Lurker 5 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 According to this, the 30th anniversary Blu-ray edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind will contain all three versions of the movie (1977 theatrical, 1980 "Special Edition" and 1998 "Collector's Edition").I hope all three also find their way to the standard definition DVD.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 154 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Is this possible with seamless branching? I mean it must be complicated. I thought there were a number of differences, and some small ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Nice!I too, hope this will make it to a standard-def release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It is possible to do what they're claiming; the question is whether or not it will be done right. Will it truly be the 1977 version and not the slightly compromised cut on the Criterion laserdisc, and will somebody working on this be aware of the subtle audio differences between the versions? Mistakes in that regard were present in '98 version. Great idea but I hope they deliver what they say they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 This is all because I bought the Criterion laserdisc a few days ago, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hahahahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 From the little I know about blu-ray, I would assume it can do this kind of thing seamlessly, or close to, considering the specs, and of course if the disc is encoded correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I can't wait to see the original theatrical version again. There are still a few scenes missing in the 1998 version. For instance the scene where Roy and his wife are talking/arguing and he sees Devils Tower in a pillow. I also hope they include the original TV trailer for the movie, with the guy driving down a road at night and the road ahead of him lights up (this is where the original LP cover is taken from). You see bits of it on the 1998 DVD but not the whole trailer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 This is all because I bought the Criterion laserdisc a few days ago, isn't it? Mine's been collecting dust for the past 9 years.I'll throw in my "I hope this will make it to standard DVD" wish as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 it would be nice to have some Blue-Ray HD Spielberg movies finally... Jurassic Park next...PLEASE... god the DVD looks so horribly blurry and grainy... dear lord... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 According to this, the 30th anniversary Blu-ray edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind will contain all three versions of the movie (1977 theatrical, 1980 "Special Edition" and 1998 "Collector's Edition").I hope all three also find their way to the standard definition DVD.NeilIf I read that article correctly it should be coming to regular DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It's unclear: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg's landmark "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is coming to DVD ($40) and Blu-ray Disc ($50) on November 13, four days shy of the 30th anniversary of its 1977 theatrical opening.The release marks the first time a Spielberg movie has been issued on high-definition disc, and it also is the first home video release of all three versions of the film: the 1977 original theatrical cut, the re-edited 1980 theatrical special edition and Spielberg's director's cut, released in 1998.That part suggests that it will be on DVD and Blu-Ray, but this part suggests otherwise:Through a process known as "seamless branching," the Blu-ray version contains all three films on a single disc.Though I'm guessing it will be on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,991 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I guess both BluRay and standard DVD will feature all the three cuts. Probably the BluRay will have all the versions on one disc via the "seamless branching" technology, meanwhile the standard-def DVD will split them up on two or three plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 DVD can also support seamless branching, so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I bought the old CEO3K DVD a while back, so I'm not gonna invest in that same film in this format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,799 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 i bought it some months ago with some pain.... (well i saw it, decided that i would buy it, out of stock/print, order it in the store, the store does not say anything, find it in the store a month after...)at least it was only 8 € Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Peio bought my copy in 2004, so I'd never want to get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm not getting rid of my lovely Columbia Classics edition, but I might seek out the theatrical cut. Perhaps not on the day of release, but I've been wanting to see that version in proper widescreen and DVD quality for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Eh, mine was a gift so it will be like I'm buying it for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 I wonder if the original 1977 cut will be anamorphic. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Don't start...