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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Director

Steven Spielberg

Genre Science Fiction

Starring

Henry Thomas Dee Wallace Peter Coyote > More

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial overview

Both a classic movie for kids and a remarkable portrait of childhood, E.T. is a sci-fi adventure that captures that strange moment in youth when the world is a place of mysterious possibilities (some wonderful, some awful), and the universe seems somehow separate from the one inhabited by grown-ups. Henry Thomas plays Elliott, a young boy living with his single mother (Dee Wallace), his older brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton), and his younger sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore). Elliott often seems lonely and out of sorts, lost in his own world. One day, while looking for something in the back yard, he senses something mysterious in the woods watching him. And he's right: an alien spacecraft on a scientific mission mistakenly left behind an aging botanist who isn't sure how to get home. Eventually Elliott puts his fears aside and makes contact with the "little squashy guy," perhaps the least threatening alien invader ever to hit a movie screen. As Elliott tries to keep the alien under wraps and help him figure out a way to get home, he discovers that the creature can communicate with him telepathically. Soon they begin to learn from each other, and Elliott becomes braver and less threatened by life. E.T. rigs up a communication device from junk he finds around the house, but no one knows if he'll be rescued before a group of government scientists gets hold of him. In 2002, Steven Spielberg re-released E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in a revised edition, with several deleted scenes restored and digitally refurbished special effects. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial News & Reviews

"Luckily, the original 1982 version is included and not just the 2002 special edition in which E. T. is spiffed up with computer-generated effects and guns are digitally replaced with flashlights to serve the PC gods. "

22 October 2002

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"Steven Spielberg's flawless tale of boy meets alien gets a remarkable 20th anniversary spring clean. "

28 March 2002

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"The tenderness of the piece is still intact; the relationship between E. T. and Elliot (Henry Thomas), a child of divorce, clearly mirrors the director's own youthful loneliness and need for friendship. "

14 March 2002

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"Taking the child's eye view of alien-human relationships, Steven Spielberg's classic fable became an extraordinarily popular combination of special effects and sentiment, confirming the supremacy of the kidpix blockbuster and Spielberg's ability to conjure emotions as well as thrills. With a story about a fatherless boy who finds his soul mate ..."