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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (or simply E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is left behind on Earth.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton. A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
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After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas).
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- Henry Thomas
- Robert Macnaughton
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- Peter Coyote
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After playing the role of lonely 10-year-old Elliott in E.T., Thomas returned to his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, where he focused on school and took on film and TV roles sporadically. In the 1980s and '90s, he returned to acting, most notably cast in Legends of the Fall (1994), Gangs of New York (2002), and most recently as leading man Hank Wil...
Before playing Michael, Elliott’s annoying athletic big brother, MacNaughton started out in a few TV movies, most prominently Angel City (1980), which also starred a young Jennifer Jason Leigh, along with Big Bend Country (1981), and the Ray Bradbury adaption, The Electric Grandmother (1982). After E.T., he focused his career primarily in theater, ...
Who could forget Drew Barrymore’s high-pitched screaming as cherubic-faced, pig-tailed Gertie? After her much-publicized battle with alcohol and drugs as a youth, the actress has bounced back dramatically, finding mainstream success in films like Boys On the Side (1995), Never Been Kissed (1999), Charlie’s Angels (2000), 50 First Dates (2004), He’s...
Besides playing flustered single mom Mary on E.T., Wallace has kept busy in Hollywood, appearing in over 100 films. She’s garnered cult icon status in the horror flick genre, with roles in The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Howling (1981), Cujo (1983), and more recently, Halloween (2007). A widow since 1995, Wallace was married to actor Christopher St...
He may have played the mysterious scientist/government agent "Keys" in E.T., but long before that in real life, Coyote was a prominent force of the counter-culture theatrical movement in San Francisco in the mid-1960s to 1970s. Since 1975, Coyote has been a practitioner of American Zen Buddhism and later became an ordained lay priest in Zen in the ...
His small role as Tyler — one of Elliott’s friends who helped E.T. evade authorities—was a precursor of big things to come for Howell. Many moviegoers remember him from a string of cinematic 80s hits like The Outsiders (1983), The Hitcher (1986), and Soul Man (1986). But besides being a film and TV actor, Howell has worked with Francis Ford Coppola...
Who knew that the ethereal blonde-haired girl whom Elliott had a crush on would turn out to be a Playboy Playmate a mere seven years later? Besides being a cover girl and centerfold for Hugh Hefner, Eleniak is remembered for her TV appearances in Charles in Charge, Full House, and Baywatch, as well as her film roles in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993...
Jun 18, 2022 · Steven Spielberg's movie "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" was released 40 years ago this month. Film critic Alex Dowd explains why it has endured.
- Alex Dowd
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). 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 (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its ...
Jun 3, 2022 · E.T. Still Perfectly Captures the Longing of Childhood, 40 Years Later. 5 minute read. By Stephanie Zacharek. June 3, 2022 11:07 AM EDT. W hen you’re a child, you have no idea what you’ll...
