Close encounters of the third kind
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 o... Full description
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. |
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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 |