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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg

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Quotations
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Quotes
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , known as E.T. , is a 1982 science fiction film about Elliott, a young boy who befriends an alien being trapped on Earth and trying to find his way home. Elliott and his siblings help the alien return home while trying to...


Director Biography

Name: Steven Spielberg
Birth Date: December 18, 1946
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: film director

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Biography of Steven Spielberg
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Motion picture producer, director, and writer Steven Spielberg, creator of such immensely popular films as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Raiders of the Lost Ark, is considered one of the most gifted and success...
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Biography of Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg (born 1946) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful movie-makers in Hollywood. The director of such elaborate fantasies as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial, he was regarded as a man who understood th...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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E.t. the Extra-Terrestrial Summary
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Released in 1981, Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial touched the emotions and the collective imagination of moviegoers of all ages, breaking all previous box-office records to become the most profitable film of its time until it was...
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Information
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace and Peter Coyote. It tells the story of...


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Variety
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. (movie review)
03/18/2002: 664 words, approx. 2 pages
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" had the aura of an instant classic when it was released, and the good news is that it looks at least that good, ff not better, on the eve of its 20th anniversary reissue. Whereas Steven Spielberg's fantasy about...
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Video Business
Phoning home again. (DVD Views).(E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
10/14/2002: 304 words, approx. 1 pages
As one of the truly conic American movies, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (color. PG, 121 min. plus supplements, two discs, Dolby Digital 5.1, widescreen, $29.98. Street: Oct. 22: First Run: W, June 1982, NA, Re-release March 2002, $35 mil.) deserves the very best presentation...
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AP News
Universal Studios plans S. Korea park
5/22/2007: 537 words, approx. 2 pages
Universal Parks & Resorts and a local partner signed an agreement Tuesday aimed at establishing a Universal Studios theme park in South Korea that they want to see up and running in 2012."What we are hoping to do is to bring in a world class...
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AP Features
Universal plans South Korea theme park
5/22/2007: 537 words, approx. 2 pages
Universal Parks & Resorts and a local partner signed an agreement Tuesday aimed at establishing a Universal Studios theme park in South Korea that they want to see up and running in 2012."What we are hoping to do is to bring in a world class...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Janice Hocker Rushing
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In the following essay, Rushing characterizes E.T. as “a significant experiment in the rhetoric of mythic transcendence,” noting that the film effectively deconstructs the boundaries between the individual and the community.
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Critical Essay by Donald R. Mott and Cheryl McAllister Saunders
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In the following essay, Mott and Saunders explore the inspirations behind E.T. and comment on the film's critical reception and suspected religious symbolism.
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Critical Essay by Anthony Magistrale
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In the following essay, Magistrale examines the portrayal of adults in E.T. and discusses the film as an indictment of adult society.


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