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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Produced by
Steven Spielberg
Kathleen Kennedy
Written by
Melissa Mathison
Starring
Dee Wallace
Peter Coyote
Henry Thomas
Drew Barrymore
Music by
John Williams
Cinematography
Allen Daviau
Editing by
Carol Littleton
Studio
Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release dates
June 11, 1982 (1982-06-11)
Running time
115 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$10.5 million
Box office
$792,910,554
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (often referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film coproduced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison, featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote. It tells the story of Elliott (played by Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help it return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.The concept for the film was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies. It was shot from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$10.5 million. Unlike most motion pictures, it was shot in roughly chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast. Released by Universal Pictures, the film was a blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time — a record it held for ten years until Jurassic Park, another Spielberg-directed film, surpassed it in 1993. Critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey. The film was re-released in 1985, and then again in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots and additional scenes.
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