Close Encounters of the Third Kind Page #4

Taking the kids to my sister's.

That's crazy.

You're not even dressed.

What?

You said what?

Ronnie, wait!

Ronnie, hold it.

Will you hold it one minute?

Morning.

What is wrong with me today?

Who is it, please?

It's the mailman. There's a package

for Julie Anderson.

You can just leave it at the door!

I can't do that.

I'm supposed to C.O.D.

And besides...

...you and I have to have

a little talk...

...about Kim.

Like sands through the hourglass...

...so are the Days of Our Lives.

Here comes the king

Here comes the big number one

Budweiser beer

The king is second to none

When you say Bud

The king is coming

Let's hear the call

When you say Bud

You've said it all

When you say Bud

You've said it all

Good evening. At the top of the news

tonight, a rail disaster.

At Devil's Tower, Wyoming...

...a trainload of dangerous

chemical gas went off the rails...

...and forced the widest

area evacuation...

...in the history of these

controversial rail shipments.

Whenever you want me to.

Tomorrow is fine.

I can do other things.

I'm trying to be.

Yes, I am.

The Army and National Guard are

supervising the evacuation.

I am an adult, okay?

Even though there's no such thing.

It was a joke!

--the danger will be over

within 72 hours.

Ronnie, anything you want.

Anything you want, I'll do.

For how long?

All of you?

No. Ronnie, I want to talk

about this in person.

This is not-- We can't talk

about this on the telephone.

Ronnie! Don't hang up!

Just don't--

Devil's Tower, Wyoming was

the first national monument...

...erected in this country by

Theodore Roosevelt in 1915.

Thousands of civilian refugees

are fleeing the area...

...spurred by rumors that the

overturned tanker cars...

...at Walkashi Needles Junction were

filled to capacity with nerve gas.

Fortunately,

there have been no fatalities.

--evacuate this area,

which soon...

...will become the ''hot zone,''

depending on the prevailing winds.

This is as close to the disaster

as we've been allowed to get.

--due to a strong prevailing

north-south wind.

Army engineers and the

Wyoming National Guard...

...are making every effort to

contain the leaking toxins...

...and evacuate an area of almost

Everyone is being warned:

Stay out of the area.

Everyone, please,

stay out of the area.

--thousands of others

are homeless.

U.S. Army Materiel Command has

issued these new area restrictions:

All roadways north of Crowheart on

Interstate 25.

All roads leading into the

Grand Tetons west of Meteste.

All multilane undivided

full traffic interchange...

...railroad, local and historic

stage roads south of Cody.

Why aren't there fat lines

instead of these thin ones?

You're going the wrong way!

Turn back around. Back this way.

What's the matter with you?

Yes, sir. Sorry, officer.

It's just a rental, officer.

My fault! My fault!

Starting with the letter ''F,''

as in ''Frank''...

...to the letter ''J'' as in ''Jack''...

...please find your way to the loading

platform for immediate boarding.

You'll be real disappointed

and sorry...

...if you don't have an early warning

system, such as a bird, a gas mask.

Why, even my dog has a gas mask.

And any of you folks are

worth more than a dog.

Roy!

I don't care where you go,

just get behind the barricade!

Why are we here?

The only way there is across country.

We'll break through the fence.

-Let's go.

-All right, hold on.

The police dragged the river for him.

I told them he wasn't in the river.

He wasn't.

Then they went around to every house

within five miles...

...looking inside backyard

refrigerators.

They asked if I'd seen any strangers

in the neighbourhood.

I don't believe it's real.

I don't believe it's real!

It's real.

Let's get down there. Get some gas

and get down in there.

What are those?

Look, I guarantee you.

This whole thing is a put-on.

What do you want?

Get your hands off!

-How are you feeling?

-I feel fine!

According to my birds, the bad air

is from you guys farting around!

-Move them out!

-What's happening?

Where are we going?

Where are you taking her?

Hold it! Why can't we go together?

Watch your step.

We have very little time, Mr. Neary.

This is Mr. Lacombe.

We need answers from you that are

honest, direct and to the point.

Where is Jillian?

Do you realize the danger you

and your friend have risked?

In coming here, you've

exposed yourself to toxic gas.

Well, I'm alive.

We're talking.

This is true, Mr. Neary.

But if the wind blew from

the south instead of the north...

...this conversation would not be

taking place.

There's nothing wrong with the air.

What makes you say that?

I just know.

There's nothing wrong with it.

Go outside and make me a liar.

I want to talk to the man in charge.

Mr. Lacombe is the highest authority.

He isn't even an American.

Mr. Neary, are you an artist

or a painter?

No.

Have you been hearing a persistent

ringing in your ears?

Almost an agreeable ringing?

No.

Having headaches, migraines?

Yeah.

An irritation in your eyes

and your sinuses?

Yeah.

Do you have hives?

Do you have allergies?

And burning on your face

and on your body?

-Yes. Who are you people?

-Look at this.

I got one like it in my living room.

Who are you?

Monsieur Neary, please,

one more question.

Have you recently had

a close encounter?

A close encounter

with something very unusual?

Who are you people?

-These people strangers to you?

-Yeah. Except for her.

And the two of you felt compelled

to be here?

Yeah, you might say that.

-But what did you expect to find?

-An answer.

That's not crazy, is it?

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Is that it?

Is that all you're going to ask me?

I got a couple of thousand

goddamn questions.

I want to speak to someone in charge.

I want to lodge a complaint.

You have no right to make people crazy.

You think I investigate every

Walter Cronkite story there is?

lf this is just nerve gas, how come I

know everything in such detail?

I've never been here before.

How come I know so much?

What the hell is going on

around here?!

Who the hell are you people?!

Is that it?! Answer me!

I didn't come this far to get

taken on any bus ride home!

Five minutes. Five!

We're gonna hold

for a couple of minutes.

You brought 1 2 people to

the decontamination camp...

...instead of the evacuation centre

where they belong. Why?

-Because this means something.

-This means something.

These people have come from

all over their country...

...to a place they've been told

will endanger their lives.

Why?

Because somebody could be trying

to subvert this whole operation...

...by sending in fanatics, cultists

and Christ knows what all.

This is a small group of people...

...who have shared a vision in common.

Look.

It's still a mystery to me

why they are here.

Even they do not know why.

Don't! You'll be poisoned!

Listen, there's nothing wrong

with the air around here.

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