Close Encounters of The Third Kind "1971" 5 Stars & DVD Review

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Theatrical Release Date	November 17,1971
Video Release Date	5-29-01
Dvd Release Date (Dvd Info Below)	5-29-01
Box Office Total (More Box Office Info Below)	$166,000,000
Studio	Sony
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Sci-Fi

2 Hr 17 Mins

PG For some intense sci-fi action, mild language and thematic elements

CAST:

Richard   Dreyfuss .... Roy Neary

François   Truffaut .... Claude Lacombe

Teri Garr .... Ronnie Neary

Melinda Dillon .... Jillian Guiler

Bob Balaban .... David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara .... Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling .... Wild Bill

Roberts   Blossom .... Farmer

Close encounters of the third kind is Steven Spielberg's extraordinary film about a man named Roy Neary who becomes obsessed with meeting extraterrestrials after encountering a UFO on an abandoned road one night. Against the wishes of his wife and children, Neary, along with another witness to the sighting travels to a mysterious mountain where the government has built a landing strip hoping to attract the aliens. Director François Truffaut costars as Claude Lacombe, one of the organizers of the project. Spielberg hoped to follow up the huge success of JAWS with a low-budget film that would be an easy shoot, but, thanks in part to the complicated special effects, Close encounters of the third kind quickly snowballed into being an expensive endeavor but a commercial and artistic success. No one who has seen the film has ever looked at a plate of mashed potatoes the same way again.

Director:		Steven Spielberg
Producer:		Julia Phillips
		Michael Phillips
Screenwriter:		Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer:		Vilmos Zsigmond
Composer:		John Williams
Editor:		Michael Kahn
Production Designer:		Joe Alves
Special Effects:		Douglas Trumbull
		Roy Arbogast

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DVD Review: One of the best Classic if finally out on dvd. and let me tell you it is great it has a ton of extra stuff, Deleted Scenes, trailers and the audio is great. It has DTS audio which makes you feel like you are in the movie. This DVD is one of the best. Thank God for DVD

1. Opening: Let There Be Light
2. Navy Planes
3. Lost Squadron [#]
4. Roy's First Encounter [#]
5. Encounter at Crescendo Summit [Not Used in Film]
6. Chasing Ufos [Previously Unreleased Music]
7. False Alarm [#]
8. Barry's Kidnapping [Previously Unreleased Music]
9. The Cover-Up [#]
10. Stars and Trucks [Previously Unreleased Music]
11. Forming the Mountain [#]
12. TV Reveals [#]
13. Roy and Gillian on the Road

14. The Mountain [Previously Unreleased Music]
15. Who Are You People? [#]
16. The Escape [#]
17. The Escape [Alternate Cue][#]
18. Trucking [Previously Unreleased Music][#]
19. Climbing the Mountain [Previously Unreleased Music]
20. Outstretch Hands [#]
21. Lightshow [#]
22. Barnstorming [Previously Unreleased Music]
23. The Mothership [Previously Unreleased Music]
24. Wild Signals [Previously Unreleased Music]
25. The Returness [Previously Unreleased Music]
26. The Visitors/ Bye/ End Titles: The Special Edition [#][Not Used in Film][Pr

Release Information:
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio(s):
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
Discographic Information:
DVD Encoding: Region 1
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French, Spanish
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Feature Length Making-of Documentary
• 1977 Featurette Watching the Skies
• 11 Deleted Scenes
• Widescreen Anamorphic format

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1. Main Title and Mountain Visions
2. Nocturnal Pursuit
3. The Abduction of Barry
4. I Can't Believe It's Real
5. Climbing Devil's Tower
6. Arrival of Sky Harbor

7. Night Seige
8. Conversation
9. Appearance of the Visitors
10. Resolution and End Title
11. Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
Academy Awards, USA
1978	Won	Oscar	Best Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond
	Won	Special Achievement Award	Frank Warner - For Sound Effects Editing.
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Melinda Dillon
			Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Phil Abramson Joe Alves Daniel A. Lomino
			Best Director Steven Spielberg
			Best Effects, Visual Effects Roy Arbogast Gregory Jein Douglas Trumbull Matthew Yuricich Richard Yuricich
			Best Film Editing Michael Kahn
			Best Music, Original Score John Williams
			Best Sound Gene S. Cantamessa Robert J. Glass Robert Knudson Don MacDougal