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From the start of Steven Spielberg’s career, one of his first big successes.

This is one of those movies started a trend. The 30th Anniversary Special Edition includes the Original Theatrical Version, the Special Edition, and the full blown Director’s Cut.

Since this is a Sony Pictures product, it is easily understood why there are many features on the Blu-ray disc not found elsewhere. The set is, however, found in all three formats, so no matter the player you have there is lots to see and investigate.

All the versions also include a featurette called ‘Watch the Skies’, which is sure to be a favorite with you favorite ETI watcher.

for those not familiar with the movie -

Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who along with several other stunned bystanders experience a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. After this life changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with finding out what the vision represents, much to the dismay of his wife and family. In the meantime, bizarre occurrences happen worldwide. Government agents have close encounters of the second kind - discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War Two and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in unusual places. Roy continues to chase his vision to a remote location where he and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them together to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind - contact.

The visuals were stunning 30 years ago, the DVD will bring the theater experience home as never before. The soundtrack is an audio extravaganza, and the subwoofer alert is fully on! There is serious high frequency action here also, so you can test the dispersion of your tweeters, too.

Give the PS3 a workout!

This is one of those movies that you will pull out for years, simply to show off your system’s audio and video capabilities.

Imagine a couple of these VMPS subs in your room as you listen to the soundtrack!

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