The simple plot-line about a happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife, whose marriage was strained while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making, attempted murder, marital case (he as the prosecutor, she as the defender), served as the backdrop for the daring exposition of feminist principles, a display of archetypal male vs.The film resembled, in part, aspects ofThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)and Hitchcock""sNorth by Northwest (1959), and various portions and themes ofClose Encounterswould be repeated in Spielberg""sE.Like that mastodon there."[Note: Adam""s philosophy of coldness to preserve hings ("You can keep anything good, as long as you can get it cold enough") was also his viewpoint on parenting and his approach to dealing with Cal.the first major Hollywood celebrity.In this spectacular film, the silent star screen actor was required o ride high above the city on a magic carpet (a 3/4 inch piece of steel suspended on its four corners by 16 piano wires held by a 100-foot crane), battle with a fire-breathing dragon (a cleverly-disguised crocodile shot with the actor using double-exposure), and ride on he back of a flying horse (or Pegasus).As he stumbled around, he saw a blurry figure and then screamed.Chittering scarabs erupted from the ground and viciously scurried toward Evelyn, Rick, and Jonathan - but continued by them up a concrete pathway when they all lept out of the way.