AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Director: Steven Spielberg (Dir)
Release Date:   1982
Duration (in mins):   115 or 120
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Cast:   Dee Wallace (Mary)  
    Henry Thomas (Elliott)  
    Peter Coyote (Keys)  
    Robert MacNaughton (Michael)  
    Drew Barrymore (Gertie)  
Production Company: Universal Pictures (MCA, Inc.)
Distribution Company: Universal Pictures (MCA, Inc.)
Director: Steven Spielberg (Dir)
Producer: Steven Spielberg (Prod)
  Kathleen Kennedy (Prod)
Writer: Melissa Mathison (Wrt)
Photography: Allen Daviau (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: James D. Bissell (Prod des)
Film Editor: Carol Littleton (Ed)
Music: John Williams (Mus)
MPAA Rating: PG
Country: United States
Language: English
Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Universal City Studios, Inc. 3/8/1982 dd/mm/yyyy PA143231
PCA NO: 26717
Physical Properties: Sd: Dolby Stereo in Selected theaters
  col: DeLuxe
  Lenses/Prints: Panavision; prints by Technicolor
 
Genre: Fantasy
Sub-Genre: Youth
Note: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was ranked 24th on AFI's 2007 100 Years…100 Movies--10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films, moving up from the 25th position it held on AFI's 1997 list. 
Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Daily Variety   25 May 1982   p. 3.
Hollywood Reporter   25 May 1982   p. 3.
Los Angeles Times   11 Jun 1982   Calendar, p. 1.
New York Times   11 Jun 1982   Section III, p. 4.
Newsweek   31 May 1982   pp. 62-64.
Newsweek   19 Jul 1982   p. 76.
Rolling Stone   8 Jul 1982   pp. 25-26.
Time   31 May 1982   pp. 54-60.
Time   19 Jul 1982   pp. 62-64.
Variety   26 May 1982   p. 14.
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