Close encounters of the third kind

Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes o...

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Other Authors: Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Screenwriter, Film director), Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002 (Film producer), Phillips, Michael, 1943- (Film producer), Dreyfuss, Richard (Actor), Truffaut, François (Actor), Garr, Teri, 1944- (Actor), Dillon, Melinda, 1939- (Actor), Guffey, Cary, 1972- (Actor), Balaban, Bob (Actor), Blossom, Roberts (Actor), Connally, Merrill, 1921-2001 (Actor), DiCenzo, George (Actor), Henriksen, Lance, 1940- (Actor), Kemmerling, Warren (Actor), McNamara, J. Patrick (Actor), Zsigmond, Vilmos (director of photography.), Fraker, William A., 1923-2010 (director of photography.), Slocombe, Douglas, 1913-2016 (director of photography.), Alves, Joe, 1938- (Production designer), Trumbull, Douglas, 1942- (Contributor), Williams, John, 1932- (composer (expression)), Kahn, Michael, 1935- (Editor of moving image work)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
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Edition:30th anniversary ultimate edition.
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Summary:Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents have close encounters of a second kind - discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in unusual places. Roy continues to chase his vision to a remote area where he and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind - contact.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Special features: Disc 1: The making of Close encounters of the third kind: part I (39 min.); Original theatrical preview. Disc 2: The making of Close encounters of the third kind: part 2 (48 min.); Special edition trailer. Disc 3: The making of Close encounters of the third kind: part 3 (16 min.); Steven Spielberg: 30 years of Close encounters (21 min.); "Watch the skies" (1977 featurette; 6 min.); 30th anniversary ultimate edition trailer. Includes A view from above: feature comparison poster.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 404 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm), 1 fold-out poster (38 x 56 cm)
Format:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, remastered in High Definition.
Audience:MPAA rating: (Original theatrical version) PG ; MPAA rating: (Special ed.) PG ; MPAA rating: (Director's cut) PG; for some intense sci-fi action, mild language and thematic elements.
Awards:Academy Award, 1977: Best Cinematography (Zsigmond).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; director of photography of addtional American scenes, William A. Fraker ; director of photography of India sequence, Douglas Slocombe ; production designer, Joe Alves ; special photographic effects by Douglas Trumbull ; music by John Williams ; film editor, Michael Kahn.
ISBN:1424870828
9781424870820