Cinema: No, but I Saw the Rough Cut

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: THE SPECIAL EDITION

Directed and Written by Steven Spielberg

Hot young Director Ace Tyro has toiled for three years to complete his widescreen, R-rated indictment of major league baseball, All That Yaz. Its original running time: 135 minutes. But Tyro decides to cut five minutes for the premiere, and another five minutes after the first week of its release. He adds 20 minutes for the European version. For airplane showings the movie is softened to get a PG rating and cut to two hours flat; the airline projectors can...

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