E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Winner of four Academy Awards®, including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects, Best Music and Best Sound, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the heart-warming family classic from director Steven Spielberg.

When an alien (E.T.) is inadvertently left behind on earth, he finds refuge with youngster Elliot (Henry Thomas). As Elliot and E.T. bond as friends, it soon becomes clear that E.T. must find his way home before government officials capture him for study. Together, E.T., Elliot and Elliot's family and friends help reunite E.T. with his spaceship.

User Comment: Matthew Ignoffo (mermatt@webtv.net) Eatontown, NJ, USA • Melissa Mathison's script is a clerely disguised retelling of another sci-fi classic, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. If you see both films, you will notice that both deal with the unusual friendship between an ET and a boy, both extraterrestrials are sly Christ-figures, and both stories deal with the way humans treat each other.

The movie is charming in its use of cast and mood. Notice some cleverly disguised images: the ET spaceship is, at one point, a Halloween pumpkin and, at the end, a Christmans tree ornament. Lots of interesting Biblical symbolism, including the use of the rainbow at the end to indicate the peace between God and human.

Summary: Sly retelling

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