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Extreme Close-Up

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Producing House

While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1973-05-16

Runtime: 80 mins

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Writer: Michael Crichton

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Extreme Close-Up

Production Companies: National General Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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