Close Encounters of the Spud Kind

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Close Encounters of the Spud Kind. (Publicity photo courtesy Gnomon Chronicles Film Board.

Close Encounters of the Spud Kind (CEOTSK) is a 1977 American supernatural geology film about an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher (Richard Dreyfuss) whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.

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  • Prometheus & Louise is a 2021 American alien-female buddy road film directed by Ridley Scott starring Geena Davis as Prometheus and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up in unforeseen non-Euclidean space.

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  • Close Encounters of the Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.

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  • "We choose to go to the Moon again" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.

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  • Alien Abduction is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg which tells the story of a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing Abrams and Spielberg into their town.

    Alien Abduction is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg which tells the story of a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing Abrams and Spielberg into their town.

  • Plan Hydrox from Outer Space is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.

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  • "Quicksand", also known as "Quicksand Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.

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