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I wonder if the original 1977 cut will be anamorphic. NeilYou're evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Artwork here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 it would be nice to have some Blue-Ray HD Spielberg movies finally... Jurassic Park next...PLEASE... god the DVD looks so horribly blurry and grainy... dear lord...That characteristic exists with many early Universal DVD releases, they all have that similar look to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Why don't they just make ONE version with EVERYTHING in instead of three separate films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 More money for the studios. Wait till Universal get started on his movies! Wait, they haven't done anything special to mine lately. Damn their oily hides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I'm not getting rid of my lovely Columbia Classics edition, but I might seek out the theatrical cut. Perhaps not on the day of release, but I've been wanting to see that version in proper widescreen and DVD quality for a while now.I've been wanting to see any version of this movie for a while now.Burga- who last saw it on TV 8 years ago and hardly remembers anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 So it will be available on regular DVD. Why don't they just make ONE version with EVERYTHING in instead of three separate films?Because the 1977 release is the best version of the film. To not present that version is almost as unforgivable as what Lucas did to the original trilogy.I wonder if the original 1977 cut will be anamorphic. ;)NeilI saw an anamorphic HD print of 1941 last night in 2.35:1 on one of the Hi-Def movie channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamboFBII 0 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The thing I hate about the DVD that's been out is that you gotta go to the other disc if you wanna watch the SE stuff. You can't just watch it in the normal flow of the movies.What I think they should do is just take the main parts of the movie and put an option in the menu where you can turn certain scenes/editions on or off. You can do that with the deleted scenes on Simpsons DVDs...why not do it with CE3K too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The Blue-Ray will feature seamless branching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamboFBII 0 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yeah, what the hell's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 What you asked for.1 disc for all 3 films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamboFBII 0 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yeah, but don't you still have to watch all three versions separately or can you do the different scenes on/off thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 You get to choose either one of the three versions.You can't have one with everything, as that version doesn't really exist.- Marc, who wouldn't want that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The 1977 version is the one to watch. Although the other two are worth watching and really don't ruin the film although I found it to be a bit too much to show Neary inside the ship because it really doesn't add too much. It's more visual eye candy than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The third version alctually deleted the "inside the spacecraft" scene, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Correct, the third version is the DVD release that's available now and combines elements from the first two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I haven't watched the 1977 original, so I can't compare it really -- but I felt there was very little wrong with the version that's currently on DVD. It does get a bit slow halfway through, though, especially with the Neary family scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamboFBII 0 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I appreciate all the interior of the spacecraft scene and I can appreciate why it's also superfluous. I like it just because it's got some phenomenal music written for it and yeah, cool eye candy. But it's also best left up to the imagination, too, like Señor Spielbergo says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Looks pretty awesome, huh? It's nice to see the digipack again, everyone else has been using Amaray cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 So what exactly does this release have that the last one didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Why is the special/collectors edition packaging always made out of cardboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I love digipak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 So what exactly does this release have that the last one didn't?The 1977 version and the 1980 version.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,357 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Maybe the Blu-ray' packaging will be different. Get that one!On the other hand, you might want to go for HD DVD: The Battle Still ContinuousAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 so based on the title this is the "DVD" version... not the HD version or whatever the other thread was talking about or did you mean that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I thought it was going to be 3 discs for the standard-def release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 it would be nice to have some Blue-Ray HD Spielberg movies finally... Jurassic Park next...PLEASE... god the DVD looks so horribly blurry and grainy... dear lord...The whole HD/Blu-Ray war won't be over for some time. Recently Microsoft paid Paramount $150 million to be HD-DVD exclusive, causing an uproar in the film business. Spielberg was outraged and thats why Close Encounters is Blu-ray/standard edition only. Hopefully more Spielberg will reach Blu-ray, but Universal hasn't been Blu-ray as of yet. Several planned DreamWorks and Paramount Blu-ray releases have been cancelled due to this incident. Michael Bay was pissed because Transformers is now only HD-DVD, so I think his future movies will only be Blu-ray.So, I guess what I'm trying to say is don't get your hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Just bought this today from WalMart. It looks fantastic. If you buy it from WalMart you get an exclusive CD of "The Entire Close Encounters Soundtrack". This is a bit of an overstatement, as the CD is actually a 2007 pressing of the original 10-track soundtrack. It has new disc art (darkness with a few UFO lights at the top), but the disk itself is on a card, not in a jewel case, and there is no sleeve or cover etc. Still, for those who don't have the original Close Encounters CD release it's a nice way to get it for free.Haven't watched the films yet, but I'm so excited to finally have the original version I remember as a kid. The packaging of the DVD set is wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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