This is a lightly used
Close Encounters of the Third Kind betamax movie. Tape and case are in great shape!
Movie DescriptionCLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND is Steven Spielberg's extraordinary film about a man named Roy
Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) who becomes obsessed with meeting
extraterrestrials after encountering a UFO on an abandoned road one
night. Against the wishes of his wife (Teri Garr) and children, Neary,
along with another witness to the sighting (Melinda Dillon), 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 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 potatotes the same way again.
SynopsisCLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is director Steven Spielberg's mesmerizing
movie about earth's encounter with spaceships and alien beings as
experienced by one ordinary man. Richard Dreyfuss is Roy Neary, a man
who, after encountering an unexplainable phenomenon one night, becomes
obsessed with discovering more, to the dismay of his wife and family.
Legendary French filmmaker François Truffaut plays the head of a
government agency hoping to attract the aliens to an isolated
mountaintop in this unforgettable sci-fi thriller.
Film NotesIncludes a special, 15-minute featurette on the making of the film.
Theatrical release: November 16, 1977.
The film was shot in India, Alabama, and Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is number 64 on the American Film Institute's list of Americas 100 Greatest Movies.
The small, lithe aliens were played by young girls who Steven Spielberg believed were more graceful than boys.
A
close encounter of the first kind is when a UFO is sighted. Close
encounters of the second kind involve the discovery of physical
evidence, and close encounters of the third kind are contact with
extraterrestrials.
Although actor Richard
Dreyfuss won the Oscar for Best Actor that year, he got it for THE
GOODBYE GIRL, not for CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
The
laserdisc features interviews with Spielberg, composer John Williams,
and special effects man Douglas Trumbull, as well as previously edited
material.
In 1980, Steven Spielberg issued
a reedited version of the film entitled THE SPECIAL EDITION. He
shortened some scenes and added a sequence at the end showing the
interior of the mother ship.
Estimated budget: $20 million.
When
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS was released in 1977, it quickly became Columbia
Pictures' most profitable film, eventually taking in $166 million at
the domestic box office and $338 million worldwide.
Because
Spielberg really wanted the story to surprise spectators, he kept a
closed set during production and requested that the actors stay mum
about the film's content.
One working title of the film was WATCH THE SKIES.
Industry Reviews"...The best -- the most elaborate -- 1950's[-style] science fiction movie ever made..."
New York Times - p.C19 - Vincent Canby (11/17/1977)Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1977"
New York Times - p.II:1 - Vincent Canby (12/25/1977)"...The
only feature to date for which Spielberg has taken sole writing credit,
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is one of his most personal works....The story's
primal appeal endures..."
Entertainment Weekly - Bruce Fretts (06/08/2001)"...An undisputed classic....It's Richard Dreyfuss's finest hour..."
Total Film - Stephen Risness (08/01/2000)"Where the film scores is in its portrayal of an ordinary man, whose brush with the unknown changes his life..."
Uncut - Peter Hogan (07/01/2001)5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t remains awe-inspiring stuff that has held up better than the other big science-fiction film of 1977."
Empire - Ian Freer (01/01/2008)
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