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Close Encounters returns to theaters in a 4K restoration for its 40th anniversary

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The Close Encounters mothership filming model on display at a museum
The mothership model from Close Encounters, on display at the Smithsonian Owen Byrne from Mountain View, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sony Pictures marked the 40th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with a 4K restoration from the original camera negative and a one-week U.S. and Canadian theatrical run of the Director's Cut starting September 1, 2017.

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  1. FirsthandCelebrate The 40th Anniversary Of Steven Spielberg's Landmark Sci-Fi Classic "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"Sony Pictures (PR Newswire) / 2017-07-25
  2. Other'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' 4K Re-Release TrailerScreenCrush / 2017

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