Elliott is carried away, shouting that the doctors are killing E.T. While the scientists are treating Elliott and E.T., the mental connection between the two disappears, and E.T.
Scientists set up a hospital at the house, asking Michael, Mary, and Gertie, if they have met E.T. Mary becomes horrified when she discovers her son's illness and the dying alien, just as a group of government agents dressed in astronaut suits led by "Keys" invades the house. Elliott returns home to his worried family. The next day, Elliott wakes up in the field, only to find E.T. head through the forest, where they make a successful call home. as a ghost so they can sneak him out of the house. On Halloween, Michael and Elliott dress E.T. Michael notices that E.T.'s health is declining and that Elliott is referring to himself as "we". receives Elliott's help in building a device to "phone home" by using a Speak & Spell toy. reads a comic strip where Buck Rogers, stranded, calls for help by building a makeshift communication device and is inspired to try it himself. The alien learns to speak English by repeating what Gertie says as she watches Sesame Street and, at Elliott's urging, dubs himself "E.T." E.T. As the alien watches John Wayne kiss Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man on television, Elliott kisses a girl he likes in the same manner, and is sent to the principal's office. Already starting to pick up the English language he demonstrates his signature power, revealed through his glowing fingertip by healing a minor flesh wound on Elliott's finger.Īt school the next day, Elliott begins to experience his empathic connection with the alien much more strongly, including exhibiting signs of intoxication (because the alien is at his home, drinking beer and watching television), and he begins freeing all the frogs in his biology class. When they ask him about his origin, he levitates several balls to represent his planetary system and demonstrates his powers by reviving dead chrysanthemums. They decide to keep him hidden from their mother, Mary. Later that day, Michael and their five-year-old sister, Gertie, meet the alien.
It gradually becomes apparent that Elliot can "feel" the alien's thoughts and emotional perceptions, something that is clearly shown when the alien accidentally opens an umbrella, startling him, and simultaneously startling Elliot in a kitchen several rooms away. He feigns illness the next morning to stay home from school and play with him. Before going to sleep, Elliott realizes the alien is imitating his movements. The alien promptly flees upon being discovered.ĭespite his family's disbelief, Elliott leaves Reese's Pieces candy to lure the alien to his house. As he returns from picking up a pizza, he discovers that something is hiding in their tool shed. In a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, a ten-year-old boy named Elliott is spending time with his brother, Michael, and his friends. When government agents appear on the scene, the aliens flee in their spaceship (or UFO), but in their haste, one of them is left behind. It was re-released in 1985, and again in 2002, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots and additional scenes.Ī group of alien botanists secretly visit Earth under cover of night to gather plant specimens in a California forest. E.T. was widely acclaimed by critics and is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time.
Released on June 11, 1982, by Universal Pictures, E.T. was an immediate blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time-a record it held for eleven years until Jurassic Park, another Spielberg-directed film, surpassed it in 1993. Unlike most films, it was shot in rough chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast. Filming took place from September to December 1981 on a budget of $10.5 million. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the failed project Night Skies. The concept was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. The film stars Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, and Henry Thomas, and features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison.
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