Spielberg Spectacular! Lincoln / Close Encounters… / Top 5 Scenes

Spielberg Spectacular! Lincoln / Close Encounters… / Top 5 Scenes

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We’re gonna need a bigger show… Michael Phillips drops by to select the Top 5 Spielberg Scenes and review the director’s latest, “Lincoln.” Plus, cook up those mashed potatoes for a Sacred Cow discussion of one Spielberg classic – 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

This episode is presented by Shutterstock (Use code FILM11) and FreshBooks.

:00-3:08 - Billboard / Shutterstock

3:09-31:31 - Review: “Lincoln”

Music: “Shark Attack”; “Raiders March”

32:27-33:26 - Sponsor: FreshBooks

33:50-40:01 - Massacre Theatre

39:52-45:35 - Polls

41:45-1:07:16 - Sacred Cow: “Close Encounters…”

Music: John Williams “Catch Me… (Opening Theme)”; “E.T. (Main Theme)”

1:08:17-1:18:50 - Donations

1:19:16-1:55:50 - Top 5: Spielberg Scenes

1:55:51-2:00:37 - Close

LINKS

- Josh’s “Lincoln” review

- Top 5 Spielberg Scenes

- Matt and Alison’s Top 5 Spielberg Scenes

- This American Life live show

- Alan’s UK movie meetup

NOTES

- Massacre Theatre winner: Caleb Copeland

PARTNERS

- Fandor.com/Filmspotting

- The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith- iTunes