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\"e_t_the_extra_terrestrial_ver3\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Responding to Russell Perkin<\/a>:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A blog long ago by the great Professor Glen Robert Gill compared Spielberg\u2019s work to the Bible. Going from my faulty memory, I believe Gill placed his films in the following manner:<\/p>\n

Genesis: Jurassic Park<\/em>
\nExodus: Schindler\u2019s List<\/em>
\nJob: Minority Report
\n<\/em>Jonah: Jaws<\/em>
\nGospels: E.T.<\/em>
\nRevelation: War of the Worlds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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