Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, et al.

Product Description

Dreyfuss is a man obsessed in Spielberg's science fiction fantasy that celebrates the possibility of friendly extraterrestrial life.

• Format: Video Game
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396126497
• Release Date: January 1980
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban
• Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Several versions are floating around.

The basic story is of a telephone line repairman (Richard Dreyfuss) who encounters a UFO and has trouble relating this to his wife (Teri Garr); she is in denial and refuses to entertain the thought that there may be UFOs. Be sure to look at the Teri Garr confusion face that she does so well. There are parallel stories of other people encountering UFOs. Eventually, the government is also contacted by the aliens and sets up a meeting with them had a unique location. The individuals encountered have also been compelled to attend; this is to the government's consternation. Will the other invitees make it to the rendezvous point? What trials and tribulations must they endure on the way? The lighter version, "The Collector's Edition" of the film. This is closer to the original cut, but still not the one shown on TV. I bought this version after I realized I had the darker version. I had to take the time to do a little research on the different versions. The dark version, also called "The Collector's Edition." However, it was supposed to be a director's cut, which cut out all the comic scenes, like throwing all the dirt in the window before building the replica of Devil's Mountain. And added some "Mother gets disturbed scenes." I bought the dark version first because I thought it had a special ending where the inside of the ship is shown. But I did not know that it was completely remade. Some of the gas mask scenes are also missing. If this review ends up in another version, you will have to check for yourself how complete it is and what has been cut out. Other than that, if you did not see the original or the third version that is shown periodically on TV, you would like this movie, and it is worth the purchase price. ----------------------------------------------- Well, now I do not want to mix media with a review that is for the movie; however, a later contribution with the advent of Blu-ray is the two DVD "30th Anniversary Ultimate" editions, which seem to have picked up some original material missing from all the various recordings. Now we have Steelbook (4K Ultra HD), and still counting. There is a 40th anniversary edition that I have not watched. Again, I am not trying to distract from the movie content, but this edition shows that (probably due to this being a movie from the pre-Blu-ray era) some scenes are clear and almost three-dimensional, while others are very grainy and of poor focus. Once you get into the story, this distraction will go away. Now, of course, there are newer formats and cuts by the time you read this review; no telling what will be invented. However, which version you pick will not tell the whole story, so look at other versions also.