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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 135 minutes, USA (1977), PG
(5.0)
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Our rating:
Average user rating (4.5 / 31 votes)
A dramatic scene from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Hollywood granted a short-lived amnesty for aliens with Spielberg's often spellbinding and technically flawless sci-fi epic... We are not alone

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: The story has obsessive Dreyfuss chasing UFOs and racing a US government which is spinning tales of chemical leaks to keep the curious away.

The casting of French new-wave director Truffaut as the kind ufologist is inspired, and (at least on the big screen) the effects are breathtaking and audacious, while John Williams' score - for once integral to the plot - adds beauty to the proceedings...
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