You Haven't Seen WHAT?!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I feel sad for anyone who's not seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It's impossible to see the original version. It has been lost to time, two very key scenes missing that make it almost a different movie. Bah on Spielberg for self-censorship and history rewriting.

I remember seeing a version of this film where Dreyfuss is throwing trees and items to construct his tower through the house windows as his family flees. I saw it on TV and have never seen it again. Is it on the DVD or is it one of the scenes Spielberg took out?