“If this truth were just known overnight, that would mess up a lot of people,” says Spielberg about the impact of disclosing alien life.

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Even when Spielberg embraces massive set pieces or cutting-edge visual effects, his approach to science fiction often zeroes in on ordinary people encountering extraordinary circumstances. The same thing is true for Disclosure Day, which tells the story of two seemingly ordinanry people drawn into a vast sci-fi conspiracy.

On this day nearly four decades ago, a bit of sci-fi movie history was made when one of the best action movies of the '80s opened.