According to Spielberg, making Close Encounters was the fulfillment of a dream from his high school days in Arizona, when he would drive to Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix and watch planes land overhead.
After reviewing all budget item lines, most of them were considered rigid in terms of the difficulties to shift money from one budget line to another (i.e. labor costs, facilities, equipment, capital, land, overhead, etc).. Nevertheless, we were able to identify a "flexible" budget of ARS $106 million, representing about 8% of the total budget.
By the time you reach Prudhoe Bay, industry has completely consumed the view: wellheads, compressor stations, seawater processing plants, roads, flares, landing strips and overhead power lines stretch as far as the eye can see.
His plane was forced to circle overhead before landing while a water buffalo was cleared from the tarmac.
The result may be the most water-logged pitch on Earth, inundated for most of the month (the dam failed) by knee-high, brackish water; but children still manage keep-ups, volleys and overhead kicks, landing with a splash that sends crabs and shards of reflected sunlight scattering in all directions.
On the expense side he jots down $1 per mile for fuel and engine maintenance, $1 for depreciation and pilot salary and $2 for all other overhead, including landing fees, the Internet reservation system and insurance.
While tied to the post, he metamorphoses into an insect and flies overhead before landing in the crowds.
Murray then came up with the shot of the match, blocking back a Djokovic overhead and landing it on the sideline for a winner.
Some burst overhead; others landed a little too close, and the crowd ducked.
By the end of the journey, the bond is such that Trico will playfully pick you up in his mouth and flick you overhead to land, cartwheeling, on his back.
