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...secret turns out to have been worth keeping. Although the movie is not a sure blockbuster???it lacks the simplicity of effect that characterizes most alltime box office champs?it will certainly be a big enough hit to keep Columbia's stockholders happy. More important, Close Encounters offers proof, if any were needed, that Spielberg's reputation is no accident. His new movie is richer and more ambitious than Jaws, and it reaches the viewer at a far more profound level than Star Wars. The film is not perfect, but, like Stanley Kubrick's similar (if far chillier...
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