E.T.

Genre
Science fiction, family, adventure, drama
Release Date
June 11th, 1982
Directed By
Steven Spielberg
Written By
Melissa Mathison
Produced By
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Starring
Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore
Length
115 minutes
Budget
$10.5 million
Box Office
Approximately $797 million
Awards
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial received nine Academy Award nominations, winning four for Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects. It also won two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and has been preserved in the United States National Film Registry for its cultural, historical and aesthetic significance.
Location
California, United States
Fiction
Fiction
Summary
After an alien is accidentally left behind on Earth, a lonely boy named Elliott discovers and befriends the gentle visitor, naming him E.T. As the two develop a remarkable emotional bond, Elliott and his siblings work together to help E.T. contact his home planet and escape government scientists determined to study him.
Fun Facts
Steven Spielberg has described E.T. as one of his most personal films, drawing inspiration from his childhood loneliness following his parents' divorce. The famous flying bicycle sequence, silhouetted against the full moon, has become one of the most iconic images in film history and served as the logo for Spielberg's production company, Amblin Entertainment. E.T. was the highest-grossing film of all time upon its release in 1982, holding the record until Spielberg's own Jurassic Park surpassed it in 1993.
Related Movies
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goonies, Super 8, The Iron Giant, Flight of the Navigator

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest family films ever made, it tells the story of a lonely young boy who befriends a stranded alien and helps him return home while evading government agents.

Blending heartfelt emotion with adventure and wonder, the film became a global phenomenon, breaking box office records and cementing Spielberg’s status as one of cinema’s defining directors.

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More About E.T.

E.T. follows a young boy named Elliott who befriends a stranded alien and helps him evade government agents while trying to return him safely to his home planet.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison.
E.T. is celebrated for its emotional storytelling, groundbreaking visual effects, John Williams' iconic score and universal themes of friendship, family and belonging. It remains one of the most beloved and influential films ever made.
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