E.T. l'extra-terrestre

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According to Steven Spielberg, none of the children were acting. They had to act through the movie i [...]	D
The Sesamo apriti (1969) scene shown on the family TV, with Big Bird and Grover, was first aired in [...]	D
Selected for preservation at the library or congress in 1994.	D
The doctor who confirms E.T.'s death was played by medical specialist and author James Khan, who was [...]	D
Secrecy was so tight during production that even the poster designers didn't know what E.T. looked l [...]	D
Movie with the longest ever theatrical run (over a year).	D
The working title for "E.T." was "A Boy's Life"	D
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "sci-fi" in Ju [...]	D
This wholesome family film features not one but two child actors who went on to pose for Playboy: Er [...]	D
E.T.'s communicator actually worked, and was constructed by Henry Feinberg, an expert in science and [...]	D
The late Robert D. Murphy's Medic character is the dark haired, mustachioed one who delivers the rep [...]	D
The young actors, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, and Robert MacNaughton, found the E.T. puppet's eyes [...]	D
A sequel was put together after the films massive critical and financial success. In this sequel Ell [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated for Best Actor, or either of the l [...]	D
Ralph Macchio auditioned for the role of Tyler.	D
The talented Blues singer/harmonocist, songwriter and poet Michael Darrell appears as the suspicious [...]	D
John Williams famous orchestral theme for the film was released as a 7 inch single by MCA Records in [...]	D
Corey Feldman was originally supposed to co-star, but his part was eliminated (he was to be Elliott' [...]	D
There are a few parallels to Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The "lead family" has t [...]	D
Prior to Gertie meeting E.T. the first words she says before opening the door are "Elliot, look at w [...]	D
Alexander Lampone, director of the emergency department at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in [...]	D
E.T.'s voice was provided by Pat Welsh, an elderly woman who lived in Marin County, California. Wels [...]	D
Steven Spielberg asked Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones to contribute a song for the E.T. the Extra- [...]	D
Foley artist John Roesch said he used a wet T-shirt crammed with Jell-O to simulate the noise of E.T [...]	D
Steven Spielberg: [fathers] Elliott, Michael, and Gertie lost their father and look upon E.T. as a f [...]	D
The scene where Elliott kisses the pretty girl at school during the frog dissection took three or fo [...]	D
Was not released on home video until 1988.	D
At one point in the film, Gertie's mother is reading Peter Pan to her. In 1991, Spielberg would film [...]	D
Almost 10% of the $10.5 million budget went on the alien creature puppets and related animatronics.	D
The highest grossing film of 1982. It became the most successful movie in film history until Steven [...]	D
.ET was insured for $1. 2 million about 10% of the entire budget for the film,	D
Included among the 25 films on the American Film Institute's 2005 list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Sc [...]	D
At one point, Gertie looks down at E.T. and says, "I don't like his feet." This was ad-libbed by Dre [...]	D
This script was being developed at Columbia at the same time as another script about an alien visita [...]	D
When recording the narration for the audiobook, Michael Jackson almost sounded on the verge in tears [...]	D
The Atari video game for this film was one of the biggest critical and commercial failures in video- [...]	D
It is revealed in the ill-fated sequel that E.T.'s actual name is Zrek.	D
The script was largely written while on location filming for I predatori dell'arca perduta (1981) du [...]	D
Ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time (2006).	D
Peter Coyote's character's name is never revealed, and is referred to as "Keys" in the novelization [...]	D
On Thanksgiving 2019, Xfinity released a four minute ad starring Henry Thomas in which ET returns ne [...]	D
The use of Reese's Pieces candy plays a small but memorable role in this film. Amblin originally ask [...]	D
Eleven years later Henry Thomas had another encounter with aliens in Bagliori nel buio (1993) (the m [...]	D
The role of Mary, the children's mother, was first offered to Shelley Long but she had already signe [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies.	D
Drew Barrymore really believed E.T. was an alien. Her tears during E.T. final farewell are genuine a [...]	D
Harrison Ford initially filmed a cameo role in the film as Elliott's school headmaster, but the scen [...]	D
When E. T. is undergoing medical treatment, an off-camera voice says, "The boy's coming back. We're [...]	D
Steven Spielberg first approached Rick Baker about doing the designs for E.T. while Baker was preppi [...]	D
Juliette Lewis auditioned for the role of Gertie, but her father reportedly made her turn it down.	D
The first Best Picture nominee to win both Sound categories (Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editi [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The idea of the film started with the actor Francois Truffaut suggesting to Spielberg that he should [...]	D
Though uncredited, Debra Winger contributed to the voice of ET. Ironically this would be her most fa [...]	D
