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From: Philip Mantle <el51@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 02:32:34 +0000
Fwd Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 13:36:03 -0400
Subject: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Re-release


CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - SPECIAL EDITION

PRESS RELEASE

In the year of the 50th anniversary of the first recorded UFO sighting,
and with the current craze of all things sci-fi, UFO and
extra-terrestrial, the granddaddy of the modern sci-fi mivie 'CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND' (PG) comes to video on September 22 l997 at
=A39.99 rrp. This new digitally re-mastered and restored edition has been
approved by the director, Steven Spielberg, himself.

Originally released in l978 and a phenomenon with a special place in film
history, 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS' features in many people's all-time top ten
"greats", not just sci-fi enthusiasts. In its day, the visual effects,
created by British special effects master Douglas Trumbull, were on the
far side of the cutting edge of sci-fi film technology. The film has one
of the most distinctive, haunting and memorable film theme tunes of all
time, courtesy of movie music maestro and Spielberg collaborator, John
Williams. And Spielberg was the first director to treat aliens
sympatheticaly, not the simplistic anti-American enemy.

'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND' begins when Roy Neary (Richard
Dreyfuss), a power repairman, witnesses unidentified flying objects in
the skies near his Indiana home. He tries to understand his experience
but is thwarted by a government cover-up. His wife (Teri Garr) cannot
understand and watches their relationship disintergrate. Neary finds an
ally in Jillian Guiler (Melinda Dillon), who also witnessed the
visitation and whose son has been kidnapped by the UFOs. They, and others
like them, are drawn inexplicably to Wyoming, to a mounntain they have
seen in dreams, paintings, sculptures, even mashed potato...

With new evidence concerning the possibility of life on other planets
resulting in renewed global interest in the subject, the cult phenomenon
which is 'THE X FILES', and a clutch of recent sci-fi films (Mars Attacks
and Independence Day), no video or sci-fi collection is complete without
this new edition of 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND'.

Product Information:

Release Date: 22 September l997.

Certificate: PG.

Running Time: 127 minutes.

Formats: Full Screen and Wide Screen.

Price: =A39.99.

Note to editors: If you are interested in running a competition, offering
copies of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind as prizes, please use the
contact details below.

For further information/transparencies, please contact Deborah Kings or
Charlotte Evans at Consolidated Comunications, 1-5 Poland Street, London,
W1V 3DG. Tele: 0171 287 2087. E-mail: charlote@consol.co.uk