E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg's 1982 hit about a stranded alien and his loving relationship with a fatherless boy (Henry Thomas) struck a chord with audiences everywhere, and it furthered Spielberg's reputation as a director of equally strong commercial sensibilities and classical leanings. Henry Thomas gives a strong, emotional performance as E.T.'s young friend, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore make a solid impression as his siblings, and Dee Wallace is lively as the kids' mother. The special effects almost look a bit quaint now with all the computer advancements that have occurred since, but they also have more heart behind them than a lot of what we see today. --Tom Keogh

Year:
1982
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He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home.
His adventure on Earth.
The mystery. The suspense. The adventure. The call... that started it all.
The story that touched the world!
Twenty years ago, one legacy, one touch, one story that touched the world.

Gertie:
What are you going as for Halloween?

Elliot:
I'm not going to stupid Halloween.

Micheal:
Why don't you go as a goblin?

Elliot:
Shut up.

Mary:
It's not that we don't believe you, honey.

Elliot:
Well, it was real, I swear!

Mary:
[changing the subject] What are you going as, Gert?

Gertie:
[with steak in mouth] I'm going as a cowgirl.

Elliot:
So, what else is new?

Micheal:
Maybe it was an iguana.

Elliot:
It was no iguana.

Micheal:
Maybe, uh... uh-- You know how they say there are, uh, alligators in the sewers?

Gertie:
Alligators in the sewers.

Mary:
All we're trying to say is maybe you just probably imagined it. It happens.

Elliot:
I couldn't have imagined it!

Micheal:
Maybe it was a pervert, or a deformed kid, or something.

Gertie:
A deformed kid.

Micheal:
Maybe, uh, an elf or a leprechaun.

Elliot:
[stands up angrily] IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT, PENIS-BREATH!

Mary:
[laughs in shock] Elliot! [regains composure] Sit down. [clears throat]

Elliot:
[sitting down] Dad would believe me.

Mary:
Maybe you oughtta call your father and tell him about it.

Elliot:
I can't. He's in Mexico with Sally.

Gertie:
Wh-Where's Mexico?

Mary:
Excuse me. [leaves the table and walks to the window]

Micheal:
[softly to Elliot] I'm gonna kill you.

Mary:
If you ever see it again, whatever it is, don't touch it, just call me, and we'll have somebody come and take it away.

Gertie:
Like the dogcatcher?

Elliot:
But they'll give it to a lobotomy, or do experiments on it, or somethin'.

Mary:
It's your turn to do the dishes, fellas.

Micheal:
I set and cleared.

Elliot:
I set and cleared.

Micheal:
[quickly] I did breakfast.

Gertie:
I did breakfast.

[Mary slams a pot down on the sideboard, offscreen]

Micheal:
What's the matter, Mom?

Mary:
[emotionally; about the kids' father] He hates Mexico.

Micheal:
[to Elliot] Damn it, why don't you...grow up? Think how other people feel for a change?


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