Context: Spielberg then revisited his Close Encounters project and, with financial backing from Columbia Pictures, released Close Encounters: The Special Edition in 1980. For this, Spielberg fixed some of the flaws he thought impeded the original 1977 version of the film and also, at the behest of Columbia, and as a condition of Spielberg revising the film, shot additional footage showing the audience the interior of the mothership seen at the end of the film (a decision Spielberg would later regret as he felt the interior of the mothership should have remained a mystery). Nevertheless, the re-release was a moderate success, while the 2001 DVD release of the film restored the original ending.

Question: When did Spielberg re-release Close Encounters?
Answer: 1980

Question: What new footage did Columbia require for a Close Encounters revisit?
Answer: the interior of the mothership

Question: What was the Close Encounters revisit called?
Answer: Close Encounters: The Special Edition

Question: Which studio funded Close Encounters?
Answer: Columbia Pictures

Question: When did a Close Encounters DVD come out?
Answer: 2001

Question: What was one of the flaws Spielberg saw in the original Close Encounters?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Did the special edition or DVD release make more money?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which studio released the 1977 version of Close Encounters?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What studio released the 2001 DVD version of Close Encounters?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year did Spielberg say he regretted showing the motherships interior in the 1980 version of Close Encounters?
Answer: Unanswerable