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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition)

Richard Dreyfuss (Actor), Franois Truffaut (Actor), Steven Spielberg (Director, Writer) Rated:

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Genre	Military & War, Science Fiction
Format	Box set, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor	Franois Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Philip Dodds, Steven Spielberg, Matthew Robbins, Shawn Bishop, Teri Garr, Jerry Belson, Adrienne Campbell, Bob Balaban, Roberts Blossom, Hal Barwood, John Hill, Warren J. Kemmerling, Cary Guffey, J. Patrick McNamara, Richard Dreyfuss See more
Language	English
Runtime	6 hours and 44 minutes

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A Sci fi classic

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024

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I love this movie and it’s special effects, my only minor criticism is the disc is a disc one, other than that, great audio and video quality the disc and case were in great condition.

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Wonder in the Face of Fear: One of Spielberg's Most Enduring Visions

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2011

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This film, perhaps Spielberg's best among his more entertaining fair, is essentially about the war between wonder and fear. As human beings, we have an innate sensibility of fearing the unknown as a defense mechanism to combat those things which could be hostile and threaten our existence, be they at the individual level or at the societal level. History is filled with examples, usually of a tragic nature, in which human beings perpetrate against each other the worst kinds of inhumanity in the name of fear, be it religious, economic, or political. In large conflicts, human beings on each side rationalize that their adversaries are heinous monsters intentionally engaging in wrong-doing as an act of evil. Both sides, in other words, believe they are on the side "right" and vilify the other. In this circumstance, all behavior is dictated by fear rather than wonder.

Countered to this inbred "fear" is also the capacity to engage in wonder. Human beings are also infinitely curious, and our curiosity stems from a child-like desire of wanting to know, to understand, and even to touch that which may be different. Fear and wonder are very incompatible bedfellows which reside in each of us. It is a constant challenge for the human race to decide which emotion will have its say in terms of behavior: wonder or fear. Fear is about anger, stereotypes, barriers, burning bridges, and making war. Wonder is about happiness, trust, letting go, being curious, and being vulnerable; it may be ultimately linked to those emotions associated with love. In the brilliant SF film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", Spielberg and co. explore how these two opposing views clash in the midst of our "third" encounter with aliens from outer space.

Early on, the story draws the divisions between those characters driven by fear as opposed to those who are willing to throw off fear in favor of wonder. Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut) and David Laughlin (Bob Balaban) are the two investigators who are led around the world by the series of inter-connected coincidences which lead them to believe something extra-terrestrial is going on. They are in the wonder department. And so is Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss), a mid-west suburbanite who has an amazing "encounter", as well as a little boy, Barry, in the same geographical region who is enthralled with the coming of the aliens.

The US military, Roy's wife Ronnie Nearie (Teri Garr) and their family, and at first Jillian (Melinda Dillon), the mother of the little boy, belong in the fear department. In a simultaneously poignant and revealing scene, when the aliens come to visit the little boy's house one night, his mother shuts all the doors. Then suddenly, Barry opens one of the doors revealing a splendor of light and magic spilling from beyond. Jillian runs to the door and quickly closes it. She will not forsake her child's safety for Barry's wonder and curiosity. Over and over, Barry displays a kind of innocent curiosity for the encounter while his mother can only react in fear. Lacking the fear of his mother, Barry eventually leaves the safety of his mother and joins the aliens.

Ronnie Neary not only can't understand Roy's mood-swing from his encounter, she doesn't want to know anything about it. Something has been planted in Roy's mind, presumably by the aliens during his encounter, and he can't reconcile the image and its meaning. But Ronnie only fears what she doesn't understand. Roy doesn't do himself any favors when he turns his family upside down, but neither does his family attempt to find out what's troubling him. Fear becomes her dominating emotion while Roy is desperate to understand. The US military acts similarly to Ronnie as they want no outside interference in regards to the alien encounters, and continually deny the presence of these encounters.

Ultimately, by film's end, we learn that all the fears of the characters have been unfounded, a delusion on their part. All consternation and trouble, which are usually required for a story to be compelling, were human-created and not of alien origin. The encounters were designed out of benevolence, not hostility. Only one character, that of Barry's mother, realizes her error and changes from one who is at first fearful to someone who is willing to embrace wonder.

I believe fear rarely serves the human race. Certainly, fear has its place if a rhino is charging at you in the jungle. But if all human behavior is dictated by fear rather than a child-like wonder, we will miss out on some of the best of human experience, which I think may be Spielberg's point. The encounters and the close encounter of the third kind are only possible when human beings tear down the walls, throw down the barriers, and build bridges to the unknown. Certainly the unknown may be filled with snakes. But it could be filled with treasure also. The child risks falling by walking on two legs. Maybe adults should learn to do the same. Are we going to be a species who continually hides under the bed in the face of the unknown, or are we going to be the little boy who opens the door into the world of unknown wonders?

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I have only seen one part of this movie as a child. I buy a movie if I want to play more than 2 times. This is a great fantasy drama that I never get tired of watching. 2 parts are my favorite. The soundtrack is fantastic and the spectacular mothership is fantastic also. Love this movie.

