Cinematheque . Film Schedule . CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (DIRECTOR’S CUT)
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Douglas Trumbull, 1942-2022
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (DIRECTOR’S CUT)
United States | 1978/98 | Steven Spielberg
Though most closely associated with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the late FX wizard Douglas Trumbull did some of his most sublime work in Steven Spielberg’s magnificent and moving tale of earthling/alien contact. We will show Spielberg’s preferred cut of his sci-fi masterpiece, which eliminates the misbegotten inside-the-mothership scenes from 1980’s Special Edition while retaining some of the other additions. Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut star. Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond; music by John Williams. 4K DCP. 137 min.
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