Close Encounters is the movie from that Star Wars, E T period that is often forgotten. A Stephen Spielberg movie, this movie is a sale of obsession. Early in the movie there is a blackout in a small nameless Western City. An electrical engineer is sent out by the power company and has a close encounter with a spaceship.
Played by Richard Dreyfuss he is the hero of the film if there is one. He becomes obsessed with visions, first forming mountains in his mashed potatoes. Eventually he scares his wife and children to the point of leaving as he is fired from his job, and builds a dirt mountain on the families dining room table.
Across the world a French scientist is exploring a phenomenon in India that seems to be related to alien encounters. Deciphering a musical note through some process that I never quite grasped they decipher the code to be longitude and latitude. This site is A Devils Mountain in Idaho.
The government creates a fake railroad spill of dangerous gasses to evacuate the area. Our electrical worker is living an unkempt life obsessing on a picture in his mind. Watching the news he sees his vision, the mountain area that is being evacuated by the government.
He travels to the area, sneaks through the military cordon and is there to witness what happens. We never really see the government folks put together what is to happen but clearly they have a good idea what is to happen.
The ending is neat, the first time I saw the movie I did not see what was coming but now watching it I am surprised I did not see it coming. It is a good movie, a bit dated surely but still entertaining.
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