E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Henry Thomas
Elliott
Drew Barrymore
Gertie
Robert MacNaughton
Michael
Peter Coyote
Keys
Dee Wallace
Mary
Erika Eleniak
Pretty Girl
K.C. Martel
Greg
C. Thomas Howell
Tyler
Sean Frye
Steve
David M. O'Dell
Schoolboy
Richard Swingler
Science Teacher
Frank Toth
Policeman
Robert Barton
Ultra Sound Man
Michael Darrell
Van Man
David Berkson
Medical Unit
David Carlberg
Medical Unit
Milt Kogan
Medical Unit
Alexander Lampone
Medical Unit
Rhoda Makoff
Medical Unit
Robert Murphy
Medical Unit
Richard Pesavento
Medical Unit
Tom Sherry
Medical Unit
Susan Cameron
Medical Unit
Will Fowler Jr.
Medical Unit
Barbara Hartnett
Medical Unit
Diane Lampone
Medical Unit
Mary Stein
Medical Unit
Mitch Suskin
Medical Unit
Ted Grossman
Government Agent (uncredited) / Stunts
James Kahn
Mustachioed Medical Unit Member who confirms E.T.'s death (uncredited)
Anne Lockhart
Nurse (uncredited)
Melissa Mathison
Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited) / Screenplay / Associate Producer
Debra Winger
Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)
Lori Randolph
Blonde little girl tricker or treater (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg
Director / Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
Carol Littleton
Editor
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Marci Liroff
Casting
James D. Bissell
Production Design
Jackie Carr
Set Decoration
Robert Sidell
Makeup Artist
Leslie Butcher
Art Department Coordinator
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Dale L. Martin
Special Effects
Al Bailey
Visual Effects
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
Carlo Rambaldi
Special Effects / Visual Effects
Richard Vane
Location Manager
Dennis Muren
Visual Effects Supervisor
Frank Marshall
Production Supervisor
Katy Emde
First Assistant Director
Daniel Attias
Second Assistant Director
Esther Vivante
Script Supervisor
Bonne Radford
Production Accountant
Jane Goe
Assistant Accountant
Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Gene S. Cantamessa
Sound Mixer
James Plannette
Gaffer
Gene Kearney
Key Grip
Bob Munoz
Best Boy Grip
Donald L. Hartley
Dolly Grip
William James Teegarden
Set Designer
Russell Goble
Property Master
Deborah Lynn Scott
Costumer
Lola 'Skip' McNalley
Hairstylist
John Feinblatt
Transportation Captain
Ramon Pahoyo
Craft Service
Lyla Foggia
Unit Publicist
Kathleen Korth
First Assistant Editor
David Pettijohn
Sound Effects Editor
Louis L. Edemann
Sound Effects Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Effects Editor
Hank Salerno
ADR Editor
Nicholas Korda
ADR Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Budget$10,500,000
Box Office$792,965,500
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (or simply E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is left behind on Earth. Along with his friends and family, Elliott must find a way to help E.T. find his way home. The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore.
The film's concept was based on an imaginary friend that Spielberg created after his parents' divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the unrealized project Night Skies. In less than two months, Mathison wrote the first draft of the script, titled E.T. and Me, which went through two rewrites. The project was rejected by Columbia Pictures, who doubted its commercial potential. Universal Pictures eventually purchased the script for $1 million. Filming took place from September to December 1981 on a budget of $10.5 million. Unlike most films, E.T. was shot in rough chronological order to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast. The animatronics for the film were designed by Carlo Rambaldi.
E.T. premiered as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 1982, and was released in the United States on June 11, 1982. The film was a smash hit at the box office, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for eleven years until Spielberg's own Jurassic Park surpassed it in 1993. E.T. was near–universally acclaimed by critics, and is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. It received nine nominations at the 55th Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing in addition to being nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. It also won five Saturn Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The film was re-released in 1985 and again in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots, visual effects, and additional scenes. It was also re-released in IMAX on August 12, 2022, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. In 1994, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."