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

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Wallace’s story about her experience with the film also leaned into the unexpected. Of course, no one could have known E.T. would become the massive box office hit that it did, the actress who played Mary Taylor was convinced after her first time seeing it that she had reached the end of the road for her career. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial". Entertainment Weekly. November 19, 2003. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014 . Retrieved May 11, 2007. Jurassic Park (1993)– Miscellaneous notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013 . Retrieved November 20, 2014. Corliss, Richard (February 12, 2005). "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)". Time. Archived from the original on August 31, 2011 . Retrieved April 17, 2010. In 2003, Entertainment Weekly called the film the eighth most "tear-jerking"; [152] in 2007, in a survey of both films and television series, the magazine declared it the seventh greatest work of science-fiction media in the past 25 years. [153] The Times also named it as their ninth favorite alien in a film, calling it "one of the best-loved non-humans in popular culture". [154] It is among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14. In 1994, it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [155] In 2011, ABC aired Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, revealing the results of a poll of fans conducted by ABC and People magazine: It was selected as the fifth best film of all time and the second best science fiction film. [156] On October 22, 2012, Madame Tussauds unveiled wax likenesses of E.T. at six of its international locations. [157]

Llorca, Juan Carlos (September 28, 1983). "Diggers Find Atari's E.T. Games in Landfill". ABC News. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014 . Retrieved April 26, 2014.Kauffmann, Stanley (July 27, 1982). "The Gospel According to St. Steven". The New Republic. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019 . Retrieved December 17, 2017. 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 ] Schuchardt, Richard (October 24, 2002). "E.T. – The 3 Disc Edition". DVD Active. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012 . Retrieved May 12, 2007. Essentially the A/V presentation is identical to the one Universal issued for their 35th Anniversary 4K release, sadly no Dolby Vision upgrade here. But that’s okay, this is still a lovely transfer so I’ll let E.’s findings stand here. I flipped between discs to see if the newly authored disc offered up any bitrate advantage, but there wasn't a substantial difference. Here are Mr. Duarte's thoughts on the HDR10 transfer: TCM Classic Film Festival: An Evening with Steven Spielberg– The acclaimed director reflects on his career and the making of E.T. 40 years later.

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