Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

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Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill

Narrator (voice)

Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg

Self

George Lucas
George Lucas

Self

Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott

Self

James Cameron
James Cameron

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