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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
2002
The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of an alien creature, E.T., .. Read more
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of an alien creature, E.T., mistakenly left behind on Earth. When a young boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), finds E.T. and hides him in his home, both their worlds are changed forever. E.T. teaches Elliott and his two siblings (Drew Barrymore and Robert MacNaughton), whose parents have recently separated, about caring and love while the children protect E.T. from the malevolent world of grown-ups. Elliott and E.T. become so close that they share emotions; as E.T. becomes ill, so does Elliott. The children end up going on a fabulous adventure trying to help E.T. find a way back to his home planet. The movie was originally going to be based on a story idea by director John Sayles, but after he removed himself from the project, screenwriter Melissa Mathison (Harrison Ford's former wife) took over the script and made it her own. John Williams's beautiful soundtrack became forever linked to E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL.
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaugton |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies |
| Genres | Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Dec 2002 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (2002)
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Steven Spielberg's ode to aliens could also be seen as a tribute to all the loners of the world, as little ET, abandoned by his pot-bellied extraterrestrial pals, has to cope on Earth until they can come back and rescue him. Luckily, he's befriended by an equally lonely little boy named Elliott, played by Henry Thomas, who proceeds to teach his alien chum how to talk, dress up in women's clothes and guzzle beer. Much has been made of the changes and additions to the anniversary edition, but this is no extended director's cut; the alterations are minimal. Some of ET's facial expressions have been enhanced with computer animation, there are five additional minutes of footage that were left out of the original and — significantly in the current political climate — the guns carried by the government agents have been digitally replaced by walkie-talkies. However, changes or not, this is still a special, delightful adventure, in which Spielberg manages not only to entertain young children but also reach out to the child in all of us.
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11 out of 13 people found this review helpful
A true classic..
Doesn't matter how many times I watch this film or how old I get it still makes me laugh & cry :)
A must for the kids & us grown up kids! -
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
I have a clinical chronic fear of this E.T. (i seriously do) yet i still think it's good.
First saw this when I was 5 years old, and absolutely loved it. Watched it atleast once a week and formed an attachment with it like a lot of little kids do with certain videos/dvds. However, now I cannot see the movie without having a terrifying bout of fear, E.T. himself somehow is the scariest thing in creation to look at for me. It's like those people who are scared of buttons, i have no idea how i formed such a fear and i know it's totally irrational. The film itself however -from what i can remember of it- was brilliant, good acting from a child -which is hard to come by nowadays- and the loveable innocents of E.T.
A good film to show your kids and to watch yourself. it makes you laugh and cry. The musical score is also unforgettable.
The film is iconic enough for the film company to use the silhouette of ET in the bike basket as its logo so it can be that bad atall ;). go and rent this!
I wish i could watch this film again but I can't afford the anti-phobia therapy dammit! -
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