| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 404 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, remastered in High Definition. |
| Language |
English (DTS 5.1, Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles; closed captioned. |
| Cast |
Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; visual effects, Douglas Trumbull. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977. |
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Special features: Steven Spielberg: 30 years of Close encounters; "Close encounters of the third kind making of" documentary; 1977 featurette "Watch the skies;" a view from above: feature comparison poster. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Original theatrical version (ca. 135 min.) -- Disc two: Special ed. (ca. 132 min.) -- Disc three: Director's cut (ca. 137 min.). |
| Subject |
Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human-alien encounters -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Quests (Expeditions) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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Fantasy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Phillips, Julia, 1944-2002.
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Phillips, Michael, 1943-
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Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
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Dreyfuss, Richard.
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Garr, Teri, 1944-
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Dillon, Melinda, 1939-
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Truffaut, François.
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Williams, John, 1932-
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Columbia-E.M.I.-Warner Distributors.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Close encounters of the third kind (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
1424870828 |
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9781424870820 |
| Standard No. |
043396212688 |
| Music No. |
21268 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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