Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ Returns To Theaters This Fall
This year marks the 40th anniversary ofClose Encounters of the Third Kind, the first timeSteven Spielbergtinkered with the idea of life from another planet coming to Earth. To celebrate, the sci-fi classic is coming back to theaters.
Following a cryptic teaser not too long ago, Columbia Pictures has officially announced the return ofClose Encounters of the Third Kindin theaters in September, and they’ve debuted an ominous trailer to tease the film’s return.
Find out when you can catchClose Encounters of the Third Kindin theaters again below.
Here’s the trailer for the theatrical re-release ofClose Encounters of the Third KindfromEntertainment Weekly:
For those who haven’t seenClose Encounters of the Third Kind(shame on you), here’s the official synopsis:
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 discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his wife and family. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. 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 II 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 area where he and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind – contact.
The trailer above adds a little more intensity to the proceedings than exists in the film.Close Encounters of the Third Kindis more along the lines of thoughtful sci-fi likeArrival, where there’s suspense and mystery, but also genuine emotion and much of your investment that comes from becoming attached to the characters played byRichard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garrand French filmmakerFrancois Truffaut. As with any Spielberg film, the family dynamic is a big part of the movie as well.
As someone who was born in 1986, this is one of Steven Spielberg’s films that I never got to witness on the big screen, so you’re able to bet that I’ll be heading to theaters to check this one out for the 40th anniversary. The only downside is that while this is a 4K remaster of the film, it’s also the director’s cut that will be returning to theaters, which isn’t quite as good as the theatrical cut.
Close Encounters of the Third Kindwill return to theaters for one week onSeptember 1, 2017. There isn’t a list of theaters available for this anniversary engagement yet, but stay tuned to your local cineplexes offerings to see if they’ll be showing it.
