The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

1h 41min

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Richard Dreyfuss
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Teri Garr
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Melinda Dillon
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Bob Balaban
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Cary Guffey
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Ralph McQuarrie
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