Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Apex Mountain

Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Rewatchables

Spielberg is rejected before Dreyfuss and post-New-Hollywood UFO movies receive apex status.

In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:41:15Read transcript
  • Steven Spielberg is considered and immediately rejected as being at his apex here.
  • Richard Dreyfuss is placed at his apex because he won an Oscar and starred in major films during this run.
  • The film is selected as the apex of UFO movies in the post-New-Hollywood era.
  • UFO-related sunburns are given an apex here.
  • François Truffaut is rejected as being at his apex here.
  • Melinda Dillon is considered near her apex because Close Encounters and Slap Shot arrived the same year.
  • Mashed potatoes and their use as construction material receive an apex nomination.
  • Movie fathers losing control is rejected in favor of The Shining and Goodfellas examples.
  • Muncie, Indiana is proposed as reaching its screen apex here.
  • Teri Garr's apex is deferred to her Tootsie and talk-show era.
  • Bad parenting in a major hit is debated against This Boy's Life and other examples.