Close Encounters of the Third Kind Page #3

They got him.

What?

Is it true you're leaving

to look for your son?

-Has there been a ransom note?

-Where will you start looking?

His name is Barry.

Where is your husband now,

Mrs. Guiler?

Are you involved in any

kind of parapsychologies?

Turn around, please. Turn around!

You gave the police a report.

Would you mind repeating it?

Folks, you can go in now. Room 3655.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this is a flying saucer.

That's the one I saw!

I swear that's the same one!

It's the one I saw!

It's made of pewter, made in Japan...

...and thrown across the lawn

by one of my children.

I wanted to point out that we're

not all ''polished brass'' about this.

And also point out that last year...

...Americans shot more than seven

billion photographs...

...at a record of $6.6 billion

for film equipment and processing.

Now, with all those

shutters clicking...

...where is the indisputable

photographic evidence?

I've been in the news

business for a long time.

We never took a picture

of a plane crash as it happened...

...or an automobile accident

and get it on the 6:00 news.

There are lots of ideas

that would be fun to believe in.

Mental telepathy...

...time travel...

...immortality...

...even Santa Claus.

I know it's no fun to go home and

say, ''Guess what happened today?

I was in the shopping center,

and there was this bright light...

...and I rushed outside...

...and it was an airplane.''

Excuse me, sir.

I didn't want to see this.

I sure wish I had.

For 1 5 years I've been looking...

...for these damn silly lights

in the night sky.

I've never found any.

I'd like to, because

I believe in life elsewhere.

Why don't you admit...

...that the Air Force is conducting

tests in the Foothills area?

It would be easy to say yes to that.

But I'm not going to mislead you.

This is not the case.

I don't know what you saw.

You can't fool us by agreeing with us.

No, come on!

I saw Bigfoot once.

Had a foot on her, 37 inches.

Heel to toe.

Made a sound I would not want

to hear twice in my life.

I believe I've encountered

that gentleman myself.

I was sitting on the porch,

looking through the screen.

I seen this big white dot in the sky.

It turned red and blue and green.

UFOs do not represent a direct

physical threat to national security.

We do not support them,

and we encourage you not to.

Let's get in touch with

the forest service...

...or we'll end up in a wilderness

area with vehicular traffic.

And that's strictly sacred-cow stuff

for those folks in Wyoming.

lf this mission is fully developed...

...I get white knuckles thinking about

what might be ahead for those folks.

Your flight will be at 20:00 hours.

We have a limo that'll take you

to the heliport now.

And transportation will be provided

on the other end.

-I like the flash flood idea.

-Where will you get the water?

We'll tell them one of the reservoirs

is going to burst.

There's not enough water in those

reservoirs!

Wait! Contaminated water

affects people, crops, animals.

Disease.

-Yeah, epidemic.

-What kind of disease?

A plague epidemic.

Nobody will believe a plague.

-Anthrax.

-Ranching country.

There are a lot of sheep in the hills.

Good, I like that.

-It'll create a panic.

-But it may not evacuate everybody.

There's always some joker

who thinks he's immune.

I need something so scary it'll

clear 300 square miles...

...of every living Christian soul.

Help yourself.

I hate these potatoes.

There's a dead fly in my potatoes.

It's okay.

Well, I guess you've noticed...

...something is a little strange

with Dad.

It's okay, though.

I'm still Dad.

I can't describe it,

what I'm feeling...

...and what I'm thinking.

This means something.

This is important.

That's not right.

It's not right.

That's not right.

What is it?

What is it?!

It's not fair.

Tell me.

Open the door, please.

please.

Open this door!

Open this door!

I don't think I know

what's happening to me.

Look, Roy. What it is,

is family therapy.

I mean, we all go. We all talk.

No one is singled out.

Maybe it's not your fault anyway.

It's waterproof. It still works.

promise me you'll go!

You crybaby! You crybaby!

-You crybaby!

-Get out of here!

Get out!

Come on, you guys.

You crybaby!

-Be quiet!

-Stop it!

I don't understand it!

-Neither do I.

-Get out!

Go to your room and close the door.

-Ronnie?

-Yes.

I'm really scared.

I want you to help me.

All this bullshit!

It's turning this house upside down!

I just hate you! That's why!

No!

Hold me. put your arms

around me. It'll really help me.

It'll really help me.

Listen! Listen!

Don't you see what's happening?

None of our friends call us anymore!

You're out of work! You don't care!

You're ruining us! You're ruining us!

-Ronnie, just hold on.

-No!

Hold on.

Ronnie, open the door now.

Come on.

Well, what do you know?

It's disintegrated.

Happy birthday, you thing from

another world, you.

Thank you!

Well, I guess he's had enough.

Are you going to yell at me?

Everything's fine.

All this stuff is coming down.

It's all gonna be like it was.

That's the last straw!

Now I use my secret weapon!

Roy, I'm sorry about last night.

Roy!

Roy, what are you doing?

Jesus!

The plants are fine there!

Can you hear me?

Wait!

Wait! What are you doing?

You're gonna love it!

-What do you mean?

-You'll really love this.

Roy, what are you doing?

Oh, Roy!

My God!

Come on, men!

Dad, after this, can we

throw dirt in my window?

Stop it.

Stop. Stop it.

Honey!

lf I don't do this, that's when

I'm gonna need a doctor.

What are you doing?

-I got it.

-What are you doing?

I figured it out, that's all.

Will you just listen?

You ever look at something crazy, and

then see it another way and it's not?

No, I haven't.

Come on, Ronnie. Just listen.

-I don't know what you're doing.

-Close your eyes.

Close your eyes and hold your breath,

everything will be really pretty.

You're scaring us now.

Don't be scared. Don't be scared.

I feel really good.

Everything's gonna be all right.

I haven't felt this good in years.

Everything's gonna be okay.

I can feel it.

-Now what else? What else?

-Like this? Like this?

Right.

Like this?

Chicken wire.

Whatever you're doing,

it's against the law!

He's putting it back, Mrs. Harris.

I'll pay you for this.

Take it. Take it.

I'm perfectly fine.

Let go of this fence.

Come with me.

Do you want me to hit you?

Let go of that fence!

Toby! Listen to me. Listen to me.

Come on, right now.

We're going.

-I want to stay here!

-Let go of the fence! Come on.

Stay!

-Where we going?

-Where we going?

-Where are we going?

-Just get in the car.

-Where are we going?

-Quietly, quickly, get in.

Get in there, Toby.

Quickly.

-Dad needs some more help!

-Lock the doors!

Dad needs some more help!

Quiet! Just lock the doors.

Roll up those windows.

Dad needs some more help!

Honey, where you going?

-What?

-Where are you going?

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