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1980 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Special edition...
1980 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Special edition...
Item # 718683
August 05, 1980
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 6-12, 1980
* "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" SE advertisement
* "Special Edition" opening day movie premiere in NYC
* Science fiction film - Steven Spielberg - Richard Dreyfuss
Page 39 has a nice advertisement for the opening day showing of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" special edition. (see images)
AI notes: The 1980 Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens with an extended and more atmospheric version of the Sonoran Desert sequence, set in Mexico, where United Nations investigators—including French scientist Claude Lacombe (played by François Truffaut)—arrive to examine a mysterious event in the blazing desert sands. The opening emphasizes the surreal and almost sacred nature of the discovery: a squadron of WWII-era planes (Flight 19) inexplicably reappears in pristine condition, decades after vanishing without a trace. Unlike the original 1977 version, this sequence is presented with greater emphasis on the international, multilingual coordination and heightened suspense, as investigators question stunned locals and deal with a fierce sandstorm. The added footage contributes to the film’s global scope and mystery from the outset, underscoring the strange and unexplainable phenomena that will drive the narrative forward.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 95 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
Provenance: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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