Hollywood FYI - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Story: E.T. Directed by Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison and produced by Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, "E.T." is the thrilling and deeply moving story of the special friendship that develops between a lonely young boy and a wise, benevolent visitor from another planet who becomes lost on Earth. As the boy attempts to help his extra-terrestrial companion contact his home planet so that he might be rescued, they must elude scientists and government agents determined to apprehend the alien for their own purposes ... which results in an adventure greater than anything either of them could have imagined. The film co-stars Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore.

E.T. Photo ŠUniversal Studios

"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" was originally released on June 11, 1982, and holds the record as Universal Pictures' highest-grossing domestic film ever. To date, "E.T." has earned more than $702 million in worldwide box office, making it the studio's third-highest grossing film overseas (behind "Jurassic Park" and "Jurassic Park: The Lost World," both also directed by Steven Spielberg). The film received nine Academy Award(R) nominations, winning four Oscars(R) for Best Original Score, Best visual Effects, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Sound Mixing. "E.T." also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Original Score; a Grammy Award for John Williams' score; a German Academy Award for Best Director; a Japanese Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture; a British Academy Award for Best Original Score; and the Peoples Choice Award for "Favorite All-Time Movie." "E.T." was one of the films named for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress and is on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 films of all Time.

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Jan. 31 -- Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment will unveil the 20th anniversary version of Steven Spielberg's masterpiece "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" at a once-in-a-lifetime premiere event on Saturday, March 16, 2002 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles with five-time Academy Award(R)-winning composer John Williams conducting a 100-piece orchestra in a live score-to-film performance of his Grammy and Oscar(R)-winning score. The occasion will mark the first time in history a non-silent film has been presented in its entirety with live full orchestral accompaniment. A benefit for Special Olympics, the special premiere screening will be immediately followed by a gala reception at the Shrine Exhibition Hall.

March 5 -- Birthday Express, a leading provider of party supplies and services, today announced the addition of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial to its offering of exclusive licensed, themed partyware to commemorate the 20th Anniversary celebration of Universal Pictures' and Amblin Entertainment's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, a major theatrical re-release scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on March 22, 2002. The E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial product line, which includes invitations, plates, cups, napkins, placemats, wall decorations, changing-image magnet, coloring poster, and thank-you notes, designed and distributed by Birthday Express and available at www.birthdayexpress.com, joins the ranks of the company's other exclusive creations such as Madeline, Curious George, Rainbow Fish, and *N Sync.


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