Elvis Costello was asked by Q music magazine March 2008 if he was paid handsomely for the use of 'Ac [...]	D
Michael mentions the possibility of alligators in the sewers when Elliott insists he saw something a [...]	D
Dee Wallace says that fans of the movie at conventions she goes to, always refer to her as "E.T.s mo [...]	D
ETs face is a combination of Albert Einstein poet Carl Sandburg and a pug dog,	D
Feature film debut of Erika Eleniak.	D
In the Halloween scene, Elliott, E.T. and Michael walk past as a child whom is dressed up as Yoda fr [...]	D
John Sayles wrote a semi-sequel to Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo (1977) called 'Night Skies', [...]	D
Steven Spielberg: [music] The music is composed by John Williams.	D
In 2019, Xfinity (a cable provider company) debuted a commercial featuring E.T. returning to Earth d [...]	D
In the Halloween scene, where E.T. sees a child in a Yoda costume and seems to recognize him, This i [...]	D
As previously mentioned, director Steven Spielberg made a decision at the time to not all the releas [...]	D
Steven Spielberg stated in an interview that E.T. was a plant-like creature, and neither male nor fe [...]	D
Elliott tells Gertie that only kids can see E.T. so she will keep him a secret. He's unintentionally [...]	D
When Gertie and E.T. scream, Michael backs up into the shelf, causing it to fall. Filming this, two [...]	D
Spielberg personally screened the film for both the Queen and the Reagans.	D
At the auditions, Henry Thomas thought about the day his dog died to express sadness. Director Steve [...]	D
After seeing some 300 kids for the role of Elliott Spielberg hired Thomas on the spot after the lad [...]	D
Initially developed at Columbia, who ultimately decided to pass on the film, E.T. - L'extra-terrestr [...]	D
E.T.'s face was modeled after poet Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein and a pug dog.	D
Richard Attenborough later said that he felt bad that his own film, Gandhi (1982), beat this film to [...]	D
(Melissa Mathison), the film's screenwriter, filmed a cameo as Elliott's School Nurse, but the scene [...]	D
Keys tells Elliott that E.T. came to him too and that he has been dreaming of this moment since he w [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing, a [...]	D
Security was so high that it was reported Spielberg even made his own dog wear a security pass,	D
It's never mentioned where exactly Elliott and his family live, but based on the license plates and [...]	D
Steven Spielberg worked simultaneously on both this film and Poltergeist - Demoniache presenze (1982 [...]	D
Three of the main actors appeared in movies based on Stephen King books: Dee Wallace (Cujo), Drew Ba [...]	D
When Elliott insults Michael (the script did not actually specify what to say, just something insult [...]	D
Most of the full-body puppetry was performed by a 2'10" tall stuntman, but the scenes in the kitchen [...]	D
At the 20th anniversary re-release premiere, John Williams conducted a live orchestra as the film pl [...]	D
Sight & Sound magazine conducts a poll every ten years of the world's finest film directors to find [...]	D
The late Michael Jackson owned one of the E.T. puppets.	D
Ironically enough, the iconic phrase "E.T. phone home" isn't said by E.T. first. The actual phrasing [...]	D
Michael and his friends are shown playing Dungeons & Dragons at the beginning. Director Steven Spiel [...]	D
The first movie in motion picture where a alien visitors (namely, E.T.'s parents) have no interest i [...]	D
Many of Steven Spielberg's key collaborators on the film were women: Kathleen Kennedy (producer), Me [...]	D
Early in the movie, when Elliott is leaving Reese's Pieces as a trail back to his house, he's whistl [...]	D
Since the sequel project was canceled, the closest thing we got to a sequel was the holiday-themed s [...]	D
Though many have suggested that the film contains elements of Christian allegory, director Steven Sp [...]	D
When E.T. and Elliot hug goodbye at the end of the movie, E.T.'s gentle hand motions on Elliot's sho [...]	D
Et was played by 3 models, one that could walk around on its own, one that had electronic moving par [...]	D
Six years after this film was released, Orion Pictures released the flop film 'Mac and Me' (1988), w [...]	D
At one point during filming, Drew Barrymore was consistently forgetting her lines, annoying Steven S [...]	D
Steven Spielberg: [separated parents] Elliot's parents are divorced, and it's implied that his fathe [...]	D
The film was originally pitched to Columbia who turned it down because they didn't think it was comm [...]	D
The doctors and nurses who work on E.T. are all real emergency room technicians from the USC Medical [...]	D
The van/truck Michael hijacks and drives to the park is a 1982 Ford Econoline (E-350).	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
According to an interview with Robert MacNaughton (Michael) on Yahoo Movies, MacNaughton explained t [...]	D
Spielberg's first feature (as a director) that was shot in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio.	D
E.T. riding in the basket on Elliott's bicycle flying in front of the moon is the trademark image of [...]	D
Steven Spielberg shot the film in chronological order to invoke a real response from the actors (mai [...]	D
Before Carlo Rambaldi was hired, Rick Baker and Stan Winston were brought in to be possible designer [...]	D
Henry Thomas felt uncomfortable kissing Erika Eleniak as she was 2 years older than him (10 & 12 res [...]	D
James Taylor wrote a song intended for use in the movie called "Song For You Far Away". The song was [...]	D
When it was test-screened at the Cannes Film Festival as an unofficial entry, it brought the house d [...]	D
Mary's car, which Michael also drives, is a 1981 Audi 5000 S C2 [Typ 43].	D
Coincidentally, Steven Spielberg's first feature, Sugarland Express (1974), featured a real-life she [...]	D
E.T.'s plants included some made from inflated condoms with polyester blooms.	D
Released June 1982 it was the all time box office hit with box office takings exceeding $756 million [...]	D
The song heard playing in the background at the beginning of the Dungeons & Dragons scene is "People [...]	D
Debra Winger not only provided the temp voice for E.T. but also played one of the ghouls in the Hall [...]	D
Was the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide until Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) was rele [...]	D
The filmmakers had requested that M&Ms be used to lure E.T., but The Mars company denied their reque [...]	D
Drew Barrymore kept the red cowboy hat her character wore for Halloween as a souvenir, and is kept i [...]	D
Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the role of Gertie.	D
Steven Spielberg shot most of the film from the eye-level of a child to further connect with Elliott [...]	D
When the kid in the Yoda costume is seen, you can hear a snippet of "Yoda's Theme" from "The Empire [...]	D
Was voted the 20th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.	D
Director Steven Spielberg initially refused to let Universal Pictures release the film on home video [...]	D
After losing Best Picture and Best Director to Gandhi (1982) this year, Steven Spielberg would borro [...]	D
Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas had all just starred in big thrillers right before this [...]	D
On June 27, 1982, Steven Spielberg personally screened the film at the White House for President Ron [...]	D
The gag where the mother looks in the closet and sees the alien surrounded by toys was dreamed up by [...]	D
The shoes that Elliott wears in the movie is the same brand of Nike shoe worn by Michael J. Fox in B [...]	D
C. Thomas Howell's film debut.	D
A Wile E. Coyote stuffed animal can be seen briefly in this film. In Spielberg's "The Sugarland Expr [...]	D
This film is ranked as #6 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers, and as #3 on the AFI's top 10 science fic [...]	D
Elliott's last name is never mentioned. The character's full name was later confirmed in a 2015 inte [...]	D
E.T.'s spaceship was designed by conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie (who also designed the mothership [...]	D
In the scene where the children go outside to check what's out there, Michael tells his mother, "Coy [...]	D
For the Halloween scene in which the characters are in costumes Spielberg directed while dressed as [...]	D
Spielberg loved working with the children so much that he said it encouraged him to have his own chi [...]	D
Steven Spielberg is said to have gotten the idea for the film from the end of Incontri ravvicinati d [...]	D
Steven Spielberg reportedly spent $100,000 on the 20th Anniversary re-release of the movie in 2002. [...]	D
Spielberg deliberately filmed the scene, so it looks like the scientist are hurting E.T. rather than [...]	D
Steven Spielberg and Melissa Mathison came up with the concept of a sequel called "Nocturnal Fears", [...]	D
This is the first film to be produced and directed by Steven Spielberg through his Amblin Production [...]	D
E.T. provided the inspiration for Neil Diamond's song "Heartlight" but no mention is ever made of th [...]	D
Henry Thomas would go on to be a favorite muse of horror director Mike Flanagan. The two would work [...]	D
Coincidentally, the first and last letters of "Elliott" are "E" and "T".	D
The working title for the film was "A Boy's Life". It was changed during production.	D
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #24 Greatest Movie of All Time.	D
Rick Baker was originally commissioned to create aliens for a film called Night Skies (one of E.T.'s [...]	D
While Harrison Ford's cameo was cut from the film, the scene featuring his character (Elliot's Schoo [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
A TV commercial seen by E.T. is about long-distance phone calls. At the time, the Bell System's mono [...]	D
In mid 2009, the home featured in the film, located in the Tujunga Canyon, was saved from immolation [...]	D
Corey Feldman was originally scheduled for a role in E.T., but over the course of a script re-write, [...]	D
It is shown throughout the movie that Elliott has rainbow blinds. Later in the movie, E.T. points at [...]	D
When the film was released on video in the U.S., the cassette was made from green plastic as a measu [...]	D
The end of the film was one of the most significant musical experiences for composer John Williams. [...]	D
E.T.'s DNA has six nucleotides, as opposed to the four that humans contain.	D
According to the film's novelization, E.T. is over ten million years old.	D
Steven Spielberg originally intended on a sequel, writing a proposed script during the summer of 198 [...]	D
The shotguns the government agents brandish in front of the kids on their bikes (before E.T. makes t [...]	D
Laird International Studios has been the site of other well-known classic movies in its lifetime. Th [...]	D
Voted number 1 in Channel 4's (UK) "Greatest Family Films"	D

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