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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Film · 1977 · 137 min · PG · Science Fiction · Drama

We are not alone.

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom

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In cinemas14 December 1977
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Physical release26 November 1990
First release anywhere14 December 1977

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