E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [1982]

IMDB Rating:	7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:	98%
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Collection:	E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: Collector's Edition
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Alternates	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Extended Edition
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Synopsis: A young boy finds and bonds with a visitor from another planet.

Reaction: Excellent movie. The pacing is just perfect and this is one family movie that doesn't feel the need to play down to kids.

Personal Rating: 9/10

Select Cast and Crew

Steven Spielberg

Director

Melissa Mathison

Writer

John Williams

Composer

C. Thomas Howell

Tyler (as Tom Howell)

Dee Wallace

Mary

Drew Barrymore

Gertie

Erika Eleniak

Pretty Young Girl

Henry Thomas

Elliott

K.C. Martel

Greg

Pat Welsh

E.T. ^(voice) ^(uncredited)

Peter Coyote

Keys

Richard Swingler

Science Teacher

Robert MacNaughton

Michael (as Robert Macnaughton)

Sean Frye

Steve

Random Trivia For This Title:

Steven Spielberg's original concept was for a much darker movie in which a family was terrorized in their house by aliens. When Spielberg decided to go with a more benevolent alien, the family-in-jeopardy concept was recycled as Poltergeist.
With the exception of Elliot's mom, no adults' faces are shown until the last half of the film.
One of the movie clips E.T. watches on TV is from This Island Earth.
Steven Spielberg shot the film in chronological order to invoke a real response from the actors (mainly the children) when E.T. departed at the end. All emotional responses from that last scene are real.
Steven Spielberg shot most of the film from the eye-level of a child to further connect with Elliot and E.T.
At the auditions, Henry Thomas thought about the day his dog died to express sadness. Director Steven Spielberg cried, and hired him on the spot.
ET's communicator actually worked, and was constructed by ^[?] Henry Feinberg, an expert in science and technology interpretation for the public.