Four-Star Film : ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
Steven Spielberg’s magical, mystical 1977 adventure involving a UFO stars Richard Dreyfuss as a power company worker who sets out to discover what has blacked out half his state. Melinda Dillon plays a mother in search of her young son, who’s run off to become caught up in something special. A strongly evoked Midwestern America sets off wondrous and dazzling special effects conceived by Spielberg and Douglas Trumbull (USA Sunday, 3 p.m., and Saturday, 1 p.m.).
Other four-star moves airing this week:
Jaws TBS, Sunday, 7:35 a.m.
All the King’s Men Cinemax, Monday, 6 a.m.
Giant KCOP, Tuesday, 2 a.m.
MASH Cinemax, Tuesday, 1 p.m.
Say Amen, Somebody Bravo, Wednesday, 1 a.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m.
Rebel Without a Cause TNT, Wednesday, 9:15 p.m.
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