Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Ceremony Year: 1978Category: Best DirectorReleased: 1977

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Steven Spielberg— Steven Spielberg

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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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DIRECTING — 50th Academy Awards (1978)

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