Close Encounters of the Third Kind VHS 1988
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a UK VHS release by RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video and Cinema Club. It was It was released on Sell Through on 14th November 1988 by RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video. It was re-released as part of the Hollywood Sci-Fi Collection by RCA Columbia Pictures in 1989. It was re-released again by RCA Columbia Pictures in 1991 . It was re-released by Columbia TriStar on Widescreen in 1992. It was re-released by Cinema Club on 22nd March 1999.
Description[]
Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses the arrival of flying saucers from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other worldly beings as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership. Humans and aliens have made peaceful contact.
Spielberg has replaced certain scenes with previously unreleased footage and expanded the dimensions of special effects with a breathtaking new ending that takes viewers inside the dazzling Mothership and beyond the outer reaches of the imagination!
Cast[]
- Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary, an electrical lineman in Indiana who encounters and forms an obsession with unidentified flying objects. Steve McQueen was Spielberg's first choice. Although McQueen was impressed with the script, he felt he was not right for the role as he was unable to cry on cue. Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, and Gene Hackmanturned down the part as well. Jack Nicholson turned it down because of scheduling conflicts. Spielberg explained when filming Jaws, "Dreyfuss talked me into casting him. He listened to about 155 days' worth of Close Encounters. He even contributed ideas."[10] Dreyfuss reflected, "I launched myself into a campaign to get the part. I would walk by Steve's office and say stuff like 'Al Pacino has no sense of humor' or 'Jack Nicholson is too crazy'. I eventually convinced him to cast me."
- François Truffaut as Claude Lacombe, a French government scientist in charge of UFO-related activities in the United States. The UFO expert Jacques Vallée served as the real-life model for Lacombe. Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Lino Ventura were considered for the role. Internationally renowned as a film director, this was Truffaut's only acting role in a film he did not direct as well as his only role in an English language film. During filming, Truffaut used his free time to write the script for The Man Who Loved Women. He also worked on a novel titled The Actor, a project he abandoned.
- Teri Garr as Ronnie Neary, Roy's wife. Amy Irving also auditioned for the role.
- Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler. Teri Garr wanted to portray Jillian, but was cast as Ronnie. Hal Ashby, who worked with Dillon on Bound for Glory (1976), suggested her for the part to Spielberg. Dillon was cast three days before filming began.
- Bob Balaban as David Laughlin, Lacombe's assistant and English-French interpreter
- J. Patrick McNamara as Project Leader
- Warren Kemmerling as Wild Bill
- Roberts Blossom as Farmer
- Philip Dodds as Jean Claude
- Cary Guffey as Barry Guiler, Jillian's son. Spielberg conducted a series of method acting techniques to help Guffey, who was cast when he was just three years old.
- Lance Henriksen as Robert
- Merrill Connally as Team Leader
- George DiCenzo as Major Benchley
- Gene Dynarski as Ike
- Josef Sommer as Larry Butler
- Carl Weathers as Military Police
Credits[]
A Columbia EMI presentation
A Philips Production
A Steven Spielberg Film
Music by John Williams
Visual Effects by Douglas Trumbull
Director of Photography Vilmos Zsigmond ASC
Produced by Julia Philips and Michael Philips
Written and Directed by Steven Spielberg
Trailers and info[]
The Cinema Club trailer from 1999 with clips of "The Pagemaster", "Andre", "Legends of the Fall", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Collector's Edition" and "Philadelphia".