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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Can You Tell Me Where Cornbread Is? On the first night of blackouts sweeping across Indiana, lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters director Steven Spielberg’s gimmick with the headlights, and a famous sequence from special effects expert Douglas Trumbull, in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.
Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Ain't Even Dangerous Opening in jail, Melvin Stewart the inmate harassing top-billed Donald Sutherland, whom we learn has been a demolition derby driver, among other things, from Steelyard Blues, also starring Jane Fonda, an early effort from the prolific TV director and professor Alan Myerson.
Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Where There Ain't No Jails Veldini (Donald Sutherland), just out of jail, with his crew (Jane Fonda as girlfriend Iris, John Savage his younger brother, Peter Boyle his often-institutionalized pal “Eagle”) visiting mechanic-thief Duval (Garry Goodrow), who’s proposing they rehabilitate a “flying boat” plane, in Steelyard Blues, 1973.
Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Put Your Thing On The Table Just-paroled Veldini (Donald Sutherland) visits his hooker girlfriend Iris (Jane Fonda) on the job, Roger Bowen her “John,” having a laugh, early in Steelyard Blues, 1973, co-starring Peter Boyle, John Savage and Howard Hesseman.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Put Your Glasses On First scene for Albert Brooks as Tom and first speaking scene for Cybil Shepherd as Betsy, at the campaign office, certainly the funniest piece of Paul Schrader’s script, Robert DeNiro as title character Travis Bickle lurking outside, in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1976.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) You Talkin' To Me? Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in his apartment rehearsing, with profanity, in the most famous scene from Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976, from Paul Schrader's screenplay.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Forget About This The fleeting first appearance of Iris (Jodie Foster) and Matthew (Harvey Keitel) in the cab driven by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Travis Hypnotic opening sequence featuring Bernard Hermann music, and Travis (Robert De Niro) applying for a job with a fellow ex-Marine (Joe Spinell) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Get Creative Following weird events in Mexico, at Indianapolis air traffic control and in rural Muncie, we meet Indiana power company lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr his wife Ronnie), called in to help with mass blackouts, early in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) At Devil's Tower First Roy (Richard Dreyfuss), taking a break to beg his wife to come home, then Jillian (Melinda Dillon), see TV news reports identifying the mountain with which they’ve both been obsessed with since their UFO experiences, in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

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