CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
with Doug Trumbull, Special Photographic Effects Supervisor
Written and Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Richard Dreyfuss;
Francois Truffaut; and Teri Garr.
Monday, August 16
$6.00 General Admission
7pm - Talk by Doug Trumbull including never-before-seen photos
of the making of the film
7:30pm - Film & Post-screening Q&A
Phone the Mahaiwe Box Office: 413-528-0100 or visit www.mahaiwe.org
At the time of its release, Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind changed the conventions of the typical aliens-come-to-Earth genre. Originally released in 1977, Close Encounters certainly doesn't look like it is over 30 years old. Vilmos Zsigmond won an Academy Award for the cinematography and the image quality holds up after all this time. The special effects still look great, too - and they were done long before the computer became the backbone of the Hollywood special effects arsenal.
Join us for a pre-screening talk and post-screening Q&A with Douglas Trumbull. Visionary filmmaker, innovator and entrepreneur, Doug Trumbull has enjoyed a long and prestigious technological and creative career in filmmaking. Trumbull's early career included pioneering work in 1968 as one of four effects supervisors in 2001: A Space Odyssey. He subsequently influenced movie goers around the world with stunning visual effects in films such as The Andromeda Strain, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner. In addition, Trumbull directed the feature films Silent Running and Brainstorm. Trumbull has been the recipient of the American Society of Cinematographer's Lifetime Achievement Award, and has recently been selected by his peers as an honorary member of the Visual Effects Society (only the fifth to receive this distinction).
Running Time: 132 minutes