Steven Spielberg remains one of Hollywood’s most respected and renowned filmmakers. The humble director, producer and screenwriter has recently released his latest science-fiction film, Disclosure Day, which is expected to be another box office smash for him. But are you a true cinephile who knows all of Spielberg’s sci- works?
Let’s put that to the test! Here, News47.us has rounded up the most popular sci-fi flicks from Spielberg’s portfolio.
If you aren’t familiar with this one, don’t beat yourself up. Firelight is Spielberg’s directorial debut, and he was only 17 when it came out. Written and directed by the then-rising filmmaker, Firelight follows a group of scientists who discover a series of mysterious lights in the sky. Abductions take place, and a horrifying twist is revealed: the aliens wish to take the fictional town of Freeport, Arizona, to their planet Altaris to create a human zoo.
Unfortunately, only about 3 minutes of Firelight have been made public. It premiered at the Phoenix Little Theatre, where about 500 people showed up to support the teenage Spielberg’s first major project.
The filmmaker has famously called his directorial debut “one of the five worst films ever made,” but real fans might beg to differ with the genius if they had a chance to watch the movie.
Written and directed by Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was a critical and financial success upon its 1977 release. The film follows an electric utility lineman named Roy who becomes fixated on the unidentified flying objects (UFOs) he sees.
Spielberg intended for the movie to instill hope in the unknown rather than fear. Close Encounters famously ends with Roy voluntarily joining the aliens’ mothership to explore the cosmos, and one of the extra terrestrials smiling, offering humans a warmer adieu rather than a familiar, sinister Hollywoodized ending.
