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Yes it was basically the disc 1 of the DVD version. The Laserdisc was a CLV version of the movie only. Spielberg never wanted the single disc version to be released and he wasn't pleased about it. Again I got this from the Director of Photography of the film. Doug

The original DVD release of Close Encounters wasn't so much stopped as Spielberg convinced them to do a two disc special edition. I know that he didn't hold up the release of the single disc Close Encounters because of a conversation I had with Vilmos Zsigmond. Nether he nor Spielberg approved...

Actually Sony has a long history of releasing Close Encounters with out Spielberg's okay. They did it with the single disc release on Laserdisc and the single disc release on DVD. Spielberg was not happy at all with those versions of the film. I suspect that he only participated in the Close...

I know that Spielberg controls all the films that he has directed from E.T. on (with the exception of the Indiana Jones films). As to the films he has produced such as Back to the Future, that really depends on the deal that was made with the particular studio for that particular film. Knowing...