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An almost perfect release of a magnificent sci-fi movie

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2007

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I remember buying the CLV Criterion laserdisc back in the early '90s of the original release and was in awe at the detail. I later bought the ultimate director's cut LD (the same ultimate director's cut on this release) and was really disappointed at the low level of detail even though the sound was really good. I resisted buying the DVD because that I didn't want to buy it again while not being certain that the picture would be really great. LDs' sound have always put the sound on DVDs to shame. So I waited for a Superbit version of the film but it never came. When I saw that it would be released on Blu-ray I simply jumped at the change and pre-ordered it right away.
When the discs arrived I was extremely pleased that the picture at last was of a quality that the film deserves. There are film grain visible but it doesn't matter since almost all 35mm releases have visible film grain on Blu-ray disc (I expect the same is true of HD DVD releases too). The picture was quite simply magnificent, the level of detail was very rich and the colors were very vibrant. The colors of the picture of BD releases is what I really am impressed with and this movie shines.
The sound was a little different matter. I use a PS3 to watch BD movies with an optical cable to my Yamaha amp with only Dolby Digital decoder (no DTS decoder) so when I watch the movies I use the DD track if available. The DD core of the Dolby TrueHD track was only 448 kbps instead of 640 kbps (all other Dolby TrueHD titles that I have have a 640 kbps DD core) and it was a little underwhelming, being the same sound quality as the DD track on DVDs. But when I set up my PS3 to decode the Dolby TrueHD track as a 2 channel LPCM track the soundtrack really excelled. The film originally was mixed in Dolby surround so to use the surround processor on my amp to play the surround sound in mono on my back speakers didn't bother me. The detail in the sound, especially at the end of the film, was so rich. I know this is not a fair assessment of the Dolby TrueHD sound, but Sony should have but a 640 kbps core on the TrueHD track, like with the Spider-man trilogy. I am really looking forward to getting an amp with HDMI input to process the true HD sound from both Dolby TrueHD and uncompressed PCM BDs (and DTS-HD MA when the PS3 can decode it).

The extras were basically the same as on my old LD Sony release with a great in-depth documentary on the making of the movie, the special edition (released in 1980) and director's cut. It also included a new 2007 interview with Spielberg reflecting on the movie after 30 years (the documentary was made in 1997, 20 years after the original release). In the case there was a booklet with some text on the making of the film with lots of pictures and a fold out with the film poster on one side and on the other side there is a outline of the differences of the three versions of the film with three timelines (one for each version) and notes pointing to various points with comments. What I really miss is a commentary track with Spielberg on each of the versions. I don't think that there is a single movie of his that has a commentary track on either BD or DVD. It would be perfect with a commentary track.

As it stands this release is really good. Some have complained on the lack of a BD plastic cover and I can understand it but with this content it is well worth the price (some have complained on that too) and I would recommend this release to all sci-fans.

Addition on 17. January 2008:
I have since I reviewed it bought an amp with HDMI to hear the uncompressed PCM sound from my PS3. I must say how that the sound is truly amazing. It is so full and detailed. The bass, especially in the scene with Dreyfuss in the truck in the beginning, is truly spectacular. The sequence at the end behind Devil's Tower is a feast for the ear. I have only been able to get the HD sound from the Dolby TrueHD track but I would expect the DTS HD-MA track is equally impressive since both is a lossless format.

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Still in 2023 one of the best movies ever made

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023

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This version is the (extended version) from the original. I first saw this movie at the local town theater. Cinemas 1-10. It was awesome on the big screen with their 100,000-Watt sound system. This version although maybe the extended... it is messing several parts. One interesting part was the Deleted scene 2 (Roy at the Power Plant and him working in the field with co-workers). Another was where one of the jets had a "freefall" and yet another, Right after the Air Traffic Control Scene, the Airforce research and development officials spoke with passengers on board one of the jects that had an encounter. (So typical of our government). There are a total of about 10 scenes that are not in this version. This being the special effects (extended) version, I was in hopes that all scenes where added in. They are not. This one was heavily cut up to make room for the awesome final scene. It's still a great movie and will always be one of my favorites.

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One of the best SciFi movies made

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2023

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This is an incredible movie that stand up to more modern movies and special effects proudly.

One of my favorite movies

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023

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I love this movie! It never gets old. I cant count how many times I have watched it.

Greatest Sci-Fi movie since the 80’s

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023

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Great Producers/Writers, cinematography effects, HD color vibrancy with excellent Actors/Actresses. Awesome sound affects, design, and music. Great gift for holidays or birthday for sci-fi movie lovers. PG rated also. :)

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stephen j west

Essential

Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2024

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Classic movie a must watch

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Niiice

Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2024

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Classic movie

Bryn

Good old film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2024

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Sort of film you watch over & over again

映画大好き人

流石スピルバーグの作品

Reviewed in Japan on January 22, 2024

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今から47年前に製作された映画ですが色褪せない作品です。
宇宙作品と云うとエイリアンやプレデター、スターウォーズなどを連想しがちですがこの作品は、未知の宇宙に存在する成体へ人間がコンタクトをいかに取っていくかを描いています。
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