#et the extra-terrestrial (1982)

[marmaroy]

imo the funky special effects in old movies and series look better than most of the new stuff's cgi

[cdgzilla]

Worst Game Ever

[blairwitchbaby]

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

1982, Steven Spielberg

[yodaprod]

1982年12月

[ashleywritesstuff]

From the Sci-Fi 5 Archive: E. T. the Extra-terrestrial premiered on this day in 1982, giving the science fiction genre a new favorite alien.

[calvincell]

Ever since I’ve been a kid, I’ve always been baffled by how sincerely popular & beloved E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) was & still is. I personally could never get past the fact that I thought ET was always ugly as sin & not in an endearing ugly-cute way like a pug or a sphinx cat might be considered but just flat out unpleasant to look at. Despite Spielberg’s best efforts, all of the sweet & maudlin moments in the film glanced off of me like a dustbunny thrown at a Sherman tank because I was fundamentally just repulsed by ET himself & thought he’d be a better fit for an alien horror film than cuddly lil’ creechur.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Steven Spielberg)

29/12/2023

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, also know simply as E. T., is a 1982 science fiction film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliot, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial creature, which he nicknames E. T., accidentally left on Earth by his peers. The main cast consists of Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore.

The concept was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg thought up after his parents' divorce. In less than two months, Mathison wrote the first draft of the screenplay, titled E. T. and Me, which underwent two rewrites. The project was rejected by Columbia Pictures, who doubted its commercial potential. Universal Pictures eventually purchased the script for $1 million. The animatronics of E. T. were designed by Carlo Rambaldi.

It premiered as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 1982, and was released in the United States on June 11 of the same year. The film proved to be an immediate blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film ever, a record that stood for eleven years until another Spielberg film, Jurassic Park, surpassed it in 1993. It received nine nominations at the 1983 Oscars, including best film, and won four awards: best original score, best special effects, best sound and best sound editing. The film also won five Saturn Awards and two Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture - Drama.

For the director, E. T. opened the way to a new genre of film: more personal films, focused on the emotions and human conditions of the protagonists, as will also be The Color Purple, Schindler's List and Amisted.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Dwayne Johnson is set to produce, direct, and star in a film about the creation of the Pet Rock.

Next summer, Chris Pratt will lend his voice to the long awaited prequel Potato Head: A Toy Story Story.

Timothee Chalamet will return as Lucky the Lephrechaun in the General Mills Cinematic Universe.

After Avatar 7 comes out in 2045, James Cameron is going to focus on his 4 hour magnum opus, Paint Drying, "this was the plan from the start."

Just shoot me

[cinemaquiles]

Você sabia? Uma curiosidade envolvendo o clássico ET, o extraterrestre (1982)

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1982) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #Movie #movies #drama #ET #ettheextraterrestrial #StevenSpielberg #henrythomas #drewbarrymore #DeeWallace #petercoyote #RobertMacNaughton #CThomasHowell #ErikaEleniak #elviscostello #vintage #VHS #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

[ftnerdy]

The Nerdy 5: Tim the Nerd's Favorite Movies

The first movie I recall seeing in theaters was ET: The Extra-Terrestrial with my Grandma in 1982. I can imagine this trip was done so that my parents could take my sister to the doctor or something along those lines. To say this movie had a huge impact on me is an understatement. Even though I wasn’t even in kindergarten yet, this movie showed me a world of make believe on the big screen come…

[dweebilzappa]

I had this! At the time I was nine years old and obsessed with E.T. My mom would give me E.T. stuff as rewards for practicing piano a certain amount of time, or good grades. I had this figure, a plush E.T., the novelization of the movie (in which the candies were M&Ms instead of Reese’s Pieces), badges, and trading cards. I wanted so badly to discover my own alien friend.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (LJN)

[childrenofthenightt]

Can you recommend an aesthetic but lighthearted movie (aka romance/comedy/sci-fi/fantasy etc)

helloooo anon!!! i have to preface this by saying that i absolutely do not watch as many movies as people think i do i’m just a cinematography slut <3 and also lighthearted isn’t my area of expertise But!!! here is a little list of some i can think of off the top of my head <33

amelie (2002)

casablanca (1942)

singin in the rain (1952)

the secret garden (1993)

dirty dancing (1987)

corpse bride (2005)

anastasia (1997)

et the extra-terrestrial (1982)

pride and prejudice (2005)

the untouchables (2011)

the princess bride (1987)

little women (2019)

labyrinth (1986)

rocky horror picture show (1975)

these are just some of my favourites and i tried to get a pretty good variety :) thanks so much for letting me go insane <333

[graminhani]

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (USA, 1982): 🙂

Não morro de amores pelo ET. Neste caso é mais provável que o filme continue fascinante para as crianças e eu é que não devo ter envelhecido bem.

[avaneshop]

Hard to find Vintage ET The Extra-Terrestrial plush doll with hard face made by the Rushton Company in 1982

(available here)

[astonishinglysane]

Movies I’ve Watched - 2024

109/?: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - watched 4/16/24

This was a fun one to revisit, because I have probably seen it at least one hundred times, but none since I left elementary school. It was just one of those movies I watched over and over when I was little. There was a lot to appreciate as an adult that I didn’t pick up on before. The “evil government” I had remembered as being after E.T. turned out to be some pretty sympathetic scientists. They are presented threateningly, though, and I love that we never see an adult man’s face until an hour and twenty minutes into the movie. It reflects the fact that Elliott’s father is missing — this movie has a lot more going under the surface than I realized.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982, Steven Spielberg