Figure 1.--Here the young film makers are discussing the strange happenings at a diner. The scene doesn't quite ring true. Kids at this age didn't eat restaurant meals like this together in 1979. They might have hamburgers and frebnchfries, but not meals like this. The hat and suit the one boy is wearing is a costume for the film that they are shooting.

This is a Stephen Speilberg period scifi film in the tradition of 'ET'. 'Super 8' deals with a group of friends n a small Ohio town during the summer of 1979. There are some time touches to recreate the small town 1970s feekling. The group is making a low budget zombie movie. The title comes from the Super 8 movie film. This was a type of movie film available for personal use in the days before videos and digital photography. (It was 8 mm wide compared to the 35 mm used by movie studios.) A pickup truck causes a train derailment at the railway station where they are filming a scene. After witnessing the unexplained train crash. They find strange white cubes everywhere. the children begin to notice mysterious happenings in their town They begin to suspect that it was not an accident and decide to investigate. Particularly disturbing to the children is pets running away. Then people begin to disappear and inexplicable events happen. The local Deputy also begins to look into the happenings, but makes no headway. The Air Force gets involved. Of course aliens are involved.

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