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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $15.48
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Seller: entertainmentforlife
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 340 reviews
Sales Rank: 537

Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 137 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.5 x 1

MPN: 043396228597
UPC: 043396228597
EAN: 0043396228597
ASIN: B000VECACG

Release Date: November 13, 2007
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Product Description
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Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG
Release Date: 13-NOV-2007
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Amazon.com
Anybody who has written him off because of his string of stinkers--or anybody who's too young to remember The Goodbye Girl--may be shocked at the accomplishment and nuance of Richard Dreyfuss's performance in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Here, he plays a man possessed; contacted by aliens, he (along with other members of the "chosen") is drawn toward the site of the incipient landing: Devil's Tower, in rural Wyoming. As in many Spielberg films, there are no personalized enemies; the struggle is between those who have been called and a scientific establishment that seeks to protect them by keeping them away from the arriving spacecraft. The ship, and the special effects in general, are every bit as jaw-dropping on the small screen as they were in the theater (well, almost). Released in 1977 as a cerebral alternative to the swashbuckling science fiction epics then in vogue, Close Encounters now seems almost wholesome in its representation of alien contact and interested less in philosophizing about extraterrestrials than it is in examining the nature of the inner "call." Ultimately a motion picture about the obsession of the driven artist or determined visionary, Close Encounters comes complete with the stock Spielberg wives and girlfriends who seek to tether the dreamy, possessed protagonists to the more mundane concerns of the everyday. So a spectacular, seminal motion picture indeed, but one with gender politics that are all too terrestrial. --Miles Bethany

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4 out of 5 stars Close Encounters on Blu-Ray   September 4, 2010
Daniel T. Brengel (Ferndale, MI United States)
I cannot believe I waited this long to watch this film. It's exciting, scary, and fun. The Ultimate Edition packaging and special features are most definitely worth more than Amazon is charging for them...


5 out of 5 stars JUST AWESOME   August 29, 2010
S. Tereskun (Fort Washington, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

without a doubt has to be 1 of my top 10 movies of all time ! i have always been a fan of sci-fi but this is(IMHO) one of the best & MOST PLAUSIBLE UFO movies ever made. the acting from Richard Dreyfuss down to little Barry are all spot on for this type of movie and the effects still rock after all this time!

the famous music had to rank right up there with Jaws, Star Wars - once you hear those 5 single notes you know that you are watching a classic

i don't understand the complaints about the audio & video quality of the BD - i am watching it on a 60" Sony LED through a Yamaha receiver and an OPPO blu-ray player and think it is just gorgeous!


3 out of 5 stars Disappointing Blu-Ray Transfer   August 23, 2010
Jonathan Young (Los Angeles, CA USA)
The good news is that the set contains all three versions of the movie (original theatrical version, Special Edition, and Director's cut) and probably uses seemless branching to play them.

The bad news is that it's a poor Blu-Ray transfer.
I haven't gone through the entire set but spot checking the original theatrical version, it looks like they just dumped the DVD edition master on to the Blu-Ray without any attempt at clean up.
Lots of artifacts and graininess. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be watching CE3K on Blu-Ray or DVD as the graininess was rivaling Battlestar Galactica on DVD.

Disappointing for a 30th Anniversary Ultimate edition.


3 out of 5 stars Rating the Blu-Ray disk, not the movie itself.   August 22, 2010
paulnptld
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is one of my all time favorites. My expectations were a bit high for what to expect in the Blu-Ray format here. The transfer is decent, at best. Sounds was fantastic. There was a lot of graininess in some of the low light shots.

Because there are three versions of the movie on one disk, my guess is that the compression may have been a bit higher. This might explain the surprisingly low quality of the Blue-Ray version.


3 out of 5 stars Disappointing Blu-Ray Transfer   August 16, 2010
Jonathan Young (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The good news is that the set contains all three versions of the movie (original theatrical version, Special Edition, and Director's cut) and probably uses seemless branching to play them.

The bad news is that it's a poor Blu-Ray transfer.
I haven't gone through the entire set but spot checking the original theatrical version, it looks like they just dumped the DVD edition master on to the Blu-Ray without any attempt at clean up.
Lots of artifacts and graininess. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be watching CE3K on Blu-Ray or DVD as the graininess was rivaling Battlestar Galactica on DVD.

Disappointing for a 30th Anniversary Ultimate edition.

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