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Close Encounters of the Third Kind · 40th Anniversary Edition

Best Release

Sony Pictures · Limited Edition

Released 2017-09-19 · America

Director

Steven Spielberg

Sub-Genre

Alien Invasion

Box Office

$135,189,114

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

Runtime

2 hours and 17 minutes (137 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
In the box
Also available in a Giftset Edition in a rigid box which lights up and plays the iconic 5-tone theme
and includes a 64-page booklet with rare photos from the film's production.
Discs
4 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC THREE | DISC THREE
Video
2.39:1 · HDR10
Audio
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Subtitles
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Thai
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Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • Original Theatrical version (1977)
  • Special Edition (1980)
  • Director's Cut (1998)
  • View From Above (In-movie pop-up graphics (differences in the "Special Edition" and "Director's Cut" compared to the "Theatrical version"))
  • Cast & Crew (stills)
  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • + 5 more
    François Truffaut
    Melinda Dillon
    Bob Balaban
    Teri Garr
    Steven Spielberg

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • Original Theatrical version (1977)
  • Special Edition (1980)
  • Director's Cut (1998)
  • View From Above (In-movie pop-up graphics (differences in the "Special Edition" and "Director's Cut" compared to the "Theatrical version"))

DISC THREE (Blu-ray)

  • Three Kinds of Close Encounters (featurette [1080p]) (22:02)
  • Steven's Home Video and Outtakes [1080p] (5:25)
  • Steven Spielberg: 30 Years of Close Encounters (featurette [1080i]) (21:21)
  • The Making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (documentary (101:41) [480i])
  • Watch the Skies (featurette [1080p]) (5:54)
  • Deleted Scenes (with Play All) [480i] (18:23)
  • + 17 more
    In the Desert (0:49)
    Roy on the Job (4:03)
    Roy Gets Directions (1:19)
    At the Airport (4:37)
    At the Police Station (1:50)
    At the Barbecue (1:59)
    English Lessons (1:31)
    On the Roof (0:55)
    At the Gas Station (2:12)
    Storyboard Comparisons (with Play All) [1080i] (22:10)
    Crescendo Summit 1 (2:18)
    Crescendo Summit 2 (3:14)
    Barry's Kidnapping (5:54)
    Landing Site (6:25)
    Roy's First Encounter (4:54)
    Extensive Photo Gallery (stills) [1080p]

    Storyboard Galleries

    • End Sequence 1
    • End Sequence 2
    • Location Scouting Pictures
    • Mothership Drawings by Ralph McQuarrie

Behind the Scenes

  • The Opening
  • The Power Plant
  • At Home with the Neary Family
  • Roy's Close Encounter at the Railway
  • Roy at the Police Station
  • At Barry and Jillian's
  • + 10 more
    Crescendo Summit
    Lacombe
    Evacuation
    Roy and Jillian on the Road
    Devil's Tower
    The Climb
    Who Are You People?
    The Landing Site
    The Aliens
    Puck

Production Team

  • Vilmos Zsigmond: Director of Photography
  • Joe Avles: Production Designer
  • Douglas Trumbulll: Special Photographic Effects Supervisor
  • Michael Kahn: Editor
  • John Williams: Composer

Portrait Gallery

  • Steven Spielberg: Director/Screenwriter
  • Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary
  • Teri Garr as Ronnie Neary
  • Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler
  • Francois Truffaut as Claude Lacombe
  • Cary Guffye as Bary Guiler
  • + 2 more
    Bob Balaban as David Laughlin
    Dr. J. Allen Hynek: Technical Advisor

Marketing: Original Theatrical Release

  • Poster Concepts
  • The Release
  • Trading Cards
  • French Lobby Cards
  • Special Edition
  • Filming the Special Edition
  • + 3 more
    French Lobby Cards
    Original Theatrical Trailer [1080p] (6:01)
    Special Edition Trailer [1080p] (1:57)

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