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Word: trumbal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...optimistic movie about flying saucers with a lot of nice special effects. There is no moral dilemma, no alienation, no analysis of post-industrial society, and very little sex. The plot is unoriginal; the acting unspectacular. If you go to see it, go to see what talented Douglas Trumbal, the special effects person, thinks extraterrestrial creatures and their space ships ought to look like. And go for escape. Moviegoers who have always found sci-fi flics somewhat witless will probably feel the same about this one, while those who have traditionally been awed by anything faintly supernatural are sure...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: A Close Encounter of an Overblown Kind | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

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