"Super 8" Movie

[Tom WA3KLR]

I saw the movie "Super 8" yesterday in Sandusky Ohio while on vacation.  In the movie, the local deputy sheriff starts to listen in on USAF HF communications.  The year is 1979 as I recall.

What he was using for a receiver (A.F. HF voice is USB mode) is a Heathkit Seneca - a VHF transmitter in real life.

Also in a residential neighborhood scene there appears to be a tower and beam in the background.

[W1TAV]

Indeed.. I just saw it the other night and thought about posting the Heathkit mix-up here too..  Good movie.. Sort of ET meets the Goonies..   Being a car guy, I couldn't help but notice the overwhelming number for Buick's used in the film. While there was a was a good spread of period correct cars, (and only one mistake that I saw with a newer International truck) they must have enlisted a local Buick club..

Hope you sat though the credits and saw "The Movie"...

Steve

[Tom WA3KLR]

Yes we saw the home movie at the end.

For the rest of you, some young guys are making a home movie throughout the film, and it's only while the credits are playing at the end that their completed super 8 film is seen, as an inset on the left side of the screen.

So for those who like to jump up and leave as soon as the credits start - DON'T.

[WD8KDG]

Filmed in my home town, Weirton WV.

[KX5JT]

Fun movie... love Spielberg!