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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Runtime
2h 18m
(138 min) (director's cut)
2h 13m
(133 min) (Special Edition)
2h 15m
(135 min) (Theatrical Original)
Sound mix
70 mm 6-Track
(70 mm prints)
Dolby
(35 mm prints)
Color
Color
Aspect ratio
2.20 : 1
(70 mm prints)
2.39 : 1
Camera
Panavision 65 HR Camera
(special effects scenes)
Panavision PSR R-200, Panavision C-Series and Super High Speed Lenses
Panavision Panaflex, Panavision C-Series and Super High Speed Lenses
Laboratory
Metrocolor, Culver City (CA), USA
Film Length
1,000 m
3,695 m
(Sweden)
Negative Format
35 mm
(Eastman 100T 5247)
65 mm
(Eastman 100T 5254)
Cinematographic Process
Digital Intermediate
(4K, 2017 remaster)
Panavision
(anamorphic)
Super Panavision 70
(special effects)
Printed Film Format
35 mm
(Eastman 5383)
70 mm
(blow-up)
8 mm
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