Typical Spielberg film about church (4)

I believe the answer is:

echt

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'typical' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'film about church' is the wordplay.
'film' becomes 'ET' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'et' placed around 'ch' is 'ECHT'.

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(Other definitions for echt that I've seen before include "Authentic and typical" , "Authentic (from German)" , "Genuine (Ger.)" , "Genuine - authentic" , "True" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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