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USA science fiction
1977
color 135 min.
Director: Steven Spielberg
CAV: $124.95 - available
3 discs, catalog # CC1241L
CLV: $59.95 - available
2 discs, catalog # CC1242L
Long before E.T. and Indiana Jones, before Steven Spielberg became the modern Walt Disney, a brand name and market force, Spielberg was just the world's favorite auteur. Close Encounters is the last, the most important, and the most personal film of that first career. He reassembled his masterpiece several ways, as Orson Welles once did, and for the Criterion disc he made it possible for us to see two different versions in one edition, a laser first!
| "The
Criterion version has been transfered beautifully, uses the widescreen and
has improved the audio." Bob Stephens, San Francisco Examiner Steven
Spielberg's 1977 science fiction blockbuster introduced friendly aliens, rather
than hostile bug-eyed beasties, making this 1977 release an overwhelming
visual and emotional experience. Richard Dreyfuss and Teri Garr star, and
Francois Truffaut steps in front of the camera. Criterion
presents the film in an exclusive widescreen transfer. Criterion's CAV
special edition offers: - All footage from both the 1977 and 1980
releases; program your player to watch the version you prefer
- Video
interviews with director Steven Spielberg, special effects whiz Douglas
Trumbull, and Oscar-winning composer John Williams
- Over 1,000
production photos, sketches, and storyboard panels
- Complete text of
several deleted scenes
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