Directors Cuts of Iconic Films That Surpass The Originals

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn butted heads in terms of what the final cut of Close Encounters of the Third Kind should be. Most viewers would agree that the end-product is a bit lackluster and on the nose. Spielberg reissued his own director's cut in 1998 which combined Spielberg's favorite parts of the original 1977 release and the studio-issued 1980 rerelease, which showed viewers the inside of the spaceship. "I should have never known the inside of the mothership," Spielberg admitted.