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E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (Original title)E.T. and Me (Working title)A Boy's Life (Working title)E.T. (Help search title)ET (Help search title)
Date: 1982 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Production company billing: ©1982. Universal City Studios, Inc. [1.85:1] Dolby Stereo MPAA: 26717 excerpts from 'Peter Pan' courtesy of Hospital for Sick Children, London, England TV Extracts Sesame Street
Synopsis: Science-fiction adventure. An alien is stranded on earth when he misses the spaceship back to his planet. Three young children find him and protect him from the adult world until he can arrange for a spaceship to take him home.

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subjects:
Aliens, Childhood
Releases
Date: 11 June 1982Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby / StereoRuntime: 114 mins Length: 12880 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (201)
©: Inc. Universal City Studios, Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Associate Producer: Melissa Mathison, Production Associate: Michael Burmeister, Production Associate: Lance Young, Production Manager: Wallace Worsley, Production Supervisor: Frank Marshall, Production Co-ordinator: Sue Dwiggins, Production Accountant: Bonne Radford, Assistant Accountant: Jane Goe, Cine Guarantors II Representative: Patricia Roedig, Location Services: Dick Vane, Assistant to Mr [Steven] Spielberg: Janice Pober, Assistant to Ms [Kathleen] Kennedy: Denise Durham, Assistant to Mr [Frank] Marshall: Patty Rumph, 2nd Unit Director: Glenn Randall, 1st Assistant Director: Katy Emde, 2nd Assistant Director: Daniel Attias, DGA Trainee: John Flynn, Script Supervisor: Esther Vivante, Casting by: Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg, [Assistant] Casting by: Marci Liroff, Extra Casting: Judi's Casting, Written by: Melissa Mathison, Director of Photography: Allen Daviau, Camera Operator: John Fleckenstein, Camera Operator: John Connor, 1st Assistant Camera: Steven Shaw, 2nd Assistant Camera: Richard Fee, Gaffer: James Plannette, Lighting Best Boy: Joseph Capshaw, Key Grip: Gene Kearney, Grip Best Boy: Bob Munoz, Dolly Grip: Donald Hartley, Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom, Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren, Special Visual Effects Produced at: Industrial Light & Magic, ILM (Effects Cameraman): Mike Mcalister, ILM (Camera Operator): Robert Elswit, Don Snow, ILM (Camera Assistant): Pat Sweeny, ILM (Camera Assistant): Karl Herrmann, ILM (Camera Assistant): Selwyn Eddy Iii, Mike Owens, ILM (Optical Photography Supervisor): Kenneth F. Smith, ILM (Optical Printer Operator): David Berry, ILM (Optical Line-up): Ralph Gordon, ILM (Optical Technician): Duncan Myers, ILM (Optical Technician): Tim Geideman, Bob Chrisoulis, ILM (Go-motion Figures): Tom St. Amand, ILM (Model Shop Supervisor): Lorne Peterson, ILM (Chief Model Maker): Charlie Bailey, Mike Fulmer, ILM (Model Maker): Scott Marshall, ILM (Model Maker): Ease Owyeung, ILM (Model Maker): Mike Cochrain, ILM (Model Maker): Suzanne Pastor, ILM (Model Maker): Michael Steffe, ILM (Model Maker): Jessie Boberg, Randy Ottenberg, ILM (Space Ship Design): Ralph McQuarrie, ILM (Matte Painting Supervisor): Michael Pangrazio, ILM (Matte Painting Artist): Chris Evans, Frank Ordaz, ILM (Matte Photography): Neil Krepela, ILM (Matte Photography Assistant): Craig Barron, ILM (Effects Editorial Supervisor): Conrad Buff, ILM (Effects Editor): Howard Stein, ILM (General Manager): Tom Smith, ILM (Production Co-ordinator): Warren Franklin, Laurie Vermont, ILM (Animation Supervisor): Samuel Comstock, ILM (Animator): Peggy Tonkonogy, ILM (Animator): Garry Waller, ILM (Animator): Terry Windell, Jack Mongovan, ILM (Still Photographer): Terry Chostner, ILM (Still Lab Technician): Roberto Mcgrath, Kerry Nordquist, ILM (Supervising Stage Technician): T.E. Moehnke, ILM (Stage Technician): Dave Childers, ILM (Stage Technician): Harold Cole, ILM (Stage Technician): Dick Dova, ILM (Stage Technician): Bobby Finley Iii, ILM (Stage Technician): Patrick Fitzsimmons, ILM (Stage Technician): Edward Hirsh, ILM (Stage Technician): John Mccleod, ILM (Stage Technician): Thaine Morris, Peter Stolz, ILM (Production Accountant): Laura Kaysen, ILM (Equipment Maintenance): Wade Childress, Michael Smith, ILM (Electronic Systems Design): Jerry Jeffress, ILM (Model Electronics): Gary Leo, Marty Brenneis, ILM (Optical Printer Engineering): Gene Whiteman, John Ellis, Optical Effects Co-ordinator: Mitchell Suskin, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Dale Martin, Special Effects Assistant: Gary Crawford, Special Effects Assistant: Andrew Miller, Robert Worthington, E.T. Created by: Carlo Rambaldi, E.T. Technical Supervisor: Steve Townsend, Additional E.T. Effects: Robert Short, E.T. Eyes Design: Beverly Hoffman, E.T. Movement Co-ordinator: Caprice Rothe, E.T. Operator: Robert Avila, E.T. Operator: Eugene Crum, E.T. Operator: Frank Schepler, E.T. Operator: Bob Townsend, E.T. Operator: Steve Willis, E.T. Operator: Richard Zarro, Ronald Zarro, Special E.T. Movement: Pat Bilon, Special E.T. Movement: Tamara De Treaux, Special E.T. Movement: Matthew De Meritt, Special E.T. Movement: Tina Palmer, Special E.T. Movement: Nancy Maclean, Pam Ybarra, Communicator designed by: Henry Feinberg, Edited by: Carol Littleton, 1st Assistant Editor: Kathleen Korth, 2nd Assistant Editor: Bruce Cannon, Production Designer: James D. Bissell, Set Designer: William Teegarden, Set Decorator: Jackie Carr, Set Dressing Leadwoman: Sandra Renfroe, Production Illustrator: Ed Verreaux, Propmaker Foreman: Eero Hautanen, Propmaker Foreman: Jack Jennings, John Villarino, Prop Master: Russell Goble, Assistant Propertyman: Ken Walker, Michael Dunn, Construction Co-ordinator: Ernest Depew, Labour Foreman: Clark Shindel, Paint Foreman: James Moss, Greensman: Leslie Butcher, Costumer: Deborah Scott, Assistant Costumer: Daniel Moore, Makeup: Robert Sidell, Special Artistic Consultant: Craig Reardon, Hairstylist: Lola 'Skip' McNalley, Titles: Pacific Title, Colour Timer: Robert Raring, Lenses and Panaflex Cameras by: Panavision, Colour Processing by: DeLuxe, Colour Prints by: Technicolor, Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett, Dennis E. Brookins, Music by: John Williams, Orchestrations: Herbert W. Spencer, Music Editor: Kenneth Hall, E.T.'s Voice Design: Ben Burtt, Sound Mixer: Gene Cantamessa, Boom Man: Raul Bruce, Sound Technician: Charles Payne, Re-recording Mixer: Buzz Knudson, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell, Post-production Dialogue: Norman B. Schwartz, LipSSync Inc., Assistant Sound Editor: Chuck Neely, Sound Effects Editor: David A. Pettijohn, Sound Effects Editor: Louis L. Edemann, Sound Effects Editor: Richard C. Franklin Jr, Sound Effects Editor: Samuel C. Crutcher, ADR Editor: Hank Salerno, ADR Editor: Nicholas Korda, Foley by: John Roesch, Joan Rowe, Stunts: Glenn Randall, Stunts: Richard Butler, Stunts: Bennie Dobbins, Stunts: Ted Grossman, Stunts: Keith Harvey, Stunts: Fred Lerner, Stunts: Bobby Porter, Stunts: Felix Silla, Stunts: Chuck Waters, Stunts: Allan Wyatt, Transportation Co-ordinator: Eugene Schwartz, Transportation Captain: John Feinblatt, Location Production Vehicle: Producers Location Vehicle, Location Security: Location Security Service, Craft Service: Ramon Pahoyo, First Aid: Phyllis Levin, Teacher: Adria Licklider, Respirator Helmets Courtesy of: Racal Airstream Inc., Medical Unit Consultant: David Carlberg Phd, Robert W. Scholler, 'Harvey's Owner and Trainer: Richard L. Calkins, Animal Talent: Dennis Grisco's Animal Talent, Unit Publicist: Lyla Foggia, Photographed at: Laird Studios
Cast (32)
Dee Wallace (Mary), Peter Coyote (Keys), Robert MacNaughton (Michael), Drew Barrymore (Gertie), Henry Thomas (Elliott), K.C. Martel (Greg), Sean Frye (Steve), C. Thomas Howell (Tyler), Erika Eleniak (pretty girl), David O'Dell (schoolboy), Richard Swingler (science teacher), Frank Toth (policeman), Robert Barton (ultra sound man), Michael Darrell (van man), David Berkson Md, David Carlberg Phd, Milt Kogan Md, Alexander Lampone Md, Rhoda Makoff Md, Robert Murphy Md, Richard Pesavento Md, Tom Sherry Md, Susan Cameron, Will Fowler Jr, Barbara Hartnett, Di Ann Lampone, Mary Stein, Mitchell Suskin (medical unit), Debra Winger ([Halloween doctor with dog/voice of E.T]), Pat Walsh ([voice of E.T.]), Harrison Ford ([school principal - scenes deleted]), Melissa Mathison ([school nurse - scenes deleted])