Here are links to the key aspects of the movie: – What does the movie name mean? – Plot Explained – About Alton – Who is Elden? – Seeing the sun – Who is Paul Sevier? – Ending Explained; Why is the movie called Midnight Special? The title refers to the train called Midnight Special and the song based on it.

2016年3月18日 · Tonight’s sermon comes from Jeff Nichols, the director of the new sci-fi movie Midnight Special. You want a kid separated from his family ( E.T. , Empire of the Sun )?

2016年3月12日 · In the sci-fi thriller ‘Midnight Special,’ writer/director Jeff Nichols proves again that he is one of the most compelling storytellers of our time, as a father (Michael Shannon), goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers.

Midnight Special follows Roy and Lucas as they race to protect Alton, a young boy with extraordinary powers, from government pursuit and a mysterious cult. Discover the truth behind Alton's abilities and the shocking events that unfold in this thrilling sci-fi adventure.

2022年8月3日 · Roy, on the other hand, concluded that not only was the Ranch taking it a little far but that Alton needed to be somewhere else. The numbers that he would hear from the otherworldly source were not the sermons in the Bible but was the time, date, and location of Alton’s rendezvous with the ones with whom he actually belonged.

2016年4月20日 · You believe in Midnight Special or you don’t. This isn’t a movie you can rationally persuade someone to love. That takeaway is fitting, since the very subject of the film is the nature of belief. A science-fiction family drama,

Sevier decodes the numbers from Calvin’s sermons. They’re a series of coordinates with corresponding dates. Some line up to stuff like where the State Trooper was shot and where the gas station explosion happened.

2016年4月3日 · Midnight Special has been compared to Close Encounters, a film that works despite its lack of a classical structure. It works partly because Spielberg camouflages the simplistic plot with dazzling narrative set pieces — the discovery of the airplanes in the deserts, the investigation of the musical signal, and so on.

2022年6月16日 · The final shot of "Midnight Special" offers two possible answers: Watching the sunrise from his new home in prison, Roy's eyes briefly glimmer with a light that calls to mind Alton's own powers.

Midnight Special is a 2016 American science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and produced by Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. The film stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Martell, and Sam Shepard. [6]