5o9nUzI?si=rcXiWgjpe-6EsIYB All the kid actors do a really good job in this movie. Very naturalistic When Roy wakes up in front of the train, set his daughter’s watching a Marvin the Martian cartoon. Just before Roy figures out the Devil‘s Tower shape, there are Star Trek USS Enterprise and Klingon Bird of Prey models hanging from the ceiling behind in the background. The exterior of the Neary household is at: 1613 Carlisle Dr E, Mobile, AL 36618 If you Google it, you can use street view to look around the street and see it matches pretty much what you see in the movie. You can see some of the “dead” animals are still breathing as Roy and Jillian’s car slows down to pass some sheep. Josef Summer who plays Larry who runs with Gillian and Roy to the mountain before being hit with the knockout gas appears in the movies “Dirty Harry” (1971) with Clint Eastwood and “Witness” (1985) with Harrison Ford, both movies you should check out. The late Carl Weathers (Apollo From “Rocky” and Dillion from “Predator”) has a brief appearance as one of the Military Police evacuating the town when Neary arrives as people are getting on trains. His scene was filmed but cut and you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or2P67mEFKw Despite his scene being deleted, he is still listed in the end credits as “Military Police” The reason the first alien is so different looking compared to the second group and then the last individual alien is that they were supposed to be several different races of aliens on the ship. Some of the little aliens can be seen sliding down the ramp. Anyway, great reaction. Now on To Commando!

Totally Whatever

WOW!! Thanks for all the extra information. We will take some time to go through all of this. Looks like we have another Simpsons episode to react to.

Mike the Ginger

Good watch, I had not seen this one in a few years. I think one reason I never got much into this movie is because I actually did not see this one until I was an adult (whereas I saw Jaws and Jurassic Park when I was a kid), and also because I found it very dark. Still a good film though, and a must see for anyone. - All the math in this movie reminds me of how badly I suck in math. You two seemed like you would be good in it. - One reason I was never head over heels for this movie was because I found them to be a very aggravating family. You guys said that everyone in the film kept talking on top of each other. You are right and I find that aggravating. - Carolyn said she liked power outages as a kid. Who likes power outages!? I also laughed when Carolyn was talking about parents making out! Ew! LOL - You guys totally called the potato mountain, I was impressed. - The crazy bigfoot guy was the character of Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990).

Totally Whatever

That beginning scene with the son bashing the doll apart - complete chaos. Power outages are awesome because you get to read by candlelight!

Prof Moff

I know this is a late comment but..... .I spent time in WY for work and I did go to Devil's Tower (because of this movie) and yes it is exactly as nutz as is looks. In fact it may be crazier. WY is full of mountains but NE WY is a high level area but fairly flat (just high) so the fact the Devil's Tower is such the....... I mean...... thing sticking out like that.... is unbelievable. I can not even describe it. I will say what you see it correct, no special effects at least about the tower. If you like weird natural parks it is a must see. ....... PS I hate cold, I hate mountains, I hate anything NOT beach. So I say this even though my likes.

Totally Whatever

Well, now we need to visit. I'm trying to convince Carolyn to go on a movie location road trip!