Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey
Aired May 20, 2025
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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François Truffaut
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Apex Mountain
Dreyfuss, post-New-Hollywood UFO movies, and UFO-related sunburns: yes
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- Steven Spielberg is considered and immediately rejected as being at his apex here. — Bill Simmons
- 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. — Sean Fennessey
- UFO-related sunburns are given an apex here. — Sean Fennessey
- 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. — Bill Simmons
- Movie fathers losing control is rejected in favor of The Shining and Goodfellas examples. — Bill Simmons
- 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.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:11Read transcript
- Robert Blossom wins for being recognized as the farmer here and the elderly neighbor from Home Alone.
- Bob Balaban and François Truffaut are considered as alternatives.
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