E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (40th Anniversary Edition)

Product Information

Spielberg's Creativity". The New York Times. December 25, 1982. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009 . Retrieved April 17, 2010.

The 100 Greatest Movie Lines". Premiere. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007 . Retrieved April 26, 2007. Well, they’re definitely discrete discs—each uniquely authored and encoded. The 35th Anniversary Edition contained no extras whatsoever on the actual 4K disc, while this 40th Anniversary Edition includes all of the extras on the 4K disc (and even adds two new bonus features exclusive to this release). But while the former was BD-66 disc, the new one is a BD-100, so there’s plenty of room for those extras without impacting the film’s A/V quality. And while the earlier disc included a variety of language options, the new one features only English, French, and Spanish. Steven Spielberg, he cast me as Gertie when I was just five years old, and that changed my life,” Barrymore explained to the audience. “He gave me a purpose and a clear understanding of love and respect. He gave me a family that changed my perception on family forever. The cast, Robert and Henry and Dee, I truly became a family with them.”E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on December 23, 2013 . Retrieved December 9, 2019. Mars, Incorporated refused to allow M&M's to be used in the film, believing that E.T. would frighten children. The Hershey Company was asked if Reese's Pieces could be used, and it agreed. This product placement resulted in a large increase in Reese's Pieces sales. [20] Science and technology educator Henry Feinberg created E.T.'s communicator device. [21] [22] Casting [ edit ] External video Schreier, Jason (April 26, 2014). "E.T. Found In New Mexico Landfill". Kotaku. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015 . Retrieved February 4, 2015. Minority Report& Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Win Big At The 29th Annual Saturn Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012 . Retrieved May 4, 2020. Ray, Satyajit. The Chess Players and Other Screenplays. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, p. 145. ISBN 0-571-14074-2

Stewart, Jocelyn (February 10, 2008). "Artist created many famous film posters". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013 . Retrieved April 17, 2010. Ondes, Issac (May 20, 2022). "Fans are going crazy for Batman's cameo in 'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' ". The Golden News . Retrieved May 21, 2022. Breznican, Anthony (March 30, 2017). "The untold story behind Harrison Ford's deleted cameo in E.T." Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 21, 2022. a b Weiss, Josh (June 10, 2022). "E.T. cast member Sean Frye interview for 40th anniversary". Syfy . Retrieved June 13, 2022. As a substantial body of criticism has built up around the film, numerous writers have analyzed it in other ways as well, interpreting it as a modern fairy tale [67] and in psychoanalytic terms. [58] [67] Producer Kathleen Kennedy noted that an important theme of the film is tolerance, which would be central to future Spielberg films such as Schindler's List. [11] Having been a loner as a teenager, Spielberg described it as "a minority story". [68] Spielberg's characteristic theme of communication is partnered with the ideal of mutual understanding; he has suggested that the story's central alien-human friendship is an analogy for how real-world adversaries can learn to overcome their differences. [69] Reception [ edit ] Release and sales [ edit ]

BLOG

Thomas A. Sebeok. "Enter Textuality: Echoes from the Extra-Terrestrial." In Poetics Today (1985), Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics. Published by Duke University Press. Steven Spielberg & E.T.– Running roughly 13 minutes, it’s good for what it is, and is about as close as we’re going to get to a Spielberg commentary on the film unless the director changes his stance on the practice in the future. The 20th Anniversary Premiere– John Williams and his orchestra perform the film’s score for a live audience for the film’s 20th anniversary (making this over 15 years old).

Same goes for the audio - we’re getting the same solid DTS:X audio mix to liven up the adventure and excitement! Peter Intermaggio, SVP for Marketing Communications for Comcast remarked on the making of the commercial: "Our goal is to show how Xfinity and Sky technology connects family, friends and loved ones, which is so important during the holidays ... The classic friendship between E.T. and Elliott resonates around the world." Before the commercial was released, Thomas assured that viewers would "get everything they want out of a sequel without the messy bits that could destroy the beauty of the original and the special place it has in people's minds and hearts ... Looking at the storyboards, I could see exactly why Steven was really behind it, because the integrity of the story isn't lost in this retelling." [187] Chhabra, Aseem (November 11, 2017). "The story of the similarities between Spielberg's E.T., and a Satyajit Ray script". The Hindu. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017 . Retrieved December 27, 2017. Hewitt, Chris. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Special Edition". Empire. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013 . Retrieved February 10, 2022.The Directors Guild of America today announced its nominations..." UPI. January 31, 1983 . Retrieved June 20, 2022. The only reason to upgrade on the 35th anniversary edition was the 4K image. All of the supplements were the same. With this 40th anniversary edition, we do get a couple of new features. The question you have to ask yourself is – is it worth buying the same disc that’s been out for 5 years just to get a retrospective featurette and an “evening with Steven Spielberg?” Other critics found religious parallels between E.T. and Jesus. [63] [64] [65] Andrew Nigels described E.T.'s story as "crucifixion by military science" and "resurrection by love and faith." [66] According to Spielberg biographer Joseph McBride, Universal Pictures appealed directly to the Christian market, with a poster reminiscent of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam (more specifically the "fingers touching" detail) and a logo reading "Peace". [10] Spielberg answered that he did not intend the film to be a religious parable, joking, "If I ever went to my mother and said, 'Mom, I've made this movie that's a Christian parable,' what do you think she'd say? She has a Kosher restaurant on Pico and Doheny in Los Angeles." [53] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial received universal acclaim. Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and wrote, "This is not simply a good movie. It is one of those movies that brush away our cautions and win our hearts." [70] He later added it to his "Great Movies" list, structuring the essay as a letter to his grandchildren about the first time they watched it. [108] Michael Sragow of Rolling Stone called Spielberg "a space age Jean Renoir. ... for the first time, [he] has put his breathtaking technical skills at the service of his deepest feelings". [109] Derek Malcolm of The Guardian wrote that " E.T. is a superlative piece of popular cinema [...] a dream of childhood, brilliantly orchestrated to involve not only children but anyone able to remember being one". [110] Leonard Maltin included it in his list of "100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century" as one of only two movies from the 1980s. [111] Political commentator George Will was one of few to pan the film, feeling it spread subversive notions about childhood and science. [112]