E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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American film family film fantasy film feature film science fiction film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg about a young boy who befriends a stranded alien, becoming one of the most beloved and highest-grossing movies of all time.

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial film score 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
family film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Best Original Score

Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ
surface form: Best Sound Effects Editing

Best Visual Effects ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwideUSD over 790000000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Allen Daviau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact considered one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
iconic representation of 1980s American cinema ⓘ
director Steven Spielberg ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Carol Littleton ⓘ
famousQuote E.T. phone home. ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
family ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAnniversaryEdition 20th Anniversary Edition ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
hasMerchandise toys ⓘ
video games ⓘ
mainCharacter E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: E.T.

Elliott ⓘ
Gertie ⓘ
Michael ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableScene bicycle flight across the moon ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A young boy befriends a stranded alien and helps him return home while evading government authorities. ⓘ
producer Kathleen Kennedy ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ
productionCompany Amblin Entertainment ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
rating PG ⓘ
record highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its original release ⓘ
releaseDate 1982-06-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 114 ⓘ
setIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

suburban United States ⓘ
stars Dee Wallace ⓘ
Drew Barrymore ⓘ
Henry Thomas ⓘ
Peter Coyote ⓘ
Robert MacNaughton ⓘ
theme childhood ⓘ
empathy ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
writer Melissa Mathison ⓘ

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Steven Spielberg → directed → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → mainCharacter → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: E.T.
Universal Pictures → notableFilm → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
Carlo Rambaldi → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
Dennis Muren → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
John Williams → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
this entity surface form: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial film score
Kathleen Kennedy → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
Steven Spielberg → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
Steven → notableWork → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Spielberg
Carlo Rambaldi → workedOn → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
Dennis Muren → workedOn → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