Close Encounters of the Third Kind (6/8) Movie CLIP - Communicating with the Mothership (1977) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Scientists try to communicate with the Mothership using light and musical tones.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Neary's wife and children are at first skeptical, then concerned, and eventually fearful, as Roy refuses to accept a "logical" explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his job, his home, and his family to pursue the "truth" about UFOs. Neary's obsession eventually puts him in contact with others who've had close encounters with alien spacecraft, including Jillian (Melinda Dillon), a single mother whose son disappeared during her UFO experience, and Claude Lacombe (celebrated French filmmaker François Truffaut), a French researcher who believes that we can use a musical language to communicate with alien visitors. Lacombe's theory is put to the test when a band of government researchers and underground UFO enthusiasts (including Neary) join for an exchange with alien visitors near Devil's Tower, Wyoming. In 1980, a "Special Edition" was released. While its primary selling point was the addition of scenes inside the alien spaceship, Spielberg claimed that he also cleaned up some choppy editing in the second act.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Clark L. Paylow, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
Screenwriters: Hal Barwood, Jerry Belson, Matthew Robbins, Steven Spielberg, John Hill

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[rhealycan]

The ship’s sound is a tuba. The man who played the tuba for this scene is the man who taught my father to play the tuba. You have no idea how cool that is.

[Kosh]

"It's the first day of school, fellas." I love how they're smart enough to realize they're speaking to a species so advanced that they are basically children in comparison. Not just that, he doesn't seem one bit irritated about that at all, lol.

[kinndah]

Steven Spielberg always has a way of charming the hell out of your heart and blowing your mind at the same time. He's adorable lol

[xxwendyx]

why dont they make films like this anymore 😞 absolute classic!

[enonereh]

The aliens like classical music and the movie Jaws.

[Ashicakez]

I love this movie. This whole final scene really makes you feel as though you are there with them, experiencing all of this. It must have been amazing to see this in the theatre back in the 70s.

[darinb]

I was 12 when this was released, so awesome then. Imagine that sound in a theater.

[BwooHuraca]

So the aliens are just an intergalactic symphony orchestra?

[HenryvKeiper]

I remember as a kid hearing those last few notes and thinking, "Hey, that sounds like the Jaws theme."

Then I found out as an adult that they did that intentionally.

[a.t.]

I love how at 1:53 John Williams has the Mothership begin to play a variation of the Jaws theme! Must have had people in the audience laughing

[mertbeloglu]

Steven Spielberg has to be an alien himself. No human could've made Close Encounters and E.T.. Such a true genius.

[cambowles]

You know why this is the greatest alien movie of all time. These aliens are peaceful and intelligent. In every other space movie the aliens are warring and barbaric. We need new movies with this theme.

[jonathanlocke]

I always imagined the guy on the synthesizer being a little irritated when they switched to "automatic control": "Goddammit, we were jamming!"

[ViolentaShadow]

Thank God they communicate through classical music and not death metal!

[BlueZest]

I cry during this scene. Its beautiful to see humans of all kinda dropping everything in the pursuit of curiosity and communication. They are the humble piping instrument to their deep brass bass, but not resentful, just curious, a wonder-filled species instead of a violent one for a brief moment.

[davecrupel]

0:55 its the first day of school fellas.

my favorite line in the whole movie!

[ShyVioletIsShy]

The most enchanting part of the movie. The idea of a universal musical language is pretty cool.

[TheSharkIsWorking_]

0:57-1:05 Why does this one shot, 8 seconds long, always give me goosebumps and leave me smiling in pure awe?
That one shot is a perfect representation of the power music can have on a single image.

[peggyfranzen]

Brilliant. Not many understand music theory, nor, mathematics. The little one, Barry, with his xylophone, and " The Square Song"- is one of the all time great foreshadowings to a great ending ever. An amazing movie.

[joliecide]

Hands down Spielberg's best film. I'm putting this above Jaws and Schindler's List.