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For Immediate Release
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
OF THE THIRD KIND
LANDS ON COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD MAY 29, 2001
FROM COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT
* All Star Cast Includes Academy Award-Winner Richard Dreyfuss
("The Goodbye Girl"), Academy Award-Nominee Teri Garr ("Tootsie"), Melinda
Dillon in an Academy Award-Nominated Performance, Academy Award-Nominee
Francois Truffaut ("La Nuit Americaine"), Bob Balaban (upcoming "The Mexican")
and Cary Guffey
* Directed by the Legendary Steven Spielberg, Two Time Academy Award-
Winner ("Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List")
* Winner of the Best Cinematography Academy Award and A Special Achievement
Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing * Nominated for an Additional
Seven Academy Awards Including Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best
Visual Effects, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound and Best
Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon)
DVD ADDED VALUE ELEMENTS
* 101 Minute Documentary: "The Making of Close Encounters"
* "Watching the Skies" Featurette
* Eleven Deleted Scenes
* Theatrical Trailers
* Filmographies (Steven Spielberg, Francois Truffaut, Richard Dreyfuss,
Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon)
SYNOPSIS
In the night skies near his Muncie, Indiana, home, power
repairman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) experiences something out of this
world. His close encounter sets into action an amazing chain of events
that leads to contact with benevolent aliens and their Mothership. Spectacular
special effects, John Williams' outstanding score and winning performances
from Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and legendary director Francois
Truffaut in the role of Lacombe make CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
movie magic of the best kind.
* Rated PG
* Closed-Captioned
* Color
* Sound: Dolby 2-Channel and Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS
* Format: Widescreen
* Approximate Length: 137 Minutes
* Languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
* Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and
Thai
* Trailers: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
* SLP: $27.95
* DVD #12649
* UPC #0-43396-12649-7
TRADE INFORMATION
* Order Date: May 1, 2001
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND will be part of CTHE's
2001 Hollywood VIP Pass Promotion. When consumers buy a participating
title they obtain points to enter into a consumer auction to win Inside
Hollywood prizes on www.moviepoints.lycos.com. Using these points participants
can bid on prizes throughout the year. Prizes include A Set Visit to Pamela
Anderson's Hit Show "VIP," A Walk-On Role on the Hit Show "Dawson's Creek"
Two VIP Seats to a Taping of "Wheel of Fortune," Two VIP Seats to a Taping
of "Jeopardy," A Set Visit and Two VIP Seats to a Taping of "The King
of Queens," Watch a Table Read of "Bette," A Set Visit to the Hit Daytime
Soap "The Young and Restless" and more. The VIP promotion and on-line
auction will be advertised in a yearlong national magazine campaign.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment
company. Sony Pictures' global operations encompass motion picture production
and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition
and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment
technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries
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