Movie connections for
V (1983) (TV) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

"V: The Final Battle" (1984)
"V" (1984)

Remade as

"V" (2009)
 -  Original mini-series, basis for 2009 version

References

Triumph des Willens (1935)
Casablanca (1942)
 -  "Play it again, Sam. One more time"
Peter Pan (1953)
 -  "...fly him off to Never Never Land?"
Chikyû Bôeigun (1957)
"Dr. Kildare" (1961)
 -  "can't all of us be Dr. Kildare"
"Star Trek" (1966)
Star Wars (1977)
 -  During the scene when the Visitors are arriving at a plant to begin producing their "chemical", a high school band is playing the STAR WARS theme.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
 -  "For those of us accustomed to the likes of Close Encounters and Darth Vader's Star Destroyer..."
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
 -  "Aw mom, he's no E.T."

Referenced in

"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (#6.13)" (1993)
 -  mention at the beginning
Independence Day (1996)
 -  "For those of us accustomed to the likes of Close Encounters and Alien Space Ship..."
Dog Park (1998)
Recess: School's Out (2001)
 -  Mikey suspects that Benedict's henchmen might be disguised aliens with "lizard skin."
Gojira: Fainaru uôzu (2004)
 -  The aliens use synthetic disguises. And in one scene, when an alien (disguised as Akira Takarada's character) is featured with the aliens live on worldwide TV, Don Frye's character exposes them by shooting at him, and the alien's disguise peels off, shocking all who watched it on TV.
Never Sleep Again: The Making of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (2006) (V)
 -  Title referenced.
"The Jay Leno Show: (#1.40)" (2009)
 -  Jay says that the new series is a remake of the 1983 miniseries

Features

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Space Invaders (1978) (VG)
 -  girl and a Visitor play this game

Featured in

Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
 -  Appears on TV while the cadets are channel surfing.
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV)
 -  scenes from the TV Movie are shown
"Suddenly Susan: With Friends Like These (#1.18)" (1997)
 -  Jerry's room has replicas of both the small Visitor fighter and the larger Visitor troop transport ships.

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