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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

“We are not alone.”

December 14, 19772h 17m
Science FictionDrama

74%

TMDB Score

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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.

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