E. T The Extra-Terrestrial Themes

E.T, the Extra-Terrestrial is an American science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg is an American filmmaker, who is considered as one of the most popular filmmakers in the history of cinema. Spielberg’s movies have covered many different themes and genres. Three of Spielbergs movies have achieved box office records, one of them is E.T.

Now, the plot. A group of aliens is in a California forest, and when government agent appears, they flee in their spaceship, leaving one of their own behind. Later, a 10-year old boy named Elliott discovers that something or someone is hiding in their tool shed. The creature flees when being discovered, but Elliott lures the Alien to his bedroom. The next day Elliott says that he’s ill just to be able to stay home from school. Later that day, his siblings, Michael and Gertie, meet the alien, and together they decide to keep him hidden from his mom.E.T also learns to speak English. On Halloween they dress up E.T as a ghost so they can sneak him out of the house. Elliott and E.T ride a bicycle to the forest, where E.Tt makes a successful call home, using a Makeshift communicator. The next morning Elliott wakes up at the place , where he left E.T with his communicator. He found out that E.T was gone, so he returns home. When he gets home, Mary, their mom, discovers the Alien. After that the Government agents invades the house. It then

appears that E.T is dying. Elliott is left alone with the Alien for a while, and he in some way, revived. Elliott and Michael steal a van to get away with E.T., and then they attempt to evade the authorities so they went by their bicycles. When they suddenly face a police roadblock, E.T. uses telekinesis to lift them into the air and towards the forest where his family is waiting. When he stands near the spaceship, Mary, Gertie and a Government agent show up. E.T. says “Goodbye” , walks into the spaceship, and takes off.

They began the shooting in September 1981 in California.

The shooting was completed in 61 days, four days ahead of the schedule. E.t was released in the United States in June 1982. It opened at number 1, with 11 Million dollars. and stayed at the top of the box office for six weeks. The film has also been nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4 Oscars, for ; The best moviemusic, best sound, best sound editing and best special effects.

The Main Characters in this movie; Henry Thomas, who plays Elliott. Henry Thomas is also an American Musician. He has appeared in over 40

movies.

Robert MacNaughton, who plays Michael. Robert was born in New York and worked with the theater both before and after E..T.

Drew Barrymoore, who plays Gertie. Drew is an actress, screenwriter, film director, produceer and a model.

Dee Wallace, who plays Elliott´s mother. Dee is an actress and scream queen. She has appeared in over 100 movies.
I like this movie cause it was pretty interesting, overall funny and good, and it was so well done, even though it was shot in 1981