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Jun 12
1h 11m

Close Encounters of the Third Kind & Dis...

Brian Rowe
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With Disclosure Day, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg returns to the alien invasion genre he's defined for generations. So this week we took a look back at where he started, with just his third theatrical release, Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. Questions or comments about what we talked about? Click here to let us know! 
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