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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg

01.07 Mont des Arts 21:30 FREE
Fiction . 115' . United States . 1982 . EN / ST : FR

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.

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STARRING

Dee Wallace

Henry Thomas

Peter Coyote

Robert MacNaughton

Drew Barrymore

WRITER

Melissa Mathison

DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Allen Daviau

SOUND

Charles L. Campbell

Ben Burtt

FILM EDITING

Carol Littleton

MUSIC

John Williams

PRODUCTION

Universal Pictures

DISTRIBUTION

Universal Pictures

Steven Spielberg

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Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. After directing several episodes for television including Night Gallery and Columbo, he directed the television film Duel (1971) which gained him acclaim from critics and audiences. He then made his directorial film debut with The Sugarland Express (1974). The following year he became a household name directing 1975’s summer blockbuster Jaws. He then directed box office successes Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the Indiana Jones series. Spielberg later explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire Of The Sun (1987).

After a brief hiatus, he directed two films back to back with the science fiction action, Jurassic Park, and the holocaust drama, Schindler’s List (both 1993). In 1998, he directed the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg continued in the 2000s with science fiction, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002), and War Of The Worlds (2005). He also directed the children’s adventure films The Adventures Of Tintin (2011), and Ready Player One (2018), as well as the historical dramas Amistad (1997), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge Of Spies (2015), The Post (2017), and the musical West Side Story (2021).

FILMOGRAPHY

1971: DUEL

1975: JAWS

1977: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

1982: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRASTRIAL

1983: TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE

1984: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

1985: THE COLOR PURPLE

1987: EMPIRE OF THE SUN

1989: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE

1991: HOOK

1993: JURASSIC PARK

1993: SCHINDLER’S LIST

1997: THE LOST WORLD : JURASSIC PARK

1997: AMISTAD 1998: SAVING PRIVATE RYANWW

2001: A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

2002: MINORITY REPORT

2002: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

2004: THE TERMINAL

2005: WAR OF THE WORLDS

2005: MUNICH

2011: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

2012: LINCOLN

2015: BRIDGE OF SPIES

2017: THE POST

2018: READY PLAYER ONE

2020: WEST SIDE STORY